The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police announced that it will be deploying eight new radars in Al Ittihad Road in Al Ain as of tomorrow. This comes in line with an ongoing comprehensive traffic safety plan to install fifty seven new radars on the internal and external roads in Al Ain. It is noteworthy that speed limit on Al Ittihad Road was set at 141 kms / h, in an effort to curb all possible reasons behind traffic accidents and their resulting deaths and serious injuries.
Colonel Khalifa Mohammed Al Khaili, Director of Traffic Engineering and Road Safety Department in the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police, indicated that the new radars’ locations were chosen based on the accidents and traffic violations indicators. This would limit high speeds, and the reasons behind traffic accidents, which result in human and economic losses, in addition to negative social impacts.
Moreover, he confirmed that installing new radars aims primarily to ensure motorists’ safety, and encourage adherence to traffic laws. This would curb over speeding, which endangers the life of both motorists and other road users, He also noted that a total of 15 traffic accidents occurred in Al Ain in 2012 due to excessive speed, and they accounted for 14 deaths and 2 serious injuries.
Al Khaili urged motorists, who use Al Ittihad Road in Al Ain, to exercise extra caution, to avoid radar violations and maintain their safety and the safety of other road users. He also stressed the need for all segments of society to take part in the efforts exerted to spread the safe driving culture and to adhere to legal speed limits to prevent traffic accidents.
