Abu Dhabi Police informed «Emirates Today» that the automatic tuning system to violate “not leaving enough safety distance”, which began to be applied in the middle of this month, also entails a violation of not clearing the way for the front vehicle if it is in the left lane, and is worth 400 dirhams, as It spotted drivers who did not clear the way for the vehicles coming from behind, and then a violation was applied to the front and rear vehicles.
Finally, "Emirates Today" received several inquiries about the position of the traffic and traffic law from drivers who refuse to leave the left lane while driving, which leads drivers of vehicles coming from behind in violation of not leaving a sufficient safety distance, as well as about the sufficient safe distance that they must adhere to With them so as not to be subject to violation, as the estimates of drivers differed in determining the number of meters that must be left between vehicles on the internal and external roads, with different road speeds.
Brigadier Salem Al Dhaheri, Deputy Director of the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at the Abu Dhabi Police, said that a violation of not leaving a sufficient safety distance might be caused by another driver who did not clear the way for the person coming from the back or from the left, which is a violation that falls under Article (84) of the Traffic and Traffic Law Federal, the value of 400 dirhams, and therefore the violation may occur on the two vehicles.
He emphasized that the left lane of the road is a lane of overtaking and then return to the middle or right lane of the road, indicating that traffic accident statistics during previous years show that a violation of not leaving a sufficient safety distance from the three main causes of accidents occurred, noting that time Two seconds could save lives and property.
He stressed that the time of the two seconds is what the natural driver needs to perceive a situation and take the appropriate reaction, explaining that the natural driver is not affected by other factors, such as lack of sleep, fatigue, psychological pressure, diseases, and old age, and from this standpoint, double importance comes Efforts, to spread awareness messages and arrest violators.
Abu Dhabi Police have started activating the automatic tuning of drivers who are not committed to leaving a sufficient distance between vehicles on the roads, as of January 15th, where violators are caught through the smart system and "fixed radar" devices, and a fine is imposed on violators of 400 dirhams and four traffic points on a driver The vehicle.