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One of the best news I have read this morning in Gulf news about: Radars to start catching tailgaters from July 2015. Well I hope people from other emirates also read this news and start behaving well in Dubai, as majority of time I experience Nissan Patrol, Old skyline and Lexus LS 400 from northern emirate comes behind you and start flash to death with less than 1 meter distance behind your bumper. Scary indeed. PUBLISHED: 15:03 JUNE 9, 2015 BY NOORHAN BARAKAT, STAFF REPORTER Dubai: Starting from July, Dubai radars will be able to catch tailgaters, Dubai Police have announced. Major General Mohammad Saif Al Zafein, Assistant to the Dubai Police Chief for Operations Affairs, said the move is in order to reduce casualties from accidents caused by tailgating. Earlier this week Dubai Police launched its annual ‘Keep a safe distance’ traffic campaign, quoting tailgating as the third-leading cause of traffic deaths. Tailgating caused 26 deaths in 2014, and 11 deaths between January and May this year. Also in 2014, Dubai Traffic Police issued 69,964 fines for people not leaving a safe distance between vehicles on Dubai roads and in 2015, 19,975 fines were issued in the first four months. Maj Gen Al Zafein said the radar has the latest technology that can detect tailgating violations accurately, regardless of the speed of the vehicle. The radar takes photos of the front and rear of the vehicle and can detect the violation in any lane. The photos will help make sure the violation is legitimate and can be accessed if the driver contests the fine. The fine for tailgating is Dh400 and four black points. Source: http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/crime/radars-to-start-catching-tailgaters-from-july-1.1532297