Abu Dhabi Police: Behavior that endangers their lives and the safety of others

Drivers changing lanes on highways recklessly

Surveillance cameras spotted a driver recklessly overtaking and committing a serious accident.

From the source

Abu Dhabi Police, through road cameras and the Monitoring and Control Center, monitored reckless behavior by drivers, as they moved between highway lanes in a reckless manner, endangering their lives and the safety of road users.

As part of the "You Comment" initiative, Abu Dhabi Police broadcast video clips through its accounts on social media showing the danger of wrong overtaking and sudden deviation, including a video clip of a driver who was moving between lanes in a dangerous manner, ending his journey in a serious accident.

The Traffic and Patrols Directorate called on drivers to avoid overtaking other vehicles incorrectly, and to ensure that the road is clear in the event of overtaking or moving to the other lane, in addition to not overtaking any other vehicle except from its left side, and not to move between lanes in a reckless manner that endangers the driver, and to use signals Changing direction when changing lanes, avoiding sudden deviations, and making sure that you use the correct lane when switching to another route.

Abu Dhabi Police stated that it is participating in the unified traffic awareness campaign at the state level under the slogan "Your commitment to ensure your safety", and focuses on the importance of adhering to the designated lane and the obligatory lane for vehicles, not overtaking outside the permitted places, and fully adhering to the prescribed speeds, within the framework of the strategic priority. To make roads safer and to enhance compliance with traffic laws.

The Director of the Traffic and Patrols Directorate, Brigadier General Muhammad Dhahi Al-Hamiri, stated that the campaign focuses on educating road users and community members and familiarizing them with the most prominent violations and wrong behaviors committed by some motorists in the areas of sudden lane change, and illegal violations, which affects traffic safety levels and the occurrence of traffic accidents. unfortunate.

He urged drivers to adhere to the prescribed speeds and to give way to vehicles that have priority traffic coming from behind or from the left, stressing that the left lane is intended for overtaking, and the driver of the vehicle must be careful to follow the traffic rules if he begins to overtake, stressing that wrong overtaking is a major cause of accidents. Traffic.

He stressed the need to adhere to the mandatory lane at the intersections of traffic lights and the entrances and exits of roads, and to be careful to prevent abuses by some drivers that cause traffic accidents and lead to severe injuries.

He explained that what is meant by the obligatory lane for vehicles is the obligatory travel on the established lane (the designated lane) through traffic and traffic signs, whether they are signs or ground signs.

400 dirhams fine

The Traffic and Traffic Law and its executive regulations penalize every vehicle driver in the event he does not adhere to the mandatory lane or if he does not give way to those coming from behind or from the left side;

A fine of 400 dirhams.

Every driver of a vehicle who overtakes by mistake is punished with a fine of 600 dirhams and six traffic points on the driver's license.

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