UAE | Emergencies

Labourers to be given fluorescent jackets

Move is part of the Dubai Police ‘Cross the roads safely’ campaign

  • Staff Reporter
  • Published: 17:59 February 21, 2013
  • Gulf News

Dubai: As part of the Dubai Police ‘Cross the roads safely’ campaign, the Dubai Police traffic department in cooperation with Naif Police station have started distributing fluorescent jackets for labourers.

Police said the jackets have been given to different companies in order to distribute them among their workers and encourage them to wear jackets when they go out at night. The move aims at reducing the number of pedestrian accidents.

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