The Dubai Police General Command called on drivers to exercise caution and reduce speeds while driving in fog, especially bicycle and electric scooter users, and to adhere to wearing a “reflective vest” and to the traffic rules and instructions that must be followed, noting that dense fog leads to a low level of horizontal visibility. On the roads, which may cause traffic accidents between dozens of vehicles, leaving behind human and material losses, if drivers do not adhere to the advice and instructions issued by the relevant authorities in the country.
Director of the General Traffic Department at Dubai Police, Major General Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei, said that the driver must check the weather conditions, especially in these months of the year when fog forms, by consulting the approved media outlets and the competent authorities in the country to avoid dangerous traffic accidents. .
Major General Saif Al Mazrouei stressed the seriousness of fog accidents, due to the deaths, injuries, and material losses they cause, as they are generally collision accidents due to not leaving enough distance between vehicles, and not adhering to reducing speeds, or even stopping at the side of the road when the level of horizontal visibility is low, indicating the necessity of Follow safety procedures while driving in fog, which include reducing speed, leaving sufficient distance between vehicles, as well as using all vehicles’ lights in the early morning hours, avoiding trying to overtake other vehicles, not changing lanes except when necessary, while adhering to turn signals. Not using high beams that obstruct the vision of other drivers, not using the four signals while driving, in addition to not being distracted by anything other than the road, avoiding stopping in the middle of the road in the event of a minor accident, and also leaving for work in sufficient time, to avoid the stress that affects drivers in the event of delay or delay. The presence of traffic congestion.
He also stressed the need for bicycle and electric scooter drivers to adhere to security and safety requirements, guidelines, and safety conditions, which include adhering to the roads and paths on which driving is permitted, their riders respecting traffic laws, wearing a helmet that meets the standards while driving, in addition to wearing a reflective vest, and installing a bright, reflective white light. At the front of the bike, and a bright, reflective red light at the back. Bicycles must be equipped with working brakes. The Director of the General Traffic Department at Dubai Police pointed out that traffic patrols will intensify their presence during these times on the external streets, to alert drivers to reduce speeds, as well as to carry out a sweep along the extension of those streets, to prevent vehicles from parking on the shoulder of the road, and to work to move them out. The sanctity of the road, away from the path of cars to prevent them from being exposed to accidents, pointing to the large number of accidents that occur as a result of vehicles stopping on both sides of the road. Traffic patrols will also supervise the diversion of truck traffic to designated rest stops, and prevent them from driving during fog times, to avoid the dangers that may be caused by driving slowly.
The management of the Command and Control Center in the General Directorate of Operations in Dubai Police received 2,841 calls to the emergency number 999 during the early morning fog hours yesterday, from five in the morning until 10 in the morning. The operations room also responded to 51 traffic accidents during the same period by moving security patrols to the locations. Traffic accidents.
The Director of the Command and Control Center Department, Colonel Mohammed Al Muhairi, called on all vehicle drivers to exercise caution during fog and various other weather fluctuations, stressing the need to adhere to traffic laws, follow the advice and instructions issued by all authorities in the country, beware of low horizontal visibility, and adhere to the distance. Safe between vehicles.
Recording 2841 emergency calls and transfer
To 51 traffic accidents due to fog
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