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Abu Dhabi- red light jumpers account for eleven per cent of crashes

Jumping a red light caused eleven per cent of traffic accidents in Abu Dhabi in the first quarter of this year, new traffic statistics show. Col Jamal Salem Al Ameri, head of public relations at Abu Dhabi Police's Traffic and Patrols Department, said accidents from jumping red lights often had serious consequences and put motorists in danger. In the first phase of a plan to enhance traffic monitoring across the emirate, state-of-the-art triple-function traffic cameras were recently installed at forty juncti
May 13, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
Jumping a red light caused eleven per cent of traffic accidents in Abu Dhabi in the first quarter of this year, new traffic statistics show.

Col Jamal Salem Al Ameri, head of public relations at Abu Dhabi Police's Traffic and Patrols Department, said accidents from jumping red lights often had serious consequences and put motorists in danger.

In the first phase of a plan to enhance traffic monitoring across the emirate, state-of-the-art triple-function traffic cameras were recently installed at forty junctions in Abu Dhabi city.  A built-in, high-definition video camera, which stores and renders images around the clock, will aid police in monitoring traffic during an accident

After this initial phase, cameras will be installed elsewhere, according to Brig Gen Hussein Al Harethi, head of the traffic and patrols directorate in Abu Dhabi.

"The goal is to bring down the number of accidents at traffic-light intersections, which are the most dangerous," he said.

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