Motorists must check cars before driving in Dubai, police urge

Dubai: Dubai Police have urged motorists to make sure that their cars and tyres are in good situation as a part of its yearly summer time street security marketing campaign.

The marketing campaign, launched on Monday below the slogan ‘Towards a safe summer on the roads’, goals to unfold consciousness amongst folks, particularly who journey to their homeland by automobile.

Major-General Mohammad Saif Al Zafein, Head of the Federal Traffic Council and Assistant to the Dubai Police Chief for Operations Affairs, mentioned the nationwide marketing campaign will assist to carry down variety of street accidents and services throughout summer time.

“The scheme includes activities that will help raise awareness among motorists and road users about the dangers posed by breaching traffic laws. The three month campaign will focus on important of tyres as bad tyres are the cause of most accidents during summer,” mentioned Maj Gen Al Zafein. “UAE’s network of roads has helped reduce the number of road deaths from 30 people for each 100,000 in the past 15 years to between three and four deaths for every 100,000 in recent years.”

Stricter site visitors laws and elevated police patrols have additionally performed a component in the decline of street crashes and deaths. “Accidents that happen during summer months contribute to about 25 to 30 per cent of UAE traffic deaths,” added Al Zafein.

He urged all motorists to make sure the protection of their automobiles throughout street journeys. During the summers of the previous three years, 87 folks died in site visitors accidents, 30 of them final yr, 28 the yr before and 29 in 2018.

According to official knowledge from Dubai Police, sudden swerving was the principle cause behind the lethal accidents in the course of the summer time, adopted by not leaving protected distance between automobiles.

Moreover, Pakistani drivers brought about 40.6 per cent of those crashes, adopted by Indian motorists inflicting 18.8 per cent of the accidents. Emiratis got here third by inflicting 16.8 per cent of the deadly site visitors accidents in the course of the summer time in the final three years.