The activities of the Gulf Traffic Week continue to enhance awareness. A signal overpass control system reduces accidents by 30% in Abu Dhabi

The activities of the 32nd Gulf Traffic Week continued in all emirates of the country, which include providing activities and initiatives to deepen traffic awareness and consolidate it into an approach and culture that positively reflects the efforts of the agencies concerned with reducing traffic accidents and violations. The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at the Abu Dhabi Police revealed the contribution of the red-signal control system that currently covers 40% of intersections in Abu Dhabi in reducing traffic accidents and deaths resulting from them at intersections by 30%, since its implementation in 2013 until the end of last year. Captain Marzouq Saeed Al Zaabi, Director of the Intelligent Traffic Systems Center at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police, said that the directorate adopts a comprehensive system of traffic control to improve traffic safety indicators, whether through automatic control devices, radars, red signal crossovers, as well as smart patrols and the smart traffic police project. Al-Zaabi pointed out that all of these systems are linked to the Center for Intelligent Traffic Systems, which allows the exchange of information with accuracy and high speed, which facilitates the decision-making process and the speed of response in all cases. The hotline to that, the Ministry of Interior Center for Child Protection, within the initiatives of the Higher Committee for Child Protection chaired by Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhribani Al-Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of His Highness the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, provided awareness during the activities in the Emirate of Ajman, with a hotline and the application of my protection on smart phones to facilitate Reporting cases of child abuse and electronic reporting through the center's website. The Center's participation promotes the cultivation of traffic culture and knowledge in children, the definition of its role in protecting them, and the organization of a range of awareness-raising activities for children. Traffic week activities in Abu Dhabi at the Yas Mall continue to send awareness messages to all segments of society. Higher colleges of technology participate in the activities of the Gulf Traffic Week within the “Traffic Awareness Partners” initiative, which started its activities the day before yesterday in Yas Mall in Abu Dhabi organized by the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police And will continue until the 18th of June, when about 160 students from colleges of technology in the Abu Dhabi and Khalifa City branches participate in broadcasting educational messages to the public, within a special pavilion of technology colleges in the events, The hashtag "# Your decision_determines_masirik" has also been launched on the official account of the Higher Colleges of Technology. Dr. Adel Al-Amri, Deputy Director of the Higher Colleges of Technology Complex for Strategy and Communication, Director of Higher Colleges of Technology for Girls in Abu Dhabi, stressed the importance of this annual event and the colleges' keenness to participate in and interact with it as part of its social responsibilities . The Traffic Awareness and Media Branch of the Traffic and Patrols Department at Ras Al Khaimah Police organized awareness-raising lectures on traffic safety for students of Ibn Dhahir School for Basic Education Boys H1 and the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program Corporation. A number of awareness committees are divided into 4 different sectors at the emirate level (Al-Rams, Khurjwer, Adhn and Rak Mall).