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Dubai to install smart sensors to detect overloading, hazardous trucks on the road

The Road Transport Authority has installed smart sensors on major roads which will inform authorities if a heavy vehicle is dangerous or overloaded.

The RTA has pilot-tested this smart sensors at Al Hatta Road which enabled authorities to detect overloaded vehicles.

“We used to monitor heavy vehicles on Dubai roads manually, and that takes time. We have changed that and we have installed sensors under the roads,” Khaleej Times quoted RTA as saying.

It added that through these sensors, it would be easy to know if a vehicle is overweight or poses safety issue.

Once detected, the sensor will alert a safety vehicle or officer which will later on stop the truck.

“It gets checked for the violations. We also have a drone that can fly there to check the height of the vehicle,” the RTA added.

Transport officials explained that a robot will signal vehicles to stop.

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