The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and the General HQ of Dubai Police have decided to reduce the speed limit on the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road and the Emirates Road from 120kmph to 110kmph across the sectors in Dubai of the above two roads.

The decision, which shall take effect as of October 15, 2017, has been taken as part of the two parties' efforts to curb traffic accidents and ensure the safety of road users.

Engineer Maitha bin Adai, CEO of Traffic and Roads Agency, RTA, said, "Lowering the speed limits on the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Emirates Roads is a result of elaborate traffic safety studies and analyses of traffic accident data along with their causes over the past years. It resulted in addressing several traffic safety requirements such as pedestrian bridges, safety rails, and truck lay-by areas; which contributed to realising RTA's vision.
Why reduce speed limit

"The current capacity of the two roads is about 12,000 vehicles per hour per direction: 7,009 vehicles on Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road in the direction of Abu Dhabi where trucks account for 6 per cent of these vehicles. Traffic studies indicated the number of vehicles on the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road amount to 7,821 vehicles in the direction of Sharjah of which trucks comprise 12 per cent. On the Emirates Road, statistics show that the capacity of the Road in the direction of Abu Dhabi is 6442 vehicles (6% of them are trucks) whereas the number of vehicles heading to Sharjah is 3416 (14 per cent of them are trucks)," elaborated Maitha.

Source: Khaleej Times