Long Wait - A car is waiting to get into the main road during slow moving traffic from Dubai to Sharjah on Sharjah bridge
Sharjah - A top official at Sharjah Police said that the move comes after recent studies by the department, which showed that most traffic accidents are caused by the failure to keep a safe space between cars, particularly in rough weather, when pileup accidents are frequent, causing death as well as serious to moderate injuries.
Published: Thu 21 Jul 2016, 9:00 PM
Updated: Thu 21 Jul 2016, 11:13 PM
Sharjah Police Department will soon install advanced radars to detect the cars that fail to maintain a safe distance between them, a major cause of crashes and pile up accidents. The plan will be executed to cover the entire emirate in the next six months.
A top official at Sharjah Police said that the move comes after recent studies by the department, which showed that most traffic accidents are caused by the failure to keep a safe space between cars, particularly in rough weather, when pileup accidents are frequent, causing death as well as serious to moderate injuries.
In many cases, especially while driving at high speeds, the driver has to slow down due to any sudden changes in the road or traffic, and the car right behind ends up crashing into them due to the lack of safe distance.
The current traffic radars are advanced, but not programmed to detect this particular violation.
The violator who fails to maintain space between them and the vehicle in front will be fined Dh400 and get 4 black points on his traffic record, as per the federal traffic law. "There are many reckless drivers who drive close to the car ahead, at high speed, and cause fatal accidents."
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