Dubai Police pleased with BlackBerry outage: fewer accidents


Problems with RIM servers had a positive side effect in Dubai and Abu Dahbi : according to local police, the number of road accidents dropped twenty to forty percent.

Due to a faulty switch, BlackBerry users in Africa, Europe and the Middle East last week had four days without internet, email and ping. In the United Arab Emirates, of which Abu Dhabi and Dubai are part, the Canadian smartphones very popular. A large proportion of the population thus could not use its smartphone.

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Traffic in Dubai (photo: Radiant Guy)

The police is happy with the issue. Especially the number of accidents involving young men, declined, said a police spokesman. Using a smart phone while driving is dangerous, says tge police in the Gulf states, as it is responsible for regular minor accidents, but also deathly casualties.

Source: Thenational.ae



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