The State News Agency (WAM) has reported saying that, implementing the plans on the roads, has launched on the addition of the fifth lane in both directions to the E10 road from Abu Dhabi to Al Shahama. The agency added announcing that the 16 kilometer expansion is scheduled to be completed and done by the …
Being in the running for the up to date trends, the Department of Transport (DoT) of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has declared that it is paving the way to design and setup of the first environmentally friendly road in the Middle East. According to the Department of Transport (DoT) plans and strategies, this project …
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Ten brand new cameras have been set up to traffic lights in the Capital Emirate of Abu Dhabi. In framework of the capital plans and strategies that increased the number of equipped junctions to thirty six. Brigadier General Hussein Al Harthi, the Director of the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police, pointed out …
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ABU DHABI – Traffic experts have said that high speeding, not fastening and wearing seat belts, lack of child restraints and passing red lights were among the serious road safety problems in the UAE last year. “Abu Dhabi has seen a decrease in fatal crashes, which in itself is a significant stride,” said Glenn Havinoviski, …
ABU DHABI – A series of serious steps and initiatives to decrease the number of road deaths and accidents over the past years have been praised by road safety experts. Along with that, campaigns have included raising awareness about drink driving, speeding, pedestrian and cyclist safety, and reckless driving. “The issue of traffic safety is …
It has been looming in the Emirate of Sharjah that road signs there are up in the air for a new face to help drivers and road users make their journeys more manageable, faster and shorter. Accordingly, the Traffic Engineering Department of Sharjah Department of Public Works (DPW) hit the ground running a comprehensive traffic …
DUBAI – Taxi regulators executed a quick change on a ruling that banned passengers from sharing a taxi to more than one destination. Taxi drivers may now make multiple drop-offs and stops on the same route provided they do not restart the meter at each stop, and the last passenger to get out of the …
DUBAI – Taxis in the Emirate of Dubai are being installed with sensors that give the green light to the meters to operate automatically and beyond one’s control. The Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) has taken its first step in fixing in the meter devices and sensors in its cab vehicles …
It goes without saying that video cameras in taxis are helping to use time and cut costs associated with filing an insurance claim in a number of countries including Australia, Singapore and the United States but the trend is unlikely to take off in the UAE despite the benefits. In Singapore, taxi drivers are increasingly …
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ABU DHABI – Reviewing the latest traffic statistics, it has been shown that skipping a red light got things rolling to 11 per cent among the primary causes of traffic accidents in the Capital Emirate of Abu Dhabi during the first quarter of 2013. On account of that, the traffic police called for the motorists …
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