Stiff fines for failing to stop for school buses

Radars have been installed on schools buses to catch motorists who fail to stop when the ‘stop sign’ of the bus is raised.

A Dh1,000 fine and 10 black traffic points will be imposed on motorists in Abu Dhabi who fail to stop, with five metres’ distance, for school buses that have raised the vehicle’s stop sign, the Abu Dhabi Police warned on Monday.

The sign is raised when a bus makes a stop in order to allow students to board the vehicle or disembark from it, and it is designed to ensure students’ safety.

In order to ensure compliance with the regulation, the Abu Dhabi Police, in coordination with the emirate’s public transport regulator — the Integrated Transport Centre — has now installed and activated radars on school buses. The radars will provide for automatic monitoring of motorists’ compliance.