Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: The Directorate of Traffic and Patrols in the General Command of Abu Dhabi Police has completed its preparations for the new academic year “2023-2024” with a comprehensive plan, the update shared by the Abu Dhabi Police stated.
It was revealed that the plan will be operated in cooperation with strategic partners, which reinforces the securing of students’ return to school seats and achieving the highest levels of traffic safety for all, especially school students, under the slogan “Our children are safe”.
Dean Mahmoud Youssef Al-Balushi, Directorate of Traffic and Patrols, clarified that the plan focuses on intensifying traffic patrols on intersections and internal and external roads in the UAE, and traffic patrols to regulate traffic and facilitate school bus movement, and ensure pedestrian crossings to ensure traffic safety for our students while getting off the vehicle and until arriving to the door of the school.
According to the official update, he affirmed that the safety of our student children is a top priority in the General Command of Abu Dhabi Police in its efforts and cooperation with various strategic partners, underscoring the importance of enhancing joint cooperation, which contributes to continuously providing safety and security to school students.
Meetings will be held with various strategic partners aimed at supporting efforts to maintain the safety and safety of students and teaching staff, hoping that the new school year will be a good one for students and parents.
He intends to intensify awareness programs, to promote positive traffic behaviours of different classes of society, of road users, their familiarity with laws and regulations, and to provide the highest traffic safety standards to our students as they head to and from schools, indicating that the focus will be on drivers awareness, the importance of attention, while driving their vehicles, and reducing speeds, near schools, Commitment to safe driving, cooperating with traffic patrol elements, in enhancing the integrity of traffic, to avoid accidents.
He urged school bus drivers to park in designated and safe spaces and give students the opportunity so they can get on, sit in seats, ensure they get off, and not approach buses before moving them, as they are allowed to not speed while driving the bus, and implement preventive measures, drive safely in fog, and keep a safe distance, and commit to opening The side arm “stands” when students get up and down.
Reportedly, the families were asked to pay attention while taking their children to schools, not allowing those under the age of ten to sit in front seats, and helping them cross the street, as well as using designated parking spaces at schools to avoid obstructing traffic, teaching children the correct ways to get on and off the bus, and warn them not to play in the street, While waiting for the buses.
He emphasized the necessity to commit to the complete parking of vehicles when opening the “park” arm for buses at a distance of at least five meters to ensure student passage safely, avoiding a fine of 1000 dirhams and ten traffic points so that drivers do not stop, when seeing the “stop” sign, for school buses.
