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UAE allows authorised doctors, essential workers to exceed speed limits by 40km/h

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“UAE allows authorised doctors, essential workers to exceed speed limits by 40km/h”

Dubai: Doctors authorised to respond to medical emergencies and drivers of certain essential service vehicles in the UAE may exceed speed limits by up to 40km/h on roads outside built-up areas under a ministerial decision setting out the circumstances in which they can be granted priority on roads. The decision provides exemptions from three types of traffic violations when authorised drivers exercise road priority. According to Arabic daily Al Khaleej newspaper, these include exceeding the…

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