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Horror car pile-up kills 3, injures 347
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Posted on Wednesday, 31 December 2008
it is OUR responsability!
Posted by MH at 08:48 UAE time
there is no amount of policing, trains, radars or measures that would be enough to prevent these disasters! the cause is reckless driving and irresponsible behaviour in the roads by crazy drivers and unless each of us takes driving seriously, this will continue!
Driving to abu dhabi, you would have at least 4-5 cars flashing you non-stop in the way, even if you go at 140km/hr!
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Posted on Monday, 24 March 2008
Horror car pile-up on AbuDhabi Duba road
Posted by Akil Lookman at 09:13 UAE time
Long term solution is an efficent commuter train service between AbuDhabi and Dubai is the answer to stop these tpes of accidents. Imposing a toll charge during rush hours will encourage commuters to use the train service, as well as season ticikets for the train service, combined with parking lots at stations along the train route.
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Posted on Thursday, 13 March 2008
Glass Tinting - Get rid of the black windows
Posted by Patience at 11:07 UAE time
I agree completely with Messrs David and Abbass. PLEASE PLEASE get rid of the black windows. How many more lives need to be lost before it will be done?
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Posted on Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Policing during abnormal weather
Posted by Robert Aytoun at 01:03 UAE time
The Police are not doing enough to prevent accidents like this. I've actually seen Police vehicles driving without lights on in bad weather conditions and also seen them ignore vehicles that don't maintain safe following distances!!!!!!! Are they not suppose to set examples!!!!!!
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Policing during abnormal weather
Posted by Skand Bhargava at 16:50 UAE time
I think if police cars are stationed just before the area where fog starts and strategically within the fog area, there would be a salutory effect. This will force careful driving. Perhaps the police officials will have to be out of bed a little early, but then this is what they bargained for when they made their career choice.
Skand Bhargava
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Corrections
Posted by Rawad at 15:48 UAE time
I think it would have made more sense had a hyphen been added to "pile up" in order to form the intended noun "pileup" or "pile-up".
Moreover, since you follow the English Dictionary, as opposed to American Dictionary, "kilometer" should have been spelled "kilometre" instead.
As regards punctuation usage, I know not to what extent do you prioritize the issue, so better overlook it - I guess.
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Dozens now dead
Posted by Lee at 12:43 UAE time
The information is different depending on the source....CNN... Arabian Business website... all have different numbers. Even in this article you are quoting other media sources. Can you not go to the official source and get the official numbers in black and white?
Editors reply One area of improvement that needs to be looked into following this tragedy is how information is given to the press. There was very little official communication yesterday, hence media outlets had to use their own sources within the police with different information given out at different times as a result.
Bear in mind too that the situation changed constantly through yesterday, and to a lesser extent has done so again today.
When you look at stories, look at the time they were published. That should give you some indication as to whose figures are most accurate.
ArabianBusiness.com published multiple updates during the day to keep our information as up to date as it could be. We also quoted other media outlets where and when they had secured valuable information.
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Traffic horror
Posted by Enough already at 11:07 UAE time
The main causes of accidents overall, and this one specifically, are excessive speed, limited distance between cars and predatory driving. The lack of common sense and respect for others is absolutely staggering and lethal as well, it seems. This morning, in spite of the very sad news, cretins are still plying our roads putting us all in danger. That, in itself, is a reason to leave the UAE. They call this a safe place?
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Radio
Posted by Rainigade at 10:11 UAE time
Did you know that the DJs on Hindi/Urdu speaking radio channels actually advise their listeners to put on their hazard lights in bad weather?
I found this out when Dubai experienced all that rain just recently and visibility was poor and traffic was horrific.
The RTA/Dubai Police should fine radio stations for giving advice that is dangerous and against the law!
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re: Glass Tinting
Posted by David at 08:52 UAE time
Glass tinting is only an aspect of this horrific accident, the truth is the disgusting standard of driving displayed on the roads in the U.A.E., predominantly excercised by labour buses, trucks, mini-buses and and pick-ups. Those and the 'must get to the front' mentality are THE major cause of crashes in the U.A.E.
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Posted on Tuesday, 11 March 2008
glass tinting
Posted by Abbass at 21:13 UAE time
I hope they realize that tinting the front and back glass is the major cause of this huge accident.
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The webmaster could have been a little more careful
Posted by NIMBY at 13:39 UAE time
Putting an advert for a car in the middle of this story smacks of insensitivity wouldn't you say?
Editors Reply: Many thanks for your comment. All car adverts have been removed from this story.
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