Warning of the consequences for the safety of road users
Dubai Police records 14,000 “safety distance” violations within 6 months
Not leaving enough safety distance leads to several traffic accidents.
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Brigadier Juma bin Suwaidan: "Failing to leave a sufficient distance between vehicles is considered a violation that reflects a degree of recklessness and non-compliance."
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The General Department of Traffic in Dubai Police recorded 14,084 violations of not leaving enough distance between vehicles during the first half of this year.
The Deputy Director of the General Department of Traffic in Dubai Police, Brigadier Juma bin Suwaidan, told "Emirates Today" that Dubai Police managed to reduce accident rates over recent years, by analyzing their causes, intensifying traffic awareness, and disseminating advanced control techniques, as well as cadres. Some behaviors still need some kind of tuning, including behavior that confuses observant road users, when one finds that a driver coming from behind is about to stick his car to push him to release.
He added that not leaving enough distance between vehicles is a violation that reflects a degree of recklessness and non-compliance and usually results in accidents, pointing out that from the beginning of the year until the end of last June, it resulted in 350 traffic accidents, resulting in the death of nine people and the injury of 248 others. With varying injuries, compared to 203 accidents during the same period last year, which resulted in the death of 10 people and the injury of 160 others.
Bin Suwaidan explained that the Federal Traffic and Traffic Law and its executive regulations stipulate that violating drivers will be fined 400 dirhams behind the front vehicles and four traffic points for the driver, noting that far from the penal part of this violation, the consequences of this violation must be understood. The safety of road users, including the perpetrator.
He pointed out that this behavior usually occurs in two cases, the first during crowding. Some drivers do not take into account the safe distance, thinking that in light of the slow traffic there will be no problems, but in a moment of inattention, an accident occurs that causes more traffic, even if it is simple.
He added that the second case, which is the most dangerous, is located on the highways, so reckless drivers tend to stick in an aggressive manner to the front cars to push them to give way quickly and unacceptable, and in this case the accidents are dangerous, whether because of the confusion of the front driver or the sudden stopping of the road that does not allow For aggressive driver to avoid collision.
The total number of deaths resulting from the violation of not leaving enough distance in the Emirate of Dubai reached 24 deaths during the past year, in addition to 405 injuries that ranged from 32 severe, 176 moderate and 199 minor, while this violation caused 553 accidents throughout the year.
Bin Suwaidan stressed that there is a tangible increase in awareness among community members in Dubai, and in response to awareness campaigns carried out by the police with its strategic partners, but there is a need for caution and to avoid such unsafe behaviors.
Adhere to a safe distance
The Deputy Director of the General Department of Traffic in Dubai Police, Brigadier Juma bin Suwaidan, appealed to drivers to adhere to a safe distance with vehicles in front, and to avoid stopping the forward sensing technology that is available in many modern vehicles, and to self-maintain the safe distance between the vehicle equipped with it and other vehicles, because it was invented From the basis to increase security and safety standards and protect the driver and passengers of the car, pointing out that some believe that it constitutes an inconvenience to him while driving and deliberately invalidates it, but this is a wrong behavior.
He pointed out that the indicator of accidents resulting from this violation should be considered by drivers, in light of the presence of other factors that may increase the chances of an accident in the event of non-compliance with the safe distance, such as excessive speed and busyness other than the road.
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