Happiness is no accident?
It occurred to me this morning as I made my way to work through the Salik section of Shk Zayed Road that it has been a remarkable two weeks. Dubai Police reckon that, after Emirates Road, this section of SZR is the most acciednt-prone in the UAE, and can quote depressing figures for death and injuries occuring by the hour.
Yet the past two weeks have been, until this morning, accident free, at least at those times when I commute to work. Previously, I doubt a day went by when I did not sit in a jam with a thousand other frustrated drivers waiting for the rubberneckers to let the police get on with their gruesome job.
Which is why this morning was unusal. I didn't see the crunch, but there was a depressingly familiar tialback Jebel Ali-bound from somewhere near Interchage 3, the first I have been aware of since the introduction of Salik. Now, whilst I am loathe to give the RTA any credit at all for their machinations, there does seem to have been a real reduction in the carnage on Shk Zayed Road. Is this simply a function of reduced traffic volume, and the rate of accidents per vehicle is unchanged? Has the carnage been displaced to minor roads and residential areas? I'm sure the Police will have statistics to describe the phenomenon, but I wondered what experiences other members have to report.
Yet the past two weeks have been, until this morning, accident free, at least at those times when I commute to work. Previously, I doubt a day went by when I did not sit in a jam with a thousand other frustrated drivers waiting for the rubberneckers to let the police get on with their gruesome job.
Which is why this morning was unusal. I didn't see the crunch, but there was a depressingly familiar tialback Jebel Ali-bound from somewhere near Interchage 3, the first I have been aware of since the introduction of Salik. Now, whilst I am loathe to give the RTA any credit at all for their machinations, there does seem to have been a real reduction in the carnage on Shk Zayed Road. Is this simply a function of reduced traffic volume, and the rate of accidents per vehicle is unchanged? Has the carnage been displaced to minor roads and residential areas? I'm sure the Police will have statistics to describe the phenomenon, but I wondered what experiences other members have to report.
posted by EyeOnDubai at 9:22 pm
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The traffic is low becouse of the school vacation. See after the school reopens
hmmm interesting point but not exactly rocket-science... less cars means less probability of an accident.. plus less other cars to collide with.
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