Abu dhabi police conducts an awareness campaign for drivers and road users with measures and precautions during fog formation to enhance road Safety.
The campaign is part of the efforts of the Joint Committee for Traffic Safety in the emirate of Abu Dhabi in coordination with the Department of Transport, and the campaign implements the Directorate of Traffic and Patrols in the central operations sector and the Department of Security information in the leadership Sector.
Brigadier General Khalifa Mohammed Al khaili, director of traffic and Patrols directorate, stressed the importance of raising awareness of safe driving and reducing the mistakes made by drivers during fog, which may result in traffic accidents "individual and sequential " between vehicles resulting in deaths and serious injuries.
He explained that the preventive measures during the fog include the dissemination of warning messages through the national early warning system, and traffic instructions on the smart towers to be careful and cautious, the traffic situation on the roads, and warn the drivers, especially in the case of accidents that impede traffic.
It also includes preventing the traffic of buses and bus buses (14-24-60 passengers) from walking during fog on all roads in the emirate of Abu Dhabi under the strategic priority to make roads safer and safer in the emirate of Abu Dhabi during the Fog.
He stated that preventive education is disseminated through the social media platforms of Abu Dhabi police, "facebook and twitter, Instagram " in arabic, English and Urdu languages, and awareness films, as well as advertising screens in the commercial centers, including distributing publications and holding awareness lectures Traffic is aimed at various groups, especially the drivers of companies operating in the public transport Sector.
Al Khaili called on drivers to stop and not move in the event of lack of visibility and the need to increase the safety distance between vehicles to avoid the accidents of the front-end vehicles and not to bypass and move from one leak to another in case of blurred vision, stressing the importance of correcting the misconceptions of some about the exponent Use the Four-way warning lights during the walk, explaining that they are only used in case of full standing on the right shoulder outside the road in a safe place, or in the event of a danger Alert.
He stressed the need for companies working in the field of trucking (transportation of workers), to the preventive measures to prevent buses and transport buses capacity (14-24-60 Passengers) to walk during the fog on all roads in the emirate of Abu Dhabi and apply article number "10 " in the amended Executive Regulation N Traffic No. 178 which states that "the Passage or entry of heavy vehicles in the prohibited roads and places is subject to a fine of 1000 dirhams and 4 traffic Points.
