Monitoring drivers' behavior via satellite
Zero accidents for trucks registered in the vehicle control system
The system ensures that drivers adhere to traffic safety standards and conditions. Emirates Today
Abdullah Al Ali: The service provides an integrated system for truck fleet operators to monitor their vehicles.
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Statistics issued by the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai revealed that not a single accident was recorded by heavy vehicles registered in the vehicle safety system that the authority uses to monitor these vehicles and ensure that their drivers follow traffic procedures and laws, throughout the period of their participation in the system that began in 2017.
The executive director of the licensing institution at the authority, Abdullah Yusuf Al Ali, told «Emirates Today» that the system contributes to raising the level of irrigated safety by controlling heavy vehicles through the smart control center of the licensing institution, explaining that it is an optional service through which a monitoring device is installed. After Telematics in heavy vehicles registered in Dubai, the service provides an integrated system for truck fleet operators that enables them to instantly track the movement of their vehicles and monitor the behavior of their drivers by linking vehicles via satellite tracking systems and cellular communications networks, which contributes to improving their operational operations and ensures compliance Drivers with traffic safety standards and conditions.
In response to a question about the most important mistakes committed by heavy vehicle drivers that were monitored by the Licensing Agency through monitoring those vehicles, Al Ali said that the most serious mistakes are failure to adhere to the specified speed, in addition to not using the identification card by some drivers, and recording the start of work in System their institutions before starting to drive the vehicle.
He referred to the results of a questionnaire conducted by the authority on the extent of the subscribers' satisfaction in the system with the service. Happiness of dealers in the authority.
The authority has employed smart technologies in various fields, including smart monitoring of licensing service providers to ensure their compliance with approved regulations, and the use of these technologies to improve road traffic safety and security, and reduce accidents caused by wrong driving.
It is noteworthy that the Smart Control Center at the Licensing Agency started in January of 2017, and includes surveillance screens and advanced technological devices linked to surveillance cameras in centers affiliated with licensing service providers, and the center has been linked with monitoring devices installed on heavy vehicles (trucks) that enable those concerned in the center to monitor on her.
The Smart Control Center undertakes monitoring through four main systems, including the closed circuit television system, the electronic vehicle safety system, the central vehicle inspection system, and the licensing and smart traffic system.
Truck accidents
Data belonging to the Ministry of Interior announced last November revealed that the percentage of deaths resulting from heavy transport vehicle accidents in the country amounted to 14.3% of the accident deaths in 2018, which led to 468 deaths, and truck accidents represented 12.3% of the total number of accidents in the country. It amounted to 3712 accidents during the same period, announcing at the time that the number of heavy vehicles in the country reached 328,431 vehicles.
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Of those participating in the Dubai Roads Survey, they believe that the system contributes to improving traffic safety.
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