The UAE motorists who frequently plan weekend getaways or adventure trips must be aware that the RAK traffic authorities have installed advanced speed monitoring radars on the road leading to Jebel Jais, which is one of the most frequently visited tourist destinations in the UAE. This new initiative is aimed at discouraging motorists from committing speeding violations to improve the road safety of motorists heading towards Jebel Jais.
Jebel Jais is one of the most scenic tourist attractions in the UAE that is visited by families and groups of friends all year round to enjoy their recreational holiday trips and weekend getaways. As roads leading to Jebel Jais remain busy with high volumes of traffic, maintaining road safety of all tourists remains the ultimate goal of authorities.
What Makes Jebel Jais an Amazing Tourist Destination?
Jebel Jais is the highest peak of the UAE and is home to many tourist attractions such as experiencing a thrilling ride along the world’s longest zipline, enjoying an amazing mountain adventure activity while reaching Jebel Jais via Ferrata and viewing Deck Park amongst others. Tourists can have an excellent family time and experience the beauty of some exceptional scenic locations on their way towards Jebel Jais. Additionally, Jebel Jais also serves as a venue to host many international entertainment events. One such upcoming event to look out for is the “Rock VS Classic Music Event” to be held on May 4th– May 5th in Jebel Jais, Ras Al Khaimah.
For details of the upcoming Rock VS Classic Music Event, click here.
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Official Statement on the Launch of New Radars
Brigadier General Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al Humaidi, Director General of Central Operations at Ras Al Khaimah Police has advised motorists to remain careful while driving on the road leading to Jebel Jais as their vehicle’s speed will now be constantly monitored with the help of new radars. He added that the traffic authorities have amped up their efforts to improve the safety of motorists and save them from dangerous road situations.
He said that the ideal method to deter speeding is to install traffic monitoring devices on busy roads where the authorities have observed excessive number of speeding violations over a specific period of time. He mentioned that Jebel Jais is one of the most frequently used roads in Ras Al Khaimah and the footfall increases even more in the winter season or when the weather is pleasant with rains and cool breeze around.
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How Over-speeding on the way to Jebel Jais can be seriously dangerous?
Speeding above the maximum speed limit of a road can be a dangerous driving mistake. Speed limit for a road is designed after a study of many fundamental factors such as traffic load on a specific road, the road type and its dimensions and the number of speeding violations recorded on a road in a particular time frame.
When it comes to a tourist location such as Jebel Jais, the roads are already crowded on weekends and public holidays and a speeding motorist can create a massive chaos by causing serious disruption in the flow of traffic. Pileup collisions that refer to multiple vehicles ramming into each other become a possibility and this is something motorists should look to avoid, especially when they are on a recreational journey and looking to have a quality time with their family and friends outside their busy routines.
Speeding is also dangerous because a speeding motorist can also commit many other dangerous mistakes such as poor lane changing, tailgating and driving on the hard shoulder. All of these driving mistakes have been amongst the major reasons behind many road deaths in the UAE over the last few years. Therefore, recognizing the dangerous impact of speeding and adopting safe driving practices to consciously avoid speeding violations becomes extremely important.
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Penalties for Speeding in the UAE
The new radars feature an advanced traffic monitoring technology that can spot speeding violations with incredible accuracy. The speed limit on the road leading to Jebel Jais is 120 Km/h and any vehicle cruising above the speed limit will now be spotted easily with the help of new radars and the offenders will have to pay hefty penalties. The speeding penalties were increased in the UAE in the newly amended traffic law that was implemented last year in July. According to the new traffic law, speeding offenders are now penalized on the basis of an incremental criterion that categorizes the speeding violations according to the speeding committed above the speed limit of a road.
Given below is a table that provides details of speeding violations and their penalties according to the new traffic law:
Also read: Understanding the Speeding Violations According to the New Traffic Law in the UAE
Drive Safely Motorists!
Motorists must be careful and not risk the lives of their family, friends and other motorists while heading towards a recreational destination such as Jebel Jais. Weekend getaways and holiday trips are an excellent source of recreation, pleasure and fun and with all other preparatory measures, motorists must ensure that they comply with road safety practices to make these trips truly memorable.
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