Radar devices deployed in the streets of Dubai captured several images of drivers who deliberately committed inappropriate and prohibited movements in front of the radar, and the Traffic Department said that it refers anyone who commits such behavior to the Criminal Investigation and Research Department, along with information about them, to take action against them and refer them to the prosecution.
Director of the General Traffic Department at Dubai Police, Brigadier Engineer Mohammed Saif Al Zaffin, confirmed that radar devices captured images of people making obscene and prohibited movements, indicating that the department refers those who make obscene gestures to criminal investigation to take action against them.
The pictures, copies of which were obtained by Emirates Today, included funny and strange shots, including a group of passengers in one of the cars saluting in a sarcastic manner at the radar, despite knowing that they were exceeding the legal speed, as they were traveling at a speed of 182 kilometers per hour, and another person raised He raised his hands and saluted the radar, despite his speed reaching 162 kilometers per hour, on a road with a maximum legal speed of 120 kilometers, while others sent obscene signals using… Their fingers.
The images taken by radar cameras in Dubai included other strange shots, one of which was of three people riding in a car, completely asleep, including the driver, and traveling at a speed of 136 kilometers per hour, exceeding the legal street speed, while another driver pointed to the radar with a victory sign as if he wanted to tell the radar that he… Outperform him.
The records of the General Traffic Department contain many pictures of adventurous motorcyclists who not only exceed the legal speed, but also deliberately break the laws, perform acrobatic movements, and ride the bike on one wheel or without using their hands to guide it or placing one foot on the other as an expression of professionalism in driving.
Cameras at traffic intersections also captured unique images of violent accidents and cars that almost caused accidents, and those images carried funny comments such as “emergency landing,” which is a picture of a vehicle whose driver slammed on the brakes hard after breaking a red light and survived a horrific collision with a car that was coming from the other direction. .
Al-Zaffin told Emirates Today that “the immoral behavior carried out by some drivers, whether they are obscene signals at the radar or committing an immoral act with another person inside the car, is considered immoral behavior, and on this basis this person is criminalized and referred for investigation, in addition to being subjected to a traffic violation.” ».
Al-Zaffin added that other funny actions carried out by a number of car drivers or those sitting next to them cannot be punished for, pointing out that there are people who do this as a joke, such as saluting the radar or bowing in front of it with their heads as an expression of their appreciation for it, and sometimes they do not expect to be caught for exceeding the legal speed while they are They do it.
He pointed out that there are 74 cameras at traffic intersections in Dubai, and it is scheduled to increase to 158 by the end of the year by more than 100%, pointing out that the number of fixed and mobile radar devices and a new type called “rifle radar” will also be increased, bringing the total to about 458. Radar, explaining that the deployment of this large number of devices contributes significantly to reducing accidents and road problems.
Al Nahda Radar
A number of motorists in Dubai said that radars do not represent to them just a device on the road to monitor speed violations, and Amr Sadiq considered it an enemy lurking at any moment, noting that he greets the radar located at the beginning of Al Nahda Street when entering from Emirates Road, as The first radar picked him up in Dubai, pointing out that he sometimes drives his car at crazy speed on foreign roads, but the irony is that he was caught exceeding the speed limit in Al Nahda by only one kilometre, expressing He expressed his extreme hatred for this radar.
Iman Ali indicated that she was happy when she saw her picture next to her husband when the radar captured them on Sheikh Zayed Road, stressing that her husband became very angry with her when she expressed to him her happiness with the picture because he was the one who would pay the violation in the end, pointing out that she saved the pictures on her personal device after downloading them from The Internet as a reminder.
Rude behavior
Deputy Director of the General Traffic Department at Dubai Police, Lieutenant Colonel Engineer Saif Al Muhair Al Mazrouei, explained that the majority of radars currently used are digital, indicating that they depict a longer range than their predecessors that used the “microfilm” system, as they rely on an electronic system to capture images. Clearly, it was transmitted within just two days via Bluetooth to the Violations Department.
Regarding the complaint of some about the violation of the privacy of cars by radars, Al Mazrouei stated that the General Traffic Department previously relied on radars that photograph from the rear, but for security reasons it decided to rely on modern devices that capture images from the front of the car and its occupants, pointing out that this is useful in certain cases. Such as when the vehicle is wanted or in cases of theft, hit-and-run.
Al Mazrouei said that a person who drives a car on a public road must adhere to the principles and ethics of the state and not behave in a way that offends public modesty, even if he is with his wife. He pointed out that such immoral behavior is criminalized by law and whoever commits it is referred to the Criminal Investigation Department to take action against him.
He added that the rear radars are currently only used to photograph trucks, due to the presence of the number plates on them under the vehicle, pointing out that the front radars have been very useful in cases where their owners doubt the validity of the violation, as they cannot object when they see their pictures or the pictures of others driving their cars.
Al Mazrouei explained that the General Traffic Department deployed a new device to detect violations installed in civilian cars, which consists of a camera, video recorder, and radar. Because the majority of road users know the locations of fixed radars and avoid them, they have also become aware of the mobile radars that stand in the streets, so a car carrying the hidden device was used, which moves in the streets like any other device and can photograph the violation as soon as it occurs.