22/01/2017
khaleejtimes; Dubai roads get new speed limits.
Dubai Police on Thursday announced new speed limits on certain roads across the emirate.
According to Colonel Saif Al Mazroui, the Director of the General Directorate of Traffic at Dubai Police, the speed limit from the first interchange of the Dubai-Al Ain road right up to the Al Ain border has been fixed at a 100km/hr with the radar limit being set at a 121km/hr.
Previously the speed limit on Dubai-Al Ain was 120km/hr and the radar speed limit was 140km/hr.
On Umm Suqeim, motorists will have to be more cautious as the speed limit has been reduced from 100m/hr to 90km/hr.
On Dubai Police Academy flyover located on the Sheikh Zayed road heading towards Al Marabe' traffic light is 80km/hr with the radar speed limit at 100km/hr.
A few roads in Oud Metha have a speed limit of 80km/hr with the radar set at 101km/hr,while on Al Qudra Road - the speed limit is 100km/hr, with a radar setting of 121km/hr.
Al Sufouh 1 Road too will see a lower speed limit of 60km/hr, and a radar speed limit of 81km/hr, while the speed limit for Al Sufouh 2 is 70km/hr with a radar speed limit of 91km/hr.
In Ras Al Khaimah
December 2015 saw the installation of radars and cameras on Ras Al Khaimah roads.
Major-General Ali Abdullah bin Alwan Al Nuaimi, Commander-in-Chief of the RAK Police, said the new gadgets can identify the lane of the erring vehicle, and differentiate between the speed of light and heavy vehicles.
