List of traffic fines in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah UAE

List of federal UAE traffic fines in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, other UAE emirates. Police traffic fines and violations for driving offences, fine amounts, black points, car and vehicle confiscation and impounding periods, driving licence suspension times. Penalties and laws are federal and apply to all UAE emirates - Abu Dhabi (including Al Ain city), Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain (UAQ). However each emirate issues its own fines under the respective local authorities, for example Abu Dhabi Police in Abu Dhabi; Dubai Police or Dubai Municipality or RTA in Dubai; and similarly for other emirates. See also:

• How to pay traffic fines in the UAE

List of new Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE federal traffic fines from 01 Jul 2017

• [Abu Dhabi Police] Ministerial Resolution No. 178 for the year 2017 on Rules and Procedures of Traffic Control.
  • Different for other emirates? See also resolution No. 177?
• Some significant changes:
  • Many fines have increased substantially from 2008 amounts.
  • Child safety seats are required for children under 4 years old.
  • Seat belt use required for all passengers, including in the rear seat (s).
  • [Check] Tinted windows maximum increased from 30% to 50%, penalty fine increased 3x from AED 500 to 1500 but no impound period.
• If a fine amount is decided by the courts then a prison sentence will probably also be part of the punishment, and any driving license suspension is likely to begin after completion of the jail sentence, not from the sentencing date.
• Parking fines issued by the police might be different from parking fines issued by the municipality or traffic authority e.g. blocking traffic fine of AED 500 from Dubai Police vs not buying a parking ticket fine of AED 200 from the Dubai RTA.
• Previous penalty is given in brackets. If () entered then penalty unchanged.
• [Check] 19a, 19b
• [Check for typos or errors] Some odd changes:
  • Black point penalties if previously 24 points, reduced to 23 points.
  • 40 (30) Exceeding speed limit by less than 20 km/hour fine reduced from AED 500 to 300. Doesn't usually apply since there is a 20kph grace limit above posted limit before fines start to be imposed.
  • 49 (26) Allowing children under 10 years old or shorter than 145 cm to sit in the front seat of a vehicle. Black points reduced from 4 to 0?
• Table below incomplete.

	Description	Fine (AED) or court decision	Black points	Vehicle confiscation period (days)	Prison or licence suspended
	New UAE traffic rules and fines from 01 Jul 2017
1 (1)	a. Driving a vehicle in a way that jeopardizes the driver or others' lives or their safety or security b. Driving a vehicle in a way that may cause damage to the public and private facilities	2000 ()	23 (12)	60 days (30)
2 (2)	Driving under the influence of Alcohol	Court ()	23 (24)	60 days ()
3 (2)	Driving under the influence of drugs or brain affecting substances or any other similar items	Court ()	23 (24)	60 days	licence, 1 year
4 (3)	Driving a vehicle without plates	3000 (1000)	23 (24)	90 (60)
5	a. Driving a heavy vehicle in a way that jeopardizes his or other people's lives or their safety or security b. Driving a heavy vehicle in a way that may cause damages to public or private facilities.	3000			licence, 1 year
6	Heavy vehicles that cross the red light	3000			licence, 1 year
7	The heavy vehicle driver causing any accident that result in his or any other vehicle overturn	3000			licence, 1 year
19a	Driving the vehicle against the traffic direction	600	4	7 days
19b	Entering the vehicle into a prohibited area	1000	8	7 days
23	Driving with a driving license issued by a foreign country except in permitted cases	400
24	Driving a vehicle with a driving license other that the granted one	400	12
25	a. Driving a vehicle with expired driving license b. Driving a vehicle with an expired registration	500	4	7 days1
28	Driving a vehicle below the minimum speed limit set for the road, if any	400
32 (135)	a. Using mobile while driving b. Being distracted by anything while driving	800 (200)	4 (4)
33 (9)	a. Crossing red light for light vehicles b. Crossing red light for motorcycles	1000 (800)	12 (8)	30 (15)
34	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than 80 km/hour	3000	23	60
35 (1)	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than 60 km/hour	2000 (1000)	12 (12)	30 (30)
36 (14)	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 60 km/hour	1500 (900)	6 (6)	15 (0)
37 (15)	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 50 km/hour	1000 (800)
38 (22)	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 40 km/hour	700 (700)
39 (24)	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 30 km/hour	600 (600)
40 (30)	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 20 km/hour	300 (500)
49 (26)	Allowing children under 10 years old or shorter than 145 cm to sit in the front seat of a vehicle.	400 (400)	0 (4)
50 (N?)	Not fixing child seats for children under 4 years old in the vehicle.	400
51 (27)	a. Not fastening the seat belt of the driver b. Not fastening the seat belt for all the passengers2	400 (400)	4 (4)2
67 (76)	Writing phrases or placing stickers on vehicle without permission.	500 (200)
68 (32)4	a. Exceeding the permitted percentage of vehicle's tinting4 b. Tinting unpermitted vehicle4	1500 (500)		0 (30 days)
70 (44)	Non-compliance of vehicles drivers with the traffic signs and directions	500 (500)
74	Rubber neck (crowding) at the scenes of traffic accidents	1000
82 (98)	Driving with expired tyres	500 (200)	4 (0)	7 days
104 (105)	a. Driving at night without lights b. Driving in foggy weather without lights3 c. Driving in foggy weather in violation of the competent authority's instructions3	500 (200)	4 (4)
106a (140)	Not carrying the vehicle registration card	400 (100)
106b (139)	Not carrying the driving license

