Traffic police patrols using radar guns caught 3,389 vehicles speeding on Abu Dhabi motorways in June.
Patrol officers on the Abu Dhabi to Al Ain, Abu Dhabi to Dubai, and Abu Dhabi to Tarif motorways, registered offences against the drivers, all of whom were travelling in excess of 140kph.
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