Bad Weather Causes Havoc in UAE

Due to the bad weather there have been reports of fatalities and hundreds of accidents in the UAE.

RoadSafetyUAE.com provided tips and tricks for road safety, the following are for bad weather driving:

•             Visibility Down => Slow Down => Attention Up => Distance Up!

•             Increase the distance from the 2 seconds in good weather to a minimum of 5 seconds – you must be able to stop within the distance of visibility!

•             Turn on the lights: low beam head lights, front and rear fog lights (no hazard lights!)

•             Consider longer breaking distances due to wet or slippery road surface

•             Use your windscreen wipers properly (and maintain them properly!)

•             Concentrate and do not get distracted by your passengers, your phone or other things

•             Listen to the radio for traffic updates

•             Care for others, especially for weaker traffic participants like motor cycle drivers, bicycle riders and pedestrians

•             Ask your passengers to help keep an eye out for oncoming cars and obstacles on the road

•             Stay in your lane and don’t drift – there’s a natural tendency to wander into the middle of the road when visibility gets bad.

•             Use the right edge of the road as a guide – this can help you avoid running into oncoming traffic or being blinded by oncoming headlights.

•             If you have no visibility, pull over to the side of the road and turning on your hazard lights alert other drivers of where you are, or pull into petrol stations or rest areas.

•             Plan your trip properly and leave earlier or try not to be on the road at all, if possible.