What are the Speed Limits Rules in Abu Dhabi?

Speed Limit Rules in Abu Dhabi

Whether you are driving in the school area or on the highway, it's important to find out the legal speed limit on a particular path.

Driving too fast or too slow is not the only problem on the UAE road. Sometimes, you're just driving at the wrong speed compared to your path. According to the Abu Dhabi police, 'inappropriate speed' is one of the main reasons behind the accident in the Emirate.

 

This is all you need to know about the speed limit on the UAE.

What is the speed limit?

While each road has a set limit, mentioned on signs along the road stretch, professional safe driver in Abu Dhabi can have a fair idea of ​​what the speed limit might be with the following rules: If you are in the parking area or service road, the maximum speed limit is 25km / hour.

·         If you are on the city road with a single lane available for each direction - it is called officially a single urban path - a a speed limit of 40 km/hr.

·         If you are on the city road with a separated path for each direction - a double urban road - 60 km/hour speed limit or 80km / hour.

·         In the UAE internal area, when you drive on a rural road, the maximum speed limit is 100 km/hour.

·         On the highway, the maximum speed limit can vary from 100-140 km/hour for light vehicles. The speed limit will be provided on the signboard along the route.

·         Follow these limits, unless you see a sign that tells you otherwise.

·         Most radars on the UAE road give riders allowances if they drive above the declared speed limit. Except for Abu Dhabi, which announced in 2018 that will cancel the buffer, most of the Emirates allow drivers to go 20 km/hour above the speed limit without being punished.

 

For example, if you drive on Al Ittihad Road in Dubai, the maximum speed limit as mentioned in road signs is 100 km/hour.

However, if you reach 101 km/hour, you will not be captured by the radar, because the rules give you a 20 km/hour buffer.

To, when you pass the radar at a speed of 121 km/hour, you will be fined DH300.

Depending on how fast you are driving, the severity of the penalty increases to prevent dangerous driving. If you are caught driving 30km / hour above the speed limit, you will be fined DH600, and for more than 40 km / h, the fine is DH700. For more than 50 km / h, you have to pay DH1,000. This violation brings a much heavier fine and black points, along with the seizure of the vehicle.

Depending on the area, the speed limit can vary from 25 km / h to 40 km / hr. In Dubai, roads and transportation authorities have also installed interactive road signs that provide personalized messages to motorists depending on the speed of their vehicles.

Many deaths have occurred because driving disrupted in the school area and police authorities regularly issued advisors to motorists to be careful.