Scheme to reduce traffic snarls after accidents on MBZ road

The trial run of a new scheme to manage traffic accidents would be launched on a 70km stretch of the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road for one year from September 16, it was announced on Sunday.
The Traffic Incidents Management Scheme is expected to reduce traffic congestions after accidents and associated costs by 25 per cent.
It would also help cut the time needed to remove damaged vehicles off the road, detect the occurrence of accidents and incidents, and ensure rapid deployment to fend off secondary accidents triggered by sudden snarls.

It would also enable the delivery of roadside assistance to faulty vehicles to clear them off the road.
Through the scheme, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) would assist the police manage traffic accidents by diverting traffic to alternative routes.
The objective is to streamline the traffic flow at the sites of accidents and cut short the time taken to remove crashed vehicles.
To this effect, Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, and Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police, held a meeting.
To implement the trial operation of the Traffic Incidents Management Scheme, the two parties have agreed to deploy a team at the Command and Control Room of the Dubai Police.
A process will be charted out for communication between the operations room, traffic control centre and dedicated patrol vehicles on the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road.
Discussions also covered accidents of bikes and the police's crackdown on violators of the law.

Over 1,700 bikes had been seized in Dubai in 2017. The meeting discussed collecting fines applicable to vehicles whose registration had expired.
The number of vehicles with expired registration plying on Dubai roads is estimated to be 269,000.
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