Notes

1. Vehicle impounded 7 days if registration expired more than 3 months.
2. Not clear who gets black points if an unbelted passenger does not have a licence. Might be black point penalty only for driver, but then unknown if 4 points per person or per vehicle. New law applies to rear seat occupants, not just front. Previous law specified "while driving" but was generally considered to refer to both driver and front seat passenger.
3. Abu Dhabi Police have said drivers who use hazard lights while driving in fog will be fined AED 500 and 4 black points.
4. Original text said "tenting", assumed to be a typo for "tinting". Percentages not given but some reports said maximum allowed increased from 30% to 50% but no tint for front windscreen (windshield), and no tinted windows permitted for trucks and taxis.

[Edit, archive, delete] UAE traffic fines before new law 01 Jul 2017

See information below table for updates to UAE Traffic Law and UAE Federal Traffic Council (FTC) information.

• 01 Mar 2008 - new Unified Federal Traffic Law (Black Points Law) for the UAE takes effect with list of offences and punishments given in table below. New black point system also takes effect.
• Prison sentences listed are maximum jail time. Not in original list of penalties. One month normally means 30 days, not 28 or 31 days.
• Maximum black points limit is 24 within a one year period. If a traffic violation is made after reaching the black point limit, your driving licence is confiscated for the following periods of time:
  • 3 months confiscation after the first traffic violation when black point limit has been reached.
  • 6 months confiscation after the second traffic violation.
  • 12 months confiscation after the third traffic violation, and the driver must pass a driving course at a driving school under the authority of the emirate where the third violation was committed.
• Speeding fines result in black points if doing more than 60km/hr above the speed limit (12 points) or more than 50km/hr above the limit (6 points). No black points if doing between 0-50km/hr above the speed limit.
• Speeding fines increased from a flat rate of AED 200 per ticket to between AED 400 (less than 10km/hr over the limit) and AED 1,000 (more than 60kph over the limit - vehicle is also impounded for 30 days).

