Police in Abu Dhabi and Dubai said the number of reported traffic accidents plunged during Research In Motion’s recent three-day BlackBerry outage. According to The National,
accidents fell 20% in Dubai and 40% in Abu Dhabi. Lieutenant General
Dahi Khalfan Tamim from the Dubai Police department said his force saw
the largest decrease among young drivers and men. “The accidents that
occur from the use of these devices range between minor and moderate
ones, but at times they are deadly,” Tamim explained. “Absolutely
nothing has happened in the past week in terms of killings on the road
and we’re really glad about that,” Brigadier General Al Harethi, from
Abu Dhabi’s police department said. “People are slowly starting to
realize the dangers of using their phone while driving. The roads became
much safer when BlackBerry stopped working.” According to The National, there is typically a fatal accident in Abu Dhabi every two days and an accident every three minutes in Dubai.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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