DUBAI: Trucks and trailers will no longer be allowed to park on road shoulders as part of the drive by Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to regulate parking of such vehicles, media reports said.
Such parkings undermine safety of road users and distorts the overall appearance of the city. These regulations aim at ensuring that these vehicles are parked in their designated places, reported Khaleej Times.
“Last year, RTA had issued 277 tickets to offenders, locked the wheels of 141 vehicles, and impounded 190 others,” Maitha bin Udai, CEO of RTA’s Traffic and Roads Agency, was quoted as saying.
“It is prohibited to park vehicles within the right-of-way in a way that constitutes a risk to the traffic safety. The agency is entitled to take appropriate procedures for removing offending vehicles and claiming removal expenses from the offender. The assessment of fees by the agency in this regard is considered final and binding.”
“The agency is keen on taking an active role with the public and the community in working out possible solutions to ensure the flow of business without impacting the traffic safety. It has therefore issued special permits for companies in order to maintain the public interest of those companies and at the same time streamline the parking of vehicles for loading and offloading. Our objective is to align such processes with the international traffic safety standards adopted by RTA, maintain the safety of road users, and safeguard the gorgeous appearance of the Dubai Emirate,” she reportedly added.
It is may be noted that RTA has so far constructed six resting stops for trucks, and further others are being constructed on the Emirates Road, Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, Dubai-Hatta Road, and Ras Al Khor Road. The purpose of constructing these rest stops is to avoid unauthorized parking on road shoulders as it has the potential of triggering serious traffic accidents, the report said.
