{"id":12125,"date":"2018-02-22T09:30:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T07:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=12125"},"modified":"2018-02-22T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T07:33:13","slug":"10-golden-rules-uae-driving-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=12125","title":{"rendered":"For Road Safety, \u201810 Golden Rules\u2019.. UAE Driving Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2022 What should be the ingredients of a Positive UAE Driving Culture?<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Many references made to \u2018lack of\u2019 or \u2018poor\u2019 UAE Driving Culture..<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201810 Golden Rules\u2019 to be adopted across all ethnic\/nationality\/age groups..<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The UAE is making good progress in increasing road safety and in reducing the number of accidents, injuries and fatalities on our roads. In the last 10 years the number of fatalities could be reduced by 50% to 525 in 2017. Despite of these commendable achievements, many remarks are made with regards to the lack of a positive driving culture, often in the context of the UAE being a melting pot of residents with diverse backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Several studies conducted in the UAE prove the fact that UAE motorist perceive high levels of dangerous driving and the lack of consideration for others. Behavior studies linked to the main killers on our roads uncovered a lot of behavior improvement potentials with regard to increasing the safety of motorists, their passengers and other road users.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe asked ourselves what is the UAE driving culture, or better even: what should a positive UAE driving culture be? What would be the ingredients of such a driving culture?\u201d, Thomas Edelmann, Managing Director of RoadSafetyUAE states. \u201cWe listened to many stakeholders involved in increasing road safety in our country, like Governmental Entities, the media, corporations and road users over the last couple of years. Over and over again the lack of a positive road culture was lamented. Based on available statistics about the main killers on our roads and on globally recognized pillars of road safety, we formalized our view of the \u201910 Golden Rules\u2019 for the desired positive UAE driving culture. We were not shy in using the words Golden Rules, as road traffic fatalities are an area of national priority (\u2018UAE Vision 2021\u2019), and are recognized as the #2 killer in the UAE overall, and the #1 killer for kids below the age of 15 years. We need to change our driving culture with a sense of significant importance and urgency!\u201d, he continues.<\/p>\n

UAE DRIVING CULTURE<\/p>\n

THE 10 GOLDEN RULES<\/p>\n

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  1. Caring & Polite Behavior: Treat others like you want to be treated!<\/li>\n
  2. Wear Seat Belts: Everyone & Always!<\/li>\n
  3. Drive Defensively: Avoid taking risks!<\/li>\n
  4. No Distractions!<\/li>\n
  5. No Tailgating: Always keep the proper distance to the vehicle in front, in all weather conditions!<\/li>\n
  6. No Speeding: Start every trip 10 minutes early!<\/li>\n
  7. Use the indicator: Timely and before every maneuver!<\/li>\n
  8. No Driving Under the Influence!<\/li>\n
  9. Care for Pedestrians and Weaker Road Users!<\/li>\n
  10. Teach Our Kids: Parents, Nurseries, Schools and Universities must protect our kids of today & nurture the next generation of caring and safe traffic participants!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We want to comment on some of these Golden Rules:<\/p>\n