	Description	Fine (AED) or court decision	Black points	Vehicle confiscation period	Prison
	UAE Unified Federal Traffic Law effective from 01 Mar 2008
1	Driving dangerously (racing)	2000	12	30 days
2	Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs or similar substances	Court	24	60 days
3	Driving a vehicle without number plates	1000	24	60 days
4	Causing death of others	Court	12	30 days
5	Not stopping after causing an accident that resulted in injuries	Court	24	60 days
6	Reckless driving	2000	12	30 days
7	Exceeding maximum speed limit by more than 60km/h	1000	12	30 days
8	Driving in a way that is dangerous to the public	1000	12	30 days
9	Jumping a red light	800	8	15 days
10	Running away from a traffic policeman	800	12	30 days
11	Dangerous overtaking by trucks	800	24	60 days
12	Causing a car to overturn	Court	8
13	Causing serious injuries	Court	8
14	Exceeding maximum speed limit by not more than 60km/h	900	6
15	Exceeding maximum speed limit by not more than 50km/h	800
16	Overtaking on the hard shoulder	600	6
*16	Overtaking on the hard shoulder [revised penalty 17 May 2014]	600	10		1 month
	See also Dubai traffic fines enquiry
17	Entering road dangerously	600	6
18	Causing moderate injury	Court	6
19	Heavy vehicle lane discipline	600	6
20	Overtaking from a prohibited place	600	6
21	Causing serious damage to a vehicle	Court	6
22	Exceeding maximum speed limit by not more than 40km/h	700
23	Parking in fire hydrant places, spaces allocated for people with special needs and ambulance parking	1000	4
24	Exceeding maximum speed limit by not more than 30km/h	600
25	Driving against traffic	400	4
26	Allowing children under 10 years old to sit in the front seat of a vehicle	400	4
27	Failure to fasten seat belt while driving	400	4
28	Failure to leave a safe distance	400	4
29	Failure to follow the directions of a traffic policeman
30	Exceeding maximum speed limit by not more than 20km/h	500
31	Entering a road without ensuring that it is clear	400	4
32	Exceeding permitted level of car window tinting	500		30 days
33	Not giving way to emergency, police and public service vehicles or official convoys	500	4
34	Driving a heavy vehicle that does not comply with safety and security conditions	500		30 days
35	Failure to stop after causing an accident	500
36	Driving a noisy vehicle	500		30 days
37	Allowing others to drive a vehicle for which they are unlicensed	500
38	Loading a heavy vehicle in a way that may pose danger to others or to the road	500	6	7 days
39	Overload or protruding load from a heavy vehicle without permission	500	6	7 days
40	Driving a vehicle that causes pollution	500
41	Stopping on the road for no reason	500	4
42	Stopping on a yellow box (marked on intersections)	500
43	Not giving way to pedestrians on pedestrian crossings	500	6
44	Failure to abide by traffic signs and directions	500
45	Throwing waste from vehicles onto roads	500	4
46	Refusing to give traffic police name and address when required	500
47	Stopping vehicle on the left side of the road in prohibited places	500
48	Stopping vehicle on pedestrian crossing	500
49	Teaching driving in a training vehicle that does not bear a learning sign	500
50	Teaching driving in a non-training vehicle without permission from licensing authority	500
51	Placing marks on the road that may damage the road or block traffic	500
52	Operating industrial, construction and mechanical vehicles and tractors without permission from licensing authority	500		7 days
53	Modifying vehicle's engine without permission	400
54	Modifying vehicle's chassis without permission	400
55	Changing vehicle's color without permission	400
56	Exceeding maximum speed limit by not more than 10km/h	400
57	Driving with a driving license issued by a foreign country except in permitted cases	400
58	Violating the terms of the driving license	300
59	Parking behind vehicles and blocking their movement	300
60	Towing a vehicle or a boat with an unprepared vehicle	300
61	Driving a vehicle that omits gases or fumes with substances exceeding permitted rates	300
62	Leaving a vehicle on the road with its engine running (unattended)	300
63	No lights on the back or sides of trailer container	200
64	Lights on the back or sides of container not working	200
65	Taxis, which have designated pickup areas, stopping in undesignated places	200	4
66	Prohibited entry	200	4
67	Blocking traffic	200
68	Vehicle unfit for driving	200		7 days
69	Driving a light vehicle that does not comply with safety and security conditions	200		7 days
70	Not lifting exhaust of trucks	200		7 days
71	Not covering loads of trucks	3000		7 days
