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BlackBerry outage made roads safer, police claim

BlackBerry outage made roads safer, police claim

Description: Description: Driving with BlackBerry

According to media reports, police in the United Arab Emirates have given a
surprising explanation for a dramatic fall in traffic accidents last week:
drivers' BlackBerrys weren't working. It's claimed that last week's
worldwide BlackBerry outage, which frustrated business people around the
world who were unable to communicate with their colleagues, had one positive
result - less texting and reading of emails by people who should have been
concentrating on driving instead.

Road traffic accidents in Abu Dhabi are said to have dropped by 40%, and
there was a 20% reduction in Dubai in the past week. According to The
National newspaper, Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim, the chief of Dubai Police,
and Brig Gen Hussein Al Harethi, the director of the Abu Dhabi Police
traffic department, both linked the drop to the service disruption
experienced by BlackBerry users.

"Absolutely nothing has happened in the past week in terms of killings on
the road and we're really glad about that," Brig Gen Al Harethi told the
newspaper. "People are slowly starting to realize the dangers of using their
phone while driving. The roads became much safer when BlackBerry stopped
working."

There may be another explanation for the reduction in mobile-phone related
traffic accidents in the UAE, however. At the end of last month, popular UAE
footballer Theyab Awana was killed in a high speed crash near Abu Dhabi, and
it was claimed that he was sending a message on his BlackBerry when he hit a
lorry.

Description: Description: Theyab Awana

The football star's father, Awana Ahmad Al Mosabi, made an emotional plea to
people not to use smartphones while driving, and a Facebook campaign against
the use of BlackBerry Messenger while driving has grown in popularity. Of
course, texting messages or reading emails while you are in charge of a
motor vehicle is insane. You aren't just putting yourself at risk, you're
putting other innocent travellers in peril as well.

Thanks & Regards

Mohammed Rahman Mecheri

System Analyst - Network & Infrastructure
<http://www.kojamjoom.com/> Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group LLC.
Unit #422, Sultan Business Centre
P.O Box 27844, Dubai, UAE
Tel: +971 (4) 3355232 Extn: 1339
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Email: mohammed.rahman@kojamjoom.com

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