New speed limits on Abu Dhabi roads? Police clarify

Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi Police denies what is being circulated via social media about abolishing speed margin in Abu Dhabi.

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By Web Team

Published: Wed 11 Jan 2017, 2:55 PM

Last updated: Thu 12 Jan 2017, 2:31 AM

Want to escape traffic fines? Keep tabs on your brakes and don't rely on hearsay.
Abu Dhabi Police have quashed rumours that speed limits on certain roads have been revised. They announced on their official Facebook page: "Abu Dhabi Police denies what is being circulated via social media about abolishing speed margin in Abu Dhabi."
Most roads in Abu Dhabi have a grace margin that allows drivers to exceed the speed limit by upto 20 kmph. For instance, on roads where the posted limit may be 120kmph, you can accelerate till 140kmph, before the radar flashes.

According to statistics released by the Traffic and Patrols Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police in May last year, 1,837 motorists were caught driving over 200 kmph on the roads of Abu Dhabi.
Brigadier Hussain Al Harthi, Director-General of Central Operations in Abu Dhabi Police, said that the number of fatalities on Abu Dhabi roads dramatically increased in the first three months of 2016, compared to the first three months of 2015, with over 489 road accidents. 
Similar rumours have been doing the rounds for Dubai roads claiming that the 20 kmph window of radar flash has been done away with. 
Khaleej Times did a quick check on the Dubai Police website, and has found that no such changes have been made to speed limits.
However, what has changed on the roads is that some radars have become "friendlier". Instead of flashing after the driver exceeds the 20 km/hr window, these radars send out a warning flash when they find that a driver is about to go beyond the grace window. Therefore, don't worry if you are driving at 118 km/hr on a road that has a 100 km/hr speed limit and you are flashed by a radar.
Here are the speed limits on key Dubai roads, according to the Dubai Police website:

S. No.RoadRoad speedRadar control
1Al Nahda 80101
2Damascus 80101
3Al Quds 80101
4Tunisia 80101
5Sheik Khalifa 80101
6Amman 80101
7Port 80101
8Beirut 80101
9Zaabeel second 80101
10University City 80101
11Airport Tunnel-Beirut 80101
12Tripoli 80101
13Al Jumeira 7091
14Nad Al Shiba 7091
15Al Wasl 7091
16Baghdad 7091
17Um Al Sheef 7091
18Al Manarah 7091
19Al Athar 7091
20Al Thunaya 7091
21Park 7091
22Al Seif 7091
23Al Orouba 7091
24Towers 7091
25Muscat 7091
26Al Khail 100121
27Al Yalayes 80101
28Al Awwer 80101
29Emirates 120141
30Dubai-Hatta 100121
31Mohammad Bin Zayed 120141
32Jabal Ali Lehbab 100121
33Al Itihad 100121
34Ras Al Khor 100121
35Sheikh Zayed 100121
36Al Rabat 100121
37Al Khawaneej 100121
38Al Amardi 100121
39Al Sheik Rashid 100121
40Hatta General 100121
41Al Khaleej 80101
42Airport 80101
43Nad Al Hamar 80101
44Al Soufouh 6081
45Al Soufouh 2 7091
46Oud Metha 80101
47Um Hurair 80101
48Um Suqaim 90111
49Al Mankhoul 80101
50Al Manama 80101
51Al Maidan 80101
52White House 7091
53Hessa 80101
54Al Mafraq 7091
55Dubai Financial 80101
56Al Qudra 100121
57Algeria 80101
58Tunisia 80101
59Dubai-AlAin 100121
60Al Asayel 80101
61Qarn Al sabkhah 80101
62Al Khail First 6091
63Al Forsan 6091

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Published: Wed 11 Jan 2017, 2:55 PM

Last updated: Thu 12 Jan 2017, 2:31 AM

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