Newsystemto enhance roadsafety

Surveillance systems and smart technologies to monitor technical defects in heavy vehicles

The Heavy Vehicles Defects Clearing System ( VDCS), which was recently launched by the Roads and Transport Authority ( RTA) in cooperation with Dubai Police, will reduce accidents significantly, RTA has announced.

As heavy vehicles are responsible for 20 per cent of accidents in Dubai, the system, which is being jointly implemented and monitored, was reviewed by top officials from both sides to improve its efficiency in detecting defects and ensuring prompt repair.

Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of RTA, met Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Dubai Police Chief, and the two parties discussed the implementation of VDCSwhich is aimed at enhancing road traffic safety.

The system, which involves the introduction of surveillance systems and smart technologies, is intended to curb technical defects experienced by heavy vehicles, minimise traffic accidents triggered by heavy vehicles and classify the risks of vehicles and operators through adopting a mechanism for calculating the probability of a vehicle/ operator’s failure to comply with the standards set by the RTA.

“The VDCS is an integrated system of effective policies and smart technological applications that enables the RTA and the Dubai Police as well as the operators of heavy trucks to examine and analyse data pertaining to vehicle faults using vehicles’ and drivers’ risks and safety systems at world- class standards,” said Al Tayer.

“We have also constructed vehicles’ safety database, developed a risks assessment system, and conducted a random testing of equipment and remote tracking systems for various models and brands,” he added.