BlackBerry outage linked to decrease in UAE road accidents
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Last week’s three-day BlackBerry outage has been directly linked to substantially lower numbers of road accidents in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, according to United Arab Emirates news website the National.
In Dubai, traffic accidents decreased by 20 percent during the outage, which affected internet services and BlackBerry Messaging (BBM). In Abu Dhabi, accidents fell 40 percent and there were no fatal accidents, reported the National.
Brig Gen Hussein Al Harethi, the director of the Abu Dhabi Police traffic department, told the National, “Accidents were reduced by 40 per cent and the fact that BlackBerry services were down definitely contributed to that."
In Dubai, traffic accidents decreased by 20 percent during the outage, which affected internet services and BlackBerry Messaging (BBM). In Abu Dhabi, accidents fell 40 percent and there were no fatal accidents, reported the National.
Brig Gen Hussein Al Harethi, the director of the Abu Dhabi Police traffic department, told the National, “Accidents were reduced by 40 per cent and the fact that BlackBerry services were down definitely contributed to that."
