Motorists warned of fog, urged to follow traffic rules across UAE

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Abu Dhabi Police called on motorists to adhere to safe driving and follow the speed limit of 80 km during fog formation and to leave an adequate safe distance between vehicles.

The Traffic and Patrols Directorate explained that activating the system to reduce speeds during times of fog is a temporary preventive measure, aimed at reducing traffic accidents that occur due to lack of visibility on the roads, and drivers must spontaneously reduce the speed to 80 kilometres per hour when witnessing the descent of the fog, in order to protect themselves and road users.

The police confirmed that they are working to alert drivers of the changing speeds covered by fog, through 4 innovative warning methods, which are alerts via social networking sites for followers of Abu Dhabi Police accounts and early warning messages in areas subject to activation of the speed reduction system and are sent via smart phones with the start of thick fog and screens smart gates on all external and internal roads and electronic guiding panels on the right of the road.