Experts called for clearer definitions on vehicle sizes yesterday after a fatal crash at the weekend involving a minibus that may have been overloaded. Three people died and 16 were injured when the vehicle carrying staff from a cleaning company flipped in Fujairah on Saturday. The Bangladeshi driver and a Sri Lankan man and woman …
A minibus carrying staff from a cleaning company flipped over in Fujairah this weekend, killing three and injuring 16 others. The accident, on Saturday, took place in Al Qiriya. Two Sri Lankan nationals and the driver, from Bangladesh, were killed. “There were 16 injured, who were taken to a hospital,” said a spokesman for Fujairah …
A 20-year-old man has died after the Ferrari he was driving hit a palm tree, splitting the vehicle in two before it burst into flames. The crash happened at 1am on Sunday in Motor City, said Salah Bu Farousha, the chief traffic prosecutor in Dubai. The Indian driver was speeding when he lost control of …
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Getting behind the wheel of a car and speeding is a decision that will always haunt Khaled and Mohammed . They were involved in high-speed accidents and suffered such serious injuries that they will be dependent on round-the-clock medical care for the rest of their lives. Both Emiratis are patients at Amana Healthcare, a long-stay …
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The race is on among the world’s top car makers, parts firms – and Google – to develop truly driverless vehicles. Google says it will take just a few more years. Others say a decade is more realistic. And BMW, despite its engineering skills, says it isn’t in a hurry to be first. Daimler successfully …
Imagine being able to read a book or watch a movie, check your emails or enjoy a meal while your car automatically ferries you to your destination. Then when you arrive and climb out, you push a button on your smartphone and it finds itself a parking space. It could even take your children to …
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If the next bus you take to Marina Mall has a particularly quiet engine and smooth acceleration, there will be a reason for that: it’s electric. Transport chiefs are putting two battery-powered buses, the first in the region, through six-month trials in Abu Dhabi, starting at the end of next month. A 65-seater will ply …
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Drive less, use public transport more and road congestion will be a thing of the past. That was the message from transport chiefs on Monday as they outlined schemes to build up the bus network in Abu Dhabi. The Government has invested in alternatives to driving, now it is up to the public to use …
Passengers will be able to pay bus fares in the capital with a new automated card system. Machines that sell and top up the cards, with payment by cash or credit card, are being installed in main bus stations in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, and in shopping malls. Three hundred machines for topping up …
One in five patients in long-term intensive care is a young man crippled for life in a car crash. Doctors have described the heartbreak of providing lifetime support for victims with alert minds trapped in the “physical prison of a non-functioning body”. And they have renewed calls for tougher action to curb what one described …