ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, May 10th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
The
Abu Dhabi Police is currently considering an e-proposal to fit streets
with an incandescent warning light to prevent chain-reaction traffic
accidents resulting from fog on the roads.
The project is based
on advance traffic accidents’ signage that warns motorists against
accidents that may not be visible to them due to the density of the fog.
The innovation, if implemented successfully, will serve as a preemptive
measure to warn drivers to take caution at least 3 kilometers ahead of
the area where a traffic accident has occurred.
Lt. Colonel
Nasser Al Maskari, Head of the Operations Department, said that the
“innovation” doesn’t prevent traffic accidents, but contributes to
timely preventing chain-reaction during foggy weather conditions, in
order to preserve lives of road users and reduce hazardous accidents
resulting from poor road visibility.
“The aim of such an
innovative proposal, which was devised by the Operations Department at
the Directorate General of Central Operations, is to provide an optimal
warning for drivers within seconds of a traffic accident a few
kilometers ahead of them on external roads, to avoid eventual surprises
in foggy weather.
For his part, Eng. Osama Ahmed Ismail gave a
detailed explanation on his submitted proposal: “It is a special
incandescent light connected to a wireless electronic device controller,
installed at 3 kilometer intervals at roadsides of external roads. It
releases an incandescent red light that is particularly designed to
penetrate the fog. Drivers can see this warning light as far ahead, at
least 3 kilometers ahead of potential traffic accidents.”
Engineer
Osama added: “The Operations Room officer controls the incandescent
street light from a safe area ahead of the traffic accident’s location,
20 seconds after receiving notification on the 999 number, indicating
that a traffic accident had occurred. The officer identifies the
geographic coordinates of the accident’s site and turns on the
electronic street lights close to the accident’s site on roads. This
would warn drivers against a traffic accident ahead of them in order to
avoid chain-reaction collision of vehicles”.
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The
Arabic-language text of this announcement is the official,
authoritative version. Translations are provided as an accommodation
only, and should be cross-referenced with the Arabic-language text,
which is the only version of the text intended to have legal effect.
Contacts
The UAE Minister of Interior's General Secretariat, Tactical Affairs and Security Media Department
Abu Dhabi Police GHQ - Security Media
Chris Cron +971-(0)-50-987-1317
E-mail: cron.media@hotmail.com
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