Attention Dubai drivers: The Dubai Police have implemented tougher penalties for traffic violations, which now include the possibility of having your vehicle impounded for up to 30 days. If you’re caught using your mobile phone while driving, tailgating, or making abrupt lane changes, your car may be confiscated for a month under the revised federal traffic law.
Here are the traffic offences that can now lead to a 30-day vehicle impoundment in Dubai:
- Using a mobile phone while driving
- Tailgating (failing to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle ahead)
- Sudden lane changes or deviations that endanger lives or property
- Heavy vehicles not following lane discipline
The federal traffic law outlines fines ranging from Dh400 to Dh1,000 and assigns four black points for these offences. With the recent amendment to the law, a 30-day vehicle impoundment will now serve as an additional penalty in Dubai.
Other Offences That Could Lead to Your Vehicle Being Impounded in Dubai
The amendment further specified 14-day impoundment for these offences:
- Entering the road without making sure it is clear
- Reversing the vehicle in a manner that poses a danger to life or property or traffic safety
- Lane indiscipline
- Stopping in the middle of the road for no reason
- Dangerous overtaking
- Lack of necessary safety and security conditions in the vehicle
- Stopping the vehicle on the shoulder of the road in non-emergency situations, or overtaking vehicles from the shoulder
- Driving a vehicle without a licence plate
- Driving a vehicle in a manner that obstructs traffic
- Making changes to the vehicle colour without permission
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