The UAE government has come up with various awareness campaigns and other initiatives to prevent accidents and improve traffic management in the country. In this regard, the government designed different road safety rules and initiatives in Abu Dhabi as well.
Have a look at the various road safety rules and initiatives in Abu Dhabi in detail to better understand the strategy and how it works.
How does Abu Dhabi ensure safety on roads
Here are all the road safety rules and initiatives implemented in Abu Dhabi
1. Strategic Traffic Safety Plan, Abu Dhabi
The road safety management plan launched by the Traffic and Patrols Directorate in Abu Dhabi from 2010 aims to alleviate road fatalities. The programs consist of measures to prevent road accidents. The main elements of these measure being:
- Enforcing the laws
- Educating the public
- Engineering road network
- Providing emergency medical services
2. Abu Dhabi Speed management strategy
The Department of Transport Abu Dhabi (DoT) introduced the speed management strategy in 2014 for the capital with these objectives:
- Reduction in road injuries and fatalities in Abu Dhabi
- Facilitation of safe and efficient movement for public with quality of life enhanced and protected
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This speed management plan covers 6 main agendas:
- Speed problem assessment
- Crafting laws and legislation
- Awareness Campaigns
- Engineering
- Law enforcement
- Stakeholder coordination
Another effort by the government to manage speed and improve traffic flow on the roads is the installation of different types of traffic radars across the UAE for better monitoring and control.
3. Central traffic control system ‘SCOOT’
Split Cycle Offset Optimization Technique also known as ‘SCOOT’ is a modern traffic control system that regularise and control traffic flow at major junctions in the city. Introduced in Abu Dhabi in 2014, the system uses sensors to count the number of vehicles at any signal and adjust the traffic signals accordingly.
It is a modern adaptive traffic control system and is being used not only in Abu Dhabi but also in Dubai.
4. Road safety awareness
DoT, Abu Dhabi has a programme for spreading road safety awareness especially focusing on motorists, riders and pedestrians. In addition to targeting the main players, the programme also educates children and teenagers as future road users.
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5. Road safety audit
Abu Dhabi DoT launched a road safety audit programme. The audit is to be done every highway project launched. The elements to be covered by the audit mainly include the design phases of a new project before and after the construction. The audit identifies problems with road safety. Furthermore, it suggests methods to mitigate or eliminate any such concerns.
The Abu Dhabi government and police have played its part in ensuring road safety by running awareness campaigns, ensuring enforcement and implementation of road safety rules and building effective road networks. Now it is the duty of the residents to adhere to the traffic law and abide by the driving rules with care and safety to make the strategy work.
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