The Traffic and Patrols Department of the General Department of Central Operations in Ras Al Khaimah Police confirmed that slow driving is an infringement on the rights of others, as it causes drivers of vehicles coming from behind to overtake the wrong way, causing serious traffic accidents.
Lt. Col. Dr. Muhammad Abdullah Al-Bahar, Acting Director of the Traffic and Patrols Department at Ras Al Khaimah Police, explained that drivers think that slow driving or at speeds less than the speed limit on the road, guarantees a safe and calm journey for themselves and others on various roads and axes, but the opposite is true, despite that, However, it often causes fatal and unfortunate accidents.
He pointed out that there is a percentage of traffic accidents, one of the most important causes of which is driving the vehicle at a speed less than the speed set on the road, so that the driver drives his vehicle slowly and without justification, especially on the left side of the road, and does not give way to other vehicles, thus hampering the flow of traffic and traffic Which in turn leads to some of the vehicles behind him, overtaking from the right side wrongly, and causing serious traffic accidents, with severe damages and losses. The Acting Director of the Traffic and Patrols Department of Ras Al Khaimah Police confirmed that Article /84/ of the Federal Traffic and Traffic Law stipulates that not giving way to vehicles that have the priority of the road coming from the back or from the left side, a traffic violation will be issued against them and a fine of “400” dirhams, pointing out that this behavior may be considered by some of them as simple, but it is an outright violation and its consequences may be dire for traffic and traffic safety, because it obstructs traffic and creates a state of confusion on the road. Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. Muhammad Al-Bahar called on motorists on internal and external roads to adhere to safe driving, and not to overtake and overtake vehicles traveling in front of them from the right, because overtaking from the right represents a great danger and causes severe traffic accidents and may result in deaths and serious injuries. The road, with the need to pay attention and adhere to the lane and not change it to other lanes except after making sure that the road lane is clear and moving after making sure that there is a sufficient safety distance between it and other vehicles, with the need to adhere to the use of traffic lights while changing lanes, in order to preserve the safety of lives and property.
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