MB Petroelum third party fatality

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Safety Alert
No. 07 May. 99

Committed to Safety
Driving BLIND ?????

• What happened ?
• End April a terrible car accident happened on
  the Muscat - Salalah high-way near Bahja. Four
  vehicles collided head-on at high speed. Seven
  people and 13 camels died. Visibility was poor
  because of thick fog (10-15 m visibility).
• No PDO or Contractor vehicles were involved, but
  ..
• At the same time !
• .., in the same fog, a PDO safety advisor
  stopped over 50 PDO and Contractor cars and
  trucks driving out to work from the Bahja
  contractors camp. The poor visibility apparently
  did not seem to make any difference to them. They
  could NOT see, yet they were still driving. They
  were lucky someone stopped them. They could have
  had a similar accident.
• Why did the accident happen ?
• The accident was the direct result of driving at
  high speed with extremely poor visibility.
• What can you learn from this accident ?
• Poor visibility and driving do not mix. Poor
  visibility can be caused by Fog, Dust, Heavy
  Rain or even Smoke.
• If you can not see DO NOT START driving. DO NOT
  START your journey. Wait until visibility has
  improved.