Take action over road safety

Lowering speed limits alone will not help ( Speed limit on Sharjah’s Maliha Road reduced to 100kph, January 2). It is also not helpful to address the road-safety issue in a particular emirate. The country needs to adopt a unified policy on this matter and enforce rules without exception.

Enough has been said and more than enough time has been spent on this issue. It’s time for action. It’s either now or never. Name withheld by request

I read your article on road safety ( UAE road safety ‘wish list’ for 2017 drawn up, January 3) and I totally agree. However, I have lived in a Dubai for more than 10 years, and I see huge im- provements to the roads, and far better driving than a decade ago. Our police force is also amazing.

However, one thing that some of our officers still do wrong, and which really sets a bad example for other drivers on the roads, is that they do not use their indicators before changing lanes or turning corners.

I humbly request, on behalf of the drivers who do use their indicators, that our police personnel always use their indicators.

It only takes the flick of a finger, before turning a corner, to show respect for other road users and makes our lives less stressful, and indeed safer.

Thanks for being there and I sincerely hope that 2017 proves to be a safer year for everyone. Andrew Bannister, Dubai

I would like to see heavy fines being issued to drivers who don’t give way to pedestrians at pedestrian crossings ( Road-safety expert offers ways to make UAE roads safer for pedestrians and drivers, January 7). An amount of at least Dh10,000 would be ideal.

At the same time, cyclists who want to use the same road as drivers should be fully insured. Otherwise, please make a specific lane for them along the main roads.

Finally, one more request to the authorities: please introduce fines for reckless honking, too. Sultan Josefski Tamimov, Dubai