72	Using vehicle for purposes other than designated	200	4	7 days
73	Heavy vehicle prohibited entry	200	4	7 days
74	Violating loading or unloading regulations in parking	200	4	7 days
75	Carrying and transporting passengers illegally	200	4	7 days
76	Writing phrases or placing stickers on vehicle without permission	200
77	Not taking road safety measures during vehicle breakdowns	200
78	Turning at undesignated points	200	4
79	Turning the wrong way	200	4
80	Loading a light vehicle in a way that may pose a danger to others or to the road	200	3	7 days
81	Overload or protruding load on light vehicles without permission	200	3	7 days
82	Stopping vehicle without keeping the distance specified by the law from a curve or junction	200
83	Transporting passengers by vehicle undesignated for this purpose	200	4
84	Sudden swerve	200	4
85	Driving a taxi without required license	200	4
86	Carrying passengers in driving training vehicle	200	4
87	Driving a taxi with an expired warranty	200
88	Reversing dangerously	200
89	Taxi refusing to carry passengers	200	4
90	Falling or leaking load	3000	12	30 days
91	Not securing vehicle while parked	200
92	Parking in prohibited places	200	2
93	Parking in loading and offloading areas without need	200
94	Parking on road shoulder except in cases of emergency	200
95	Using multi-colored lights	200
96	Not wearing helmet while driving motorbike	200	4
97	Exceeding passenger limit	200	3
98	Driving with tires in poor condition	200		7 days
99	Driving with an expired driving license	200	3
100	Not renewing vehicle registration after expiry	400
101	Driving unlicensed vehicle	200		7 days
102	Violation of laws of using commercial number plates	200
103	Not fixing number plates in designated places	200	2
104	Driving with one number plate	200	2
105	Driving at night or in foggy weather without lights	200	4
106	Using not matching number plates for trailer and container	200
107	Not fixing reflective stickers at the back of trucks and heavy vehicles	200
108	Not using indicators when changing direction or turning	200	3
109	Not giving way for vehicles to pass on the left	200
110	Not giving way to vehicles coming from the left where required	200
111	Stopping a vehicle in a way that may pose danger or block traffic	200	3
112	Failure to have vehicle examined after carrying out major modification to engine or body	200		7 days
113	Using training vehicles outside of timings specified by licensing authority	200
114	Using training vehicles in places not designated by licensing authority	200
115	Overtaking from the right	200	4
116	Overtaking in a wrong way	200	3
117	Driving an unlicensed vehicle	200		7 days
118	Abuse of parking space	200	3
119	Number plates with unclear numbers	200	3
120	Violating tariff	200	6
121	Light vehicle lane discipline	200	2
122	Parking vehicles on pavement	200	3
123	Not showing vehicle registration card when required	200
124	Not showing driving license when required	200
125	Not fixing taxi sign where required	200
126	Not fixing a sign indicating licensed overload	200	3
127	Using interior lights for no reason while driving	100
128	Failure to abide by specified color for taxis or training cars	200
129	Failure to display tariff of buses or taxis or not showing them when required	200
130	Broken lights	200	6
131	Using horn in prohibited areas	200	2
132	Driving below minimum speed limit	200
133	Failure to keep taxis and buses clean inside and outside	200
134	Smoking inside taxis and buses	200
135	Using hand-held mobile phone while driving	200	4
136	Not abiding by taxi drivers obligatory uniform or not keeping it in good condition	100
137	Calling on passengers in the presence of signs	100
138	Not displaying truck's load on both sides	100
139	Not carrying driving license while driving	100
140	Not carrying vehicle registration card while driving	100
141	Driving without spectacles or contact lenses	100
142	Not using interior light in buses at night	100
143	Broken indicator lights	100	2
144	Using horn in a disturbing way	100	2
145	Having no red light at the back of vehicle	100
146	Opening left door of taxi	100	3
147	Pedestrians crossing from undesignated places (if any existed) (jaywalking)	200
*	Obscene hand gestures ("flicking the bird", "two-finger salute", etc)				1 month
*	Private vehicles using dedicated bus and taxi lanes in Dubai (RTA fine)	600
*	Not transporting bicycles safely on car (Abu Dhabi, 30 Dec 2015)	200		7 days
	Table of violations and fines, Article 191 of UAE Federal Bylaw 21, 1995
1	Non-complying with Traffic Officer’s instructions 200	200
2	Non-complying with