Abu Dhabi Police calls on delivery bike drivers to avoid driving in volatile weather conditions

The Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Security Patrols Directorate called on delivery bike drivers to adhere to stopping movement and providing delivery services during volatile weather conditions, stressing its interest in enhancing awareness and early warning to ensure the safety of delivery bike drivers within the strategic priority of “smart road security.”

Brigadier General Mahmoud Yousef Al Balushi, Director of the Traffic and Security Patrols Directorate, stressed the necessity of avoiding riding a motorcycle in volatile weather conditions, especially when it rains, pointing out that the motorcycle was designed to ride on dry roads, and therefore it is unsafe when driven in the rain, because this may lead to skidding and the stopping distance increases to very dangerous limits, which often leads to accidents.

He pointed out the Abu Dhabi Police’s interest in enhancing the safety of this category of road users by holding continuous awareness workshops, which focus on raising their level of traffic awareness, and are implemented in several languages, namely Arabic, English and Urdu, as part of the directorate’s plans to spread traffic safety awareness.

He urged drivers of motorcycles (delivery bikes) to be safe when driving in volatile weather conditions, to follow traffic regulations and laws to avoid serious injuries and deaths, to adhere to the route, not to use the phone while driving, to commit to using personal protective equipment, to ensure that motorcycle lights are in good condition and maintained regularly, not to enter prohibited places, and to leave a sufficient safety distance between motorcycles and vehicles, to enhance their safety and the safety of road users.