Royal Edge: The Most Dangerous Roads of our beloved U.A.E.

During a meeting held to evaluate the performance of the Dubai Traffic Department in the year 2010 lots of initiatives were taken to reduce the death rate in traffic accidents to zero for 100,000 population by the year 2020. The rate of serious accidents decreased in 2010 compared to 2009 bringing down the traffic death indicator for each 100,000 of the population from 8 to 12.7. The report sounds optimistic but still is a high death toll.

Middle East is the only region in the world where severity of safety is an issue. The fatality record is far worse than lower income countries in terms of traffic accidents. According to the top two motorcycle accident studies (Hurt and MAIDS), a motorcyclist is three times more likely to experience a crash than a four-wheeled motorist. If you are taking the tasty curve too fast you are more likely to be toppled by a car who will be found calling ''I NEVER SAW HIM!!.......

We say this with awe that in the UAE the traffic accidents are responsible for deaths after cardiovascular diseases. The Global Status report confirms the UAE roads to be the deadliest in the world (2011). We believe the sole reason for this is not generally the roads or signage, it is more to do with people who do not adhere to the speed limit laws and exceed their speed limits, usage of mobile phone and not checking their side mirrors while a motorcyclist would be right behind them.

Ther most dangerous road in Dubai is the Emirates Road- especially from National paints towards Dubai. There is no walkway for pedestrians causing a lot of instant deaths.