The UAE is considering unifying types of traffic fines by annulling such penalty names as “in presence” and “in absence” within ongoing plans, to update the country’s traffic law and curb accidents, according to a senior police officer.
The Federal Traffic Council made the proposal at its recent meeting in Dubai along with other suggestions that include stricter rules traffic black points and raising the age level for obtaining motorcycle licence.
Major General Mohammed Saif Al Zafin, Dubai’s Police Commander Assistant for Operations and the council’s chairman, said Dubai already enforces unified traffic fine forms to a great degree and that the proposal is to generalise it across the UAE.
“There are some traffic fines which cannot be issued in the presence of the offending driver although the law stipulates that the driver must be present. We have made a recommendation that all traffic fines are issued without any classification.
“Dubai enforces a unified fine to a great extent and the Council is now proposing that this experience is generalised at UAE level,” he said.
Zafin said the council also recommended that motorists accumulating 25 traffic black points twice a year must have a mandatory training course in order to regain their licence.
He noted that the present rule is that the course is mandatory only for drivers who pile up 25 black points three times a year.
As for motorcycles, he said the new recommendation included raising the age level for obtaining a licence from 17 to 18-21 years, depending on its capacity model.
“The suggestion is that a licence for a motorcycle with a maximum 200 CC capacity can be granted to those aged 18 years while a licence for motorcycles exceeding 200 CC can be granted to those aged 21 years,” he said.
UAE proposal to raise age for motorcycle licence
