Have you noticed these new additions to some Dubai roads?

The silver-coloured metal objects have popped up on roads across Dubai casuing some confusion among drivers.

A Dubai road user, TW@LilB_Twit spotted the feature and to get to the bottom of it, he shared a video across social media.

Surprisingly, it was actually Dubai’s trusted Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) who were the first to jump into the comments and offer an explanation.

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“What are these ladies and gentleman?”

@rta_dubai what are these on the ground? #dubai pic.twitter.com/TLXzMctNcn

— Ahmed Zahir (@AhmedRocketLabs) October 28, 2019

As always the RTA were on the ball and quick to respond

Thanks for contacting us. Please note that this is a "Traffic counting device" that is used for collecting traffic information (counts, speed and Gaps) in order to analyse the junction of the location.

— RTA (@rta_dubai) October 28, 2019

The new road buddies are traffic measuring devices

“Thanks for contacting us. Please note that this is a “Traffic counting device” that is used for collecting traffic information (counts, speed and Gaps) in order to analyse the junction of the location.”