Abu Dhabi Police participated in the International Liwa Festival “Moreeb Hill 2013” which kicked off yesterday (Saturday) in the Western Region and will last until January 4th. During the festival, Abu Dhabi Police will showcase its old and new patrols that tell the story of using those patrols through the Abu Dhabi Police path during the past 50 years, besides displaying the attractive Formula one car “F999” and the falcon bike “Al Saqr” of the Abu Dhabi Police.
The General Secretariat of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior prepared awareness publications which included safety requirements for motorbikes within a program aiming to educate the audience on public safety means while riding motorbikes in order to avoid the risks resulting from accidents, and to elevate their awareness about traffic laws which organize the motorbike affairs, and their licensing requirements.
Brigadier Eng. Hussein Ahmed Al Harthi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Directorate stressed the importance of adhering to public safety norms by drivers and those who participate in races, in order to preserve their safety and to avoid dangers emerging from accidents.
He stated that the Abu Dhabi Police took into consideration the extension of awareness range on safe driving through awareness initiatives and campaigns and various events in collaboration with the local community, adding that the Tal Moreeb festival coincides with the launch of the awareness initiative on motorbikes reckless driving risks.
Brigadier Al Harthi emphasized that the Abu Dhabi Police supports sports for youth, but lays great emphases on protecting their safety, as the Traffic and Patrols Directorate in Abu Dhabi Police is participating in this festival which attracts a huge number of youth who ride motorbikes throughout all its different types and denominations.
He pointed out that the awareness program includes lectures and booklets distribution on the motorbike types prepared by the Public Relations section, and those materials embrace full information on the types of motorbikes and their own safety procedures and the best ways to handle them, as well as information about the places in which the driving of motorbikes is prohibited, especially in residential and industrial areas, in main and internal streets in Abu Dhabi, and in natural reserves and places where prohibition is noted by road signs.
Brigadier Ahmed Al Harthi stressed the importance of abiding to required conditions to drive quartet motorbikes and other types of motorbikes. These conditions include head protection by wearing helmets which helps avoid severe injuries in the head, and eye protection by wearing goggles which helps protect the eye while riding motorbikes against dust, flying stones and insects.
He also called bikers to wear gloves to protect their hands, long boots for desert motorbikes to protect legs and suits which include trousers padded with a protective layer for the thighs and legs, saying that they provide protection from the heat of the bike’s engine. He affirmed the need to check the motorbike thoroughly including the engine oil, the front and rear brakes, the lights, the transmission and the tires to avoid malfunctions during riding.
Brigadier Harthi urged quartet motorbikes riders who shift their bikes with trailers, to comply with safety requirements by installing a number on the back of the trailer as a third number, and provide the trailer with light and alert signals, confirming the need that the trailer’s width does not overcome 260 cm and its length will be no longer than the length of the vehicle, and to be equipped with a warning sticker and a reflector and to commit to dri
