Traffic gridlock on Sheikh Zayed Road…

Cause of traffic snarl not known yet

School buses and cars and other vehicles are running bumper to bumper on Sheikh Zayed Road Traffic since 1 pm. Traffic has built-up from Interchange II towards Jebel Ali.

At the time of filing this report, the cause of the pile-up is not clear. Some suggest schools' re-opening to be one of the causes, as most students return home at his hour.

One motorist, caught in the traffic, says he is surprised as he never expected traffic at this time of the day. “You expect such snarls towards Jebel Ali only in the mornings on week days. I don’t see any accident in the vicinity.”

Yet another parent on his way to collect his son is worried about not reaching the school on time. His kindergartner would be anxious on not seeing when his classes finish. “Am sure it’s an accident way ahead that’s causing this,” he says.

However, there’s been no official confirmation as yet.

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  • SM 10 September 2012 21:31 0 0
    Actually if you passed by the accident scene...there were skid marks across all the lanes. Must have been a pretty serious accident and hence the cops would have to close all the lanes and clear out the debris.
  • Nabil 10 September 2012 17:12 1 0
    I missed a meeting for this jam, We all were stuck there for two hours...
  • chitra 10 September 2012 15:18 4 0
    Traffic was due to a huge accident just before the MOE interchange... I witness the accident as around 12pm i was passing by, it was terrible, 1 car over turned between the 3rd and the 4th lane, and other car crushed like a can... and 1 more 4-wheel vehicle hit from the front.. all lanes were closed by Cop cars, and ambulance. Got a small bit captured on my cam.
  • M. 10 September 2012 15:08 3 4
    5-6 lane highway, 1 major/minor accident, and the whole stretch of Sheikh Zayed falls under a gridlock for 1-2 Hours, isn't that ridiculous? And the only reason for that is many people just slow down their cars to WATCH the misery of 2 cars!
  • karim 10 September 2012 14:31 1 0
    There was an accident on SZR towards Jabal ALi.. it took me 2 hours to cut 3 KMs :(

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