Dubai – Mubasher: Dubai police are set to start using flying motorbikes for monitoring heavy traffic and to respond quickly to emergencies.
The police started training officers to use the bikes, which were first showcased at the tech exhibition GITEX in 2017.
The electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles are being tested by officers, it is expected to be launched by 2020, Brigadier Khalid Nasser Alrazooqi, general director of Dubai Police's artificial intelligence department, told CNN.
"Currently we have two crews already training (to pilot the hoverbike) and we're increasing the number," Alrazooqi added.
The vehicle’s cost is $150,000, and it will be also opened for civilians, after meeting Federal Aviation Administration guidelines, with no need for a pilot's license to fly it.
