Speed cameras on Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway set at 140kmph

Motorists exceeding by even a single km will now face penalities

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Motorists shutting between Abu Dhabi and Dubai are allowed to travel at a maximum speed of 140 kph as they will be caught by the traffic camera if they exceed that range, a senior police officer was reported on Monday as saying.

Rules introduced by the traffic police to adjust speed limits on internal roads and motorways set the maximum limit at 140 kph, including the buffer, on the highway between Abu Dhabi and Dubai to curb accidents, said Brigadier Hussein al Harthi, director of the traffic and patrols at the Abu Dhabi police department.

“All speed cameras installed on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai road will be adjusted to 140 kph shortly…this means that cars traveling at 141 kph will be caught by the camera,” he said, quoted by the Arabic language daily Alkhaleej.

“We urge all drivers to comply with this speed limit as breaking it is considered a serious traffic offence that will threaten the life of the driver and others.”

Abu Dhabi traffic police have been locked in a drive to reduce road mishaps caused mainly by speed, reckless driving and other violations.

One person was killed and over 60 injured when scores of cars collided with each other near Shahama on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai motorway this week.

 

3 million people in
Dubai during the day

One dead, 61 hurt
in 127-car pile-up

 

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  • Andy 9 September 2011 13:52 0 2
    I cannot believe that people are trying to blame the authorities for drivers receiving tickets and fines due to lack of publication of speed limits. There are signs along every road with a mandated speed limit, don't try and second guess when the camera will flash. If the sign says 120 Kmph, then drive at 120. IT IS NOT DIFFICULT. (Just for background information, I drive a high powered Mustang... and I NEVER exceed the speed limit)
  • Keepleft 21 April 2011 16:56 2 0
    Dubai and the Gulf States need to mandate REAR FOG LAMPS - UNECE Road Transport Regulation. Hazard warning lights are simply NOT as strong, and are intended for STATIONARY warning only of breakdowns and crash scenes, not as defacto rear fog lamps.
  • Rakesh 12 April 2011 15:44 1 0
    Clearly reducing the speed from 160 to 140 will make no positive difference at all. In fact, it has made things even worse with most drivers speeding between cameras and suddenly braking at the cameras.
  • Rakesh 12 April 2011 15:44 4 0
    Accidents are mostly caused by bad drivers who drive insanely slow on the faster lanes, ones who jam thier brakes on spotting an upcoming camera and mostly by ones who make abrupt exists from the fastest lane. Surely this accident must have been caused by a weak soul with extremely bad driving skills who hit the brakes as soon a cloud of fog was seen in front of him.
  • Syed 11 April 2011 10:28 0 1
    7. Fog awareness program should be given by newspapers or social networking sites.
  • Syed 11 April 2011 10:28 0 1
    6. During Heavy Fog new camera limits should be set so that drivers will automatically slow down.
  • Syed 11 April 2011 10:27 0 1
    5. Driving with hazards when there is fog should be jailed.
  • Syed 11 April 2011 10:25 0 1
    4. If any one is not maintaining distance between two car he should be heavily penalize.
  • Syed 11 April 2011 10:24 1 0
    3. Train will solve many issues. Even this will solve back pain problem of many regular drivers and save heavy fuel.
  • Syed 11 April 2011 10:23 1 0
    2. On weekends traffic authority should monitor the roads more closely as new drivers will be on road compare to regular drivers.
  • Syed 11 April 2011 10:23 0 0
    1. This is a clear problem from traffic authority; they removed all the trees which stops fog from coming on road.
  • Engr. Sheikh Din Mohammad 11 April 2011 09:34 0 0
    the best solution is a Park & Ride scheme with a commuter rail between the cities. Besides, I would propose to start a Car-sharing business by RTA at Dubai and make cars available at all the mentioned P&R facilities.
  • Saif Shaikh 9 April 2011 17:41 0 0
    Most ridiculous thing i ever heard ! Is there any relative difference between going 140km/h and 160km/h, you still will not survive a crash at those speed nor magically reduce accidents from occurring ! Surely the big accident that prompted this last week was fog, and people speeding during low visibility ! surely a accident warning system during fog will provide much better protection than knocking down the speedlimit by 20 !!!!!
  • Bilal 7 April 2011 15:06 0 0
    There was an annoucment in a newspaper that the speed on highway will remain 120 + 40... I wish they had announced changing the speed limit from 160 to 140 before they slapped the fines... This makes no sense as many people have to pay huge fines because they didn't make a clear announcement on the change in speed limit.
  • Ann Onymouse 6 April 2011 16:49 0 0
    Call me crazy but how about a high speed rail link between AD and Dubai? Surely a continuation of the Metro would not only save lives but also contribute to the environment. Come on RTA invest in that!
  • bilal 6 April 2011 11:22 1 0
    I hate the hard mind drivers... those who stick to the lift lane while driving 120 or 140 even. if you cant speed to the limit and cant change lanes quickly then dont ever think to use the left lane. you force others to overtake from right and to get made because your behavior is strange and dump while you need half an hour to look in the mirror then half an hour to give the signal then one hour to move the car form one lane to an other!!!
  • Julio 5 April 2011 16:47 1 0
    What you can see on the road is the sign which says 'Road is controlled by radar'. Is there any logic on that? It would be good to see a sign which says 'Observe speed limit; overspeeding can cause disability and death'. Also, authorities should put lots of sign boards of safe driving like 'Drive safely, your family is waiting for you'. Countdown timer at traffic signals like in Ajman really helps.
  • Sam 5 April 2011 14:42 1 0
    The problem in the UAE is that the streets allow drivers to speed, the second issue is the bumper to bumper tailing, the third is that some naive drivers find themselves driving cars which they have never dreamt of driving one day; all of this resulted in pile-up and in many of the accidents in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
  • mikel 5 April 2011 12:58 0 0
    whatever speed limit be implemented, it is an individual responsibility when it comes to road safety. What happened in the recent accident was a clear ignorance of the situation. therefore, resulted to these accident.
  • mikel 5 April 2011 12:57 0 0
    whatever speed limit be implemented, it is an individual responsibility when it comes to road safety. What happened in the recent accident was a clear ignorance of the situation. therefore, resulted to these accident.
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