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Abu Dhabi Police to install 40 new radars on Mafraq highway
Speedsters beware! Abu Dhabi Police are to install 40 new radars along the Al Mafraq-Ghweifat highway, a senior official told Gulf News.
- Staff Report
- Published: 23:01 November 3, 2008
Abu Dhabi: Speedsters beware! Abu Dhabi Police are to install 40 new radars along the Al Mafraq-Ghweifat highway, a senior official told Gulf News.
Major Hussain Ahmad Al Harthi, Director of the Traffic Engineering and Road Safety department at the Traffic and Patrolling Directorate of the police said: "Within two weeks, 40 new radars will be installed along the route from Al Mafraq to Ghweifat".
Though 120 km/ hr is the speed limit on the highways in general, radars flash motorists only after they cross 160 km / hr.
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