Abu Dhabi: Around 1,470 vehicles were seized from drivers exceeding 200 kilometres per hour during the first quarter of this year, the Abu Dhabi Police announced on Wednesday.
Drivers caught at these dangerous speeds on the capital emirate’s internal and external roads also faced legal action.
Brigadier Engineer Hussain Ahmad Al Harithi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police, said that no leniency will be shown towards violators of traffic rules and regulations.
“Reckless motorists are endangering their own lives as well as the lives of other road users. Violators will be detained and their vehicles impounded,” he said.
Al Harithi also stressed that road monitoring has been increased through the traffic patrols, and civil patrols of the Traffic Investigation Section on various roads; in addition to air patrols and radars. Legal speed limits displayed on road signs, were determined after thorough studies of the traffic movement and population density, the official stated.
Consequences
Speed limits are also established after examining all the common reasons behind road accidents in order to reduce them and the resulting deaths and injuries, and the damage they cause to roads and public facilities, that the government has spent billions to build, improve, expand according to the highest international standards.
According to a police statement, risks of excess speeding include losing control of the vehicle, and failure to avoid others’ mistakes. Speeding also decreases the amount of time motorists ordinarily take to make a correct decision that would protect them from potential road hazards in case of an emergency.
