{"id":21811,"date":"2016-11-18T11:53:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T07:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sellanycar.com\/cars-related\/?p=21811"},"modified":"2016-11-18T11:53:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T07:53:08","slug":"leading-cause-road-deaths-uae-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/leading-cause-road-deaths-uae-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Leading Cause of Road Deaths in the UAE Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fatal road accidents in the UAE<\/strong> are a major concern for road and transport authorities. One of the major reasons for occurrence of deadly road accidents in the UAE is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellanycar.com\/cars-related\/uae\/road-accidents-decreased-in-uae-but-careless-drivers-still-exist\/\">distracted driving<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> The findings of a new YouGov research conducted by<strong> \u201cRoad Safety UAE and QIC Insured\u201d<\/strong> suggest the <strong>use of mobile phone while driving <\/strong>to be the leading cause for fatal road accidents in the UAE. The findings of this research also indicate that only <em>26% of the motorists avoid using their mobile phone <\/em>while driving while rest of them do it for various reasons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also read: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellanycar.com\/cars-related\/uae\/112-traffic-deaths-first-half-2016-dubai\/\">112 Traffic Deaths in First Half of 2016 in Dubai<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Detailed Findings of the Latest Research<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The research conducted by Road Safety UAE and QIC indicated the use of mobile phone while driving as the major reason for dangerous road accidents in the UAE. The <strong>use of mobile phone while driving is lethal<\/strong> as it puts in danger, multiple lives on the road thus increases the rate of road deaths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following are the key findings of the latest research:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Drivers\u2019 age group between 25-29 years<\/strong> is the most vulnerable one<\/li>\n<li><strong>Westerners <\/strong>usually don\u2019t use mobile while driving<\/li>\n<li><strong>74% Drivers<\/strong> make use of the mobile phone for <strong>incoming calls<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>43% Drivers<\/strong> use the Mobile phone for <strong>outgoing calls<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>19% Drivers<\/strong> use mobile phone to <strong>open\/reply incoming messages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>14% Drivers<\/strong> make use of their mobile phone to <strong>send messages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Old Drivers<\/strong> hold the <strong>maximum percentage<\/strong> for listening to <strong>incoming calls<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Young Drivers<\/strong> mostly make <strong>outgoing calls<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>60% of the respondents<\/strong> in the search admitted <strong>using hands-free<\/strong> during almost half of their drives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Why Use of Mobile Phone while Driving is Deadly<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Use of mobile phone while driving is deadly because it causes a number of distractions. One of them is the <strong>manual distraction<\/strong> that results in taking hands off the steering. The other distraction is <strong>visual distraction<\/strong> where you take your eyes off the road. Another significant distraction caused by using mobile phone while driving is the <strong>auditory distraction<\/strong> where the driver becomes unable to listen to the traffic sounds. <em>The chance of occurrence of fatal accidents on the road increases due to use of mobile phone while driving because of impact of multiple distractions caused by it<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21815\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sellanycar.com\/cars-related\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/driving-becomes-deadly-due-to-careless-drivers-e1479455307409.jpg\" alt=\"Why Use of Mobile Phone while driving is Deadly\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also read: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellanycar.com\/cars-related\/uae\/car-news\/uae-police-warns-motorists-taking-selfies-driving\/\">UAE Police Warns Motorists for Taking Selfies While Driving<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Penalties for using Mobile Phone while Driving<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fine of <strong>AED 1,000 and 12 Black Points<\/strong> against your license are the penalties for using mobile phone while driving. Whether these penalties are heavy enough to discourage the motorists from using mobile phone while driving has become a matter of discussion for the authorities. As a possible increase in the penalties can be forecasted, it is the responsibility of the motorists to be more careful while driving and avoid using mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Planning to change your car? Don\u2019t forget that with us you can\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uae.sellanycar.com\/site\/Evaluate\"><strong>sell your used car<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in just 30 minutes while all the post sales paperwork is handled by SellAnyCar.com\u2019s team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatal road accidents in the UAE are a major concern for road and transport authorities. One of the major reasons for occurrence of deadly road accidents in the UAE is distracted driving. The findings of a new YouGov research conducted by \u201cRoad Safety UAE and QIC Insured\u201d suggest the use of mobile phone while driving &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/leading-cause-road-deaths-uae-revealed\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Leading Cause of Road Deaths in the UAE Revealed<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":21813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Use-mob-phone-driving.jpg",960,638,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Use-mob-phone-driving-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Use-mob-phone-driving-300x199.jpg",300,199,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Use-mob-phone-driving-768x510.jpg",768,510,true],"large":["http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Use-mob-phone-driving.jpg",960,638,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Use-mob-phone-driving.jpg",960,638,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Use-mob-phone-driving.jpg",960,638,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"SellAnyCar.com Team","author_link":"http:\/\/18.202.220.25\/en\/guides\/author\/saygin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Fatal road accidents in the UAE are a major concern for road and transport authorities. 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