The first violation of the lack of a warning safety distance in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Police revealed that the first violation of the lack of a safety distance between vehicles is warning, while it is registered if it is repeated, noting that the automatic control of this violation targets reckless drivers who adhere to the front vehicles only, and endanger their lives.

In detail, the Director of the Branch of Studies and Traffic Research in Abu Dhabi Police, Captain Eng. Muhammad Al -Eisaei, said that the automatic control feature has been activated in all radars on highways in the Emirate People have received warning messages or violations.

He added that the goal of activating them is to seize only aggressive drivers, who affix their vehicles in the front vehicles, and not every driver left a safe distance, as the violation is documented and edited in the violations treatment department.

He warned that the first violation of the lack of a distance in front of sufficiently is informed in a warning in a view to awareness, as a alert message is sent to the driver on his phone not to repeat it, while the following violations are registered against the owner of the vehicle.

Al -Eisaei warned of the danger and consequences of not leaving a sufficient safety distance behind the front vehicles, as drivers are closely approaching the front vehicles, pointing out that the violation is considered one of the main causes of shock accidents from the back, which results in severe injuries, or sometimes deaths, due to High speeds, these behaviors are abundantly monitored on external highways.

He revealed that the Statistics and Studies Department conducted an analysis of accident data resulting from not leaving a sufficient safety distance during the first six months after the activation, as it showed a decrease in the number of grave accidents by 54%, compared to the six months that preceded the activation of automatic control, while the eloquent injuries resulting from This violation is 86%, and deaths by 75%.

Al -Issaei called on the drivers in the event that they were subjected to harassment from the rear vehicles, and not to leave a safety distance, to evacuate the left neighborhood, to the vehicles coming from the back, as a violation of the non -validity of the road against them is applied by traffic patrols, but in the event of congestion or difficulty in moving to the right The driver remains in his path, so that he has the opportunity to move safe to the right.

He stressed that all drivers must leave a sufficient safety distance in all cases, and drivers who have an emergency or urgency can alert the front vehicles, in safe way Sufficiently, endangering the life of drivers.

He pointed to the punishment of the violators, in the event that a distance is not left in front of sufficient, as item “52” is applied in the rules and procedures of traffic control No. 178 of 2017, to drivers who violate the lack of a sufficient safety distance behind the front vehicles, with a fine of 400 dirhams, and four points Traffic on the driver of the vehicle.

In the event that a serious accident occurred, due to the lack of a sufficient safety distance, according to the investigations, Law No. 5 of 2020 is applied regarding the vehicles of vehicles in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which is the financial value of the vehicle’s reservation for 5,000 dirhams, provided that the vehicle is reserved until the financial value is paid To dismantle the reservation, for a maximum period of three months, and in the event that the dues are not paid, the vehicle is referred for sale in the public auction.

During the recent period, Abu Dhabi Police monitored abuses from some reckless drivers, as they harass the vehicles that are traveling in front of them, approaching them to a close distance, and forcing them to evacuate the road to them, through the use of reflective lighting, and the alert machine constantly, which leads to the dispersal of the front vehicle driver’s concentration , And it doubles the risk of dangerous traffic accidents, and violated 19 thousand and 327 drivers during the first half of 2021.

• 400 dirhams fine not to leave enough safety distance and four traffic points.