New speed limits on Abu Dhabi roads? Police clarify

Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi Police denies what is being circulated via social media about abolishing speed margin in Abu Dhabi.

By Web Team

Published: Wed 11 Jan 2017, 2:55 PM

Last updated: Thu 12 Jan 2017, 2:31 AM

Want to escape traffic fines? Keep tabs on your brakes and don't rely on hearsay.
Abu Dhabi Police have quashed rumours that speed limits on certain roads have been revised. They announced on their official Facebook page: "Abu Dhabi Police denies what is being circulated via social media about abolishing speed margin in Abu Dhabi."
Most roads in Abu Dhabi have a grace margin that allows drivers to exceed the speed limit by upto 20 kmph. For instance, on roads where the posted limit may be 120kmph, you can accelerate till 140kmph, before the radar flashes.

According to statistics released by the Traffic and Patrols Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police in May last year, 1,837 motorists were caught driving over 200 kmph on the roads of Abu Dhabi.
Brigadier Hussain Al Harthi, Director-General of Central Operations in Abu Dhabi Police, said that the number of fatalities on Abu Dhabi roads dramatically increased in the first three months of 2016, compared to the first three months of 2015, with over 489 road accidents.
Similar rumours have been doing the rounds for Dubai roads claiming that the 20 kmph window of radar flash has been done away with.
Khaleej Times did a quick check on the Dubai Police website, and has found that no such changes have been made to speed limits.
However, what has changed on the roads is that some radars have become "friendlier". Instead of flashing after the driver exceeds the 20 km/hr window, these radars send out a warning flash when they find that a driver is about to go beyond the grace window. Therefore, don't worry if you are driving at 118 km/hr on a road that has a 100 km/hr speed limit and you are flashed by a radar.
Here are the speed limits on key Dubai roads, according to the Dubai Police website:

S. No.	Road	Road speed	Radar control
1	Al Nahda	80	101
2	Damascus	80	101
3	Al Quds	80	101
4	Tunisia	80	101
5	Sheik Khalifa	80	101
6	Amman	80	101
7	Port	80	101
8	Beirut	80	101
9	Zaabeel second	80	101
10	University City	80	101
11	Airport Tunnel-Beirut	80	101
12	Tripoli	80	101
13	Al Jumeira	70	91
14	Nad Al Shiba	70	91
15	Al Wasl	70	91
16	Baghdad	70	91
17	Um Al Sheef	70	91
18	Al Manarah	70	91
19	Al Athar	70	91
20	Al Thunaya	70	91
21	Park	70	91
22	Al Seif	70	91
23	Al Orouba	70	91
24	Towers	70	91
25	Muscat	70	91
26	Al Khail	100	121
27	Al Yalayes	80	101
28	Al Awwer	80	101
29	Emirates	120	141
30	Dubai-Hatta	100	121
31	Mohammad Bin Zayed	120	141
32	Jabal Ali Lehbab	100	121
33	Al Itihad	100	121
34	Ras Al Khor	100	121
35	Sheikh Zayed	100	121
36	Al Rabat	100	121
37	Al Khawaneej	100	121
38	Al Amardi	100	121
39	Al Sheik Rashid	100	121
40	Hatta General	100	121
41	Al Khaleej	80	101
42	Airport	80	101
43	Nad Al Hamar	80	101
44	Al Soufouh	60	81
45	Al Soufouh 2	70	91
46	Oud Metha	80	101
47	Um Hurair	80	101
48	Um Suqaim	90	111
49	Al Mankhoul	80	101
50	Al Manama	80	101
51	Al Maidan	80	101
52	White House	70	91
53	Hessa	80	101
54	Al Mafraq	70	91
55	Dubai Financial	80	101
56	Al Qudra	100	121
57	Algeria	80	101
58	Tunisia	80	101
59	Dubai-AlAin	100	121
60	Al Asayel	80	101
61	Qarn Al sabkhah	80	101
62	Al Khail First	60	91
63	Al Forsan	60	91