Abu Dhabi Police: Pedestrians Given Right of Way in All Residential, School, and Hospital Zones with Speed Limits of 40 km/h or Less

The General Command of Abu Dhabi Police has called connected drivers to prioritize pedestrian crossings successful residential areas, schools, and hospitals connected each roads wherever velocity limits are 40 km/h oregon less. Drivers are reminded to ever springiness mode to pedestrians successful these zones, adjacent if marked pedestrian crossings are absent, arsenic portion of a committedness to enhancing pedestrian safety.

The Traffic and Patrols Directorate urged drivers to workout caution, trim speeds connected each roads, peculiarly adjacent pedestrian zones, and debar distractions. It emphasized that ensuring the information of pedestrians is simply a shared work betwixt drivers and pedestrians alike.

The Directorate besides clarified that drivers who neglect to springiness mode to pedestrians successful designated crossing areas volition look a good of AED 500 and six postulation points nether Article 69, arsenic residential areas, schools, and hospitals are considered pedestrian zones adjacent successful the lack of marked crossings.

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