Roads Planning & Design Director at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities & Urban Planning Eng. Kadhim Abdul Latif announced that the Ministry in co-ordination with the General Directorate of Traffic of Ministry of Interior will conduct a trial on selected traffic signals, by adding flashing green before the end of green signals on main roads.
Mr. Kadhim explained that the purpose of the system is to provide additional warning to the motorists before the signal changes to red. The proposed system will involve adding a flashing green light for a period of 3 seconds at the end of the actual green light and before start of Amber light and Red light.
The purpose of this Flashing Green is to give additional warning to the driver to slow down and safely stop before the light turn to Red. This is expected to enhance the safety and minimize accidents.
The trial will initially be conducted at two intersections:
- Al Fateh Highway / Sh. Daij Avenue at Capital Governorate and
- Wali Al Ahed Highway – BDF Hospital at Southern Governorate
The performance of this modification will be monitored and evaluated over a period of time and if found to be of beneficial, will be incorporated on other traffic signals installation within the Kingdom.
Commencement of this trial will be on Friday 08/02/2019. For safety of all, road users are requested to observe and obey the traffic rules.