Violation of 91,000 drivers in Abu Dhabi last year
Failure to comply with the mandatory lane is a major cause of traffic light accidents
Abu Dhabi Police seize violating drivers with cameras and radars.
From the source
Brigadier General Salem Al Dhaheri: “Activating the automatic control of those who do not adhere to the traffic lane limits the negative repercussions of this violation.”
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Abu Dhabi Police statistics revealed that drivers' failure to adhere to the mandatory lane is one of the biggest causes of traffic lights accidents in Abu Dhabi during the past two years.
The Deputy Director of the Traffic and Patrols Directorate in Abu Dhabi Police, Brigadier Salem Abdullah bin Barak Al Dhaheri, said, "We have a great concern about cutting the traffic light, as the annual statistics for this violation indicate that there is an increase from year to year," adding that Traffic lights We noticed from the statistics that the vehicle’s failure to adhere to the traffic lane is the biggest cause of traffic lights accidents.”
Al Dhaheri warned that "every cutting of a traffic light is a death project, and the vehicle's failure to adhere to the mandatory lane is one of the most serious violations currently that result in accidents that result in deaths and serious injuries."
He pointed out that "finally activating the automatic control of those who do not adhere to the traffic lane at the traffic lights, came to reduce the negative repercussions of this violation, including cutting the signal and serious accidents."
And last week, Abu Dhabi Police began activating automatic control of drivers who do not adhere to the lane at intersections, calling on drivers to adhere to the mandatory lane at intersections, whether they are organized by light signals or other intersections that oblige drivers when crossing to adhere to a specific route, stressing that it will apply to Non-compliance with the route, the penalty prescribed in the fines table is a fine of 400 dirhams.
Al Dhaheri explained that the mandatory traffic line at light intersections is shown by the signs drawn on the ground, as well as the existing signs, in addition to the light signals that show drivers the direction they are obligated to walk, whether forward, left or the possibility of turning.
The lane is mandatory in accordance with the rules of traffic and traffic at intersections, where overtaking and exiting from one lane to another in the intersection area are prohibited. Full turn backward adhere to the specified paths.
Regarding the means of controlling violators, Al Dhaheri explained that monitoring the violation of non-compliance with the obligatory lane is carried out through more than one means, including “Eye of the Saqr” cameras in the Follow-up and Control Center, radar devices, and attendance control through traffic patrols, pointing out that most of the light intersections in Abu Dhabi It has a control system for this violation, and it will be circulated to cover all traffic intersections.
He pointed out that the intersection, which does not have automatic tuning, at the present time, has manual tuning, whether at intersections on or outside Abu Dhabi Island, Al Ain and Al Dhafra.
Tighter control of violations
The Deputy Director of the Traffic and Patrols Directorate in Abu Dhabi Police, Brigadier Salem Abdullah bin Barak Al Dhaheri, confirmed the Abu Dhabi Police’s keenness to seize the violation before the accident occurred, as the traffic rule says that if an accident occurred, then surely a violation occurred before it, and there may be a violation and it does not result in it. An accident, so tightening control of violations would reduce the number of accidents and preserve lives and property.
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