The number of road deaths in the UAE is among the lowest in the region but still high compared with western countries. A new global map shows the UAE with 12.7 road deaths per 100,000 population, compared with 30.4 in Oman, 24.8 in Saudi Arabia, 16.5 in Kuwait, 14 in Egypt and 13.2 in Qatar. …
A road construction project to ease congestion around Jumeirah Lakes Towers in Dubai will be finished by year’s end, the Roads and Transport Authority has said. The third phase of the parallel roads project, which cost Dh450 million, is 75 per cent complete. “The project ranks among the biggest undertaken by the RTA and is …
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Due to the strong act of the UAE economy in the latest three years, The country’s auto market recorded more than 27 per cent year- on-year growth in the first two months of 2013 following the financial crisis with expectations to record sales of 380,000 vehicles in 2013 compared to 305,000 vehicles in 2012 and …
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Auto sales in the UAE are about to record its best performance ever by leading the 350,000 units mark this year and erasing the earlier record set in 2008. While retail sales have been consistently high all through the year, recent weeks have seen major fleet orders and thus raising full-year expectations. The auto market …
According to an industry specialist declared that, the UAE will remain the fastest growing automobile market in the world in 2013 and winning the bid for Expo2020 will be a booster for the sector. One year ago, the country also led the growth of global automotive sales as the market witnessed 27 per cent growth …
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It’s been one week since Emerald City Nursery started tracking offenders, and they already have 11 embarrassed families on a watch-list. Their offence? Driving without securing their children in the car. In a new campaign – “Buckle-Up or Face-Up!” – the Jumeirah nursery is targeting parents who drop off or pick up children without …
New laws on speeding, seat belts and school buses are needed to save lives on the roads – particularly children, the FNC says. A new report prepared by the council’s interior and defence committee details a list of issues it says the Ministry of Interior needs to address. The 24-page report found that while …
When cities grow, traffic often becomes the default excuse for almost anything. Late for a meeting? Blame traffic. Don’t want to go out? Blame traffic. City planners have several ways out of this problem. They can build their way out, by widening roads or adding alternative routes around choke points. Alternatively, as is the case …
This is odd. Mid-engined supercars and wet weather are a notably disastrous combination, but the 597hp Ferrari 458 Speciale we’re in seems to be challenging the laws of driving physics as we’ve come to know them. We’re in Italy to get a taste of Ferrari’s third and latest road-going take on the incredible 458, …
Speed control devices on buses are reducing accidents but driver training and enforcement remain the key issues to improving safety, experts say. The Ministry of Interior set a deadline of March 31 for all buses that carry up to 22 passengers to be fitted with devices that limit the vehicle’s speed to a maximum …