She called on drivers to be careful and keep enough distance

Dubai Police records 29 traffic accidents during 9 hours of fog

Dubai Police received 2034 phone calls and recorded 29 traffic accidents in nine hours during the foggy period, between midnight yesterday until nine in the morning yesterday.

The Acting Director of the General Traffic Department in Dubai Police, Colonel Jumah Salem bin Suwaidan, stressed the need to take caution and caution and reduce speeds while driving in fog, indicating that dense fog is a major cause of severe accidents, unless drivers comply with the necessary instructions. To drive in these circumstances, calling on road users to be careful and vigilant at these times, and to abide by safety and security rules.

He added that it is necessary to take precautionary measures in such circumstances, such as reducing the speed, leaving a sufficient distance between vehicles more than the usual distance, avoiding attempting to overtake other vehicles, and not changing lanes except in case of necessity while adhering to the turning signals, and stopping the use of lights. The high level that obstructs vision for other drivers, as well as the four signals while driving, and not to be distracted by other than the road while driving, and to avoid standing in the middle of the road in the event of a minor accident.

He pointed to the intensification of traffic patrols in the outer streets for the purpose of alerting drivers, conducting a sweep along those streets to prevent vehicles from standing on the shoulders of the road, supervising the diversion of truck movements to their designated breaks, and preventing them from walking during fog times to avoid the risks that trucks may cause as a result Driving slowly.

For his part, the Director of the Command and Control Center at the General Department of Operations, Colonel Turki bin Faris, said that the center's administration received 2,034 phone calls and recorded 29 traffic accidents during the fog period between midnight yesterday until 9 am yesterday.

He appealed to all drivers to follow the advice and instructions issued by all authorities in the country, noting that traffic accidents that occur during fog or rainy weather are dangerous as a result of low visibility.

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