Caught between a motorbike and a vehicle in Abu Dhabi

A traffic accident sparks a dispute on “social media” about the culprit (video)

The driver of the vehicle suddenly swerved at the traffic light.

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A recent traffic accident between a motorbike and a vehicle on a road in Abu Dhabi city sparked a dispute among social media users over the cause of the accident. While others held the cyclist responsible, he could have avoided the accident if he slowed down, as his vision of the road was better than the vision of the driver of the vehicle.

In detail, the Abu Dhabi Police, in cooperation with the Monitoring and Control Center and within the "Safety Path" campaign and the "You Comment" initiative, broadcast a video through its accounts on social media of the behavior of a driver that it said caused a traffic accident.

The video garnered about a quarter of a million views on the accounts of "Emirates Today", and sparked controversy among the followers about the cause of the accident. The reader, Khaled Al-Ghardan, confirmed that everyone blamed the bike driver, while the accident shows that the driver of the vehicle is reckless and wrong.

Nasser Al-Nuaimi agreed with him, saying that the owner of the car confused the bike driver, as he changed his lane from the far left to the far right, stressing that this behavior confuses any driver, especially bikes that are difficult to control.

As for the reader, Ahmed Hassan, he saw that “the bike owner could have overcome the accident and fix the mistakes of others, but it is clear that he does not have good experience on the road.”

The reader, Muhammad Saeed, agreed with him in fining the bike driver because of his high speed, and his inability to stop it in time, while reader Talal stated that “it must be within the specifications of bicycles the presence of daylights and lights that work at all times. It is sometimes difficult to show that they are in the traffic lane.

Others held the drivers of the vehicle and the bike jointly responsible, as both (from their point of view) made a mistake that caused the accident, and demanded that the penalty be tightened on the reckless.

For its part, Abu Dhabi Police warned of the danger of sudden deviation on the road, as it leads to serious accidents, noting that it violated 27,076 drivers, during the first half of this year, due to being distracted from the road while driving the vehicle, which is classified as a dangerous violation, as it leads to Deaths and serious injuries on the roads according to statistics and analytical studies of accidents and traffic violations, stressing the importance of focusing on driving and monitoring the road to avoid deviation of the vehicle.

Abu Dhabi Police warned that being busy with other than the road leads to sudden deviation due to using the phone to browse the Internet and social networking sites, make a call, take pictures and turn the driver around to talk to his escorts, and other distractions and behaviors that may lead to serious consequences, and the danger lies in causing accidents Traffic as a result of not paying attention to the road while driving.

She stressed her keenness to launch traffic awareness campaigns in several languages ​​and through various media, including social media, in order to raise the level of traffic culture for drivers and all road users.

She stated that Clause (32) regarding traffic control rules and procedures No. 178 of 2017, (a) being busy on the road while driving a vehicle using the phone, (b) being distracted from the road while driving a vehicle in any way violating it is a fine of 800 dirhams and four traffic points. And a fine of 1,000 dirhams and four traffic points for violating the vehicle’s sudden swerving.

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The Ministry of Interior confirmed that the sudden deviation is at the forefront of the causes of traffic accidents at the state level, and poses a great and real danger that many drivers and road users do not realize, especially if it is accompanied by excessive speed that causes the driver to lose control of the vehicle, which leads to accidents. Dangerous traffic.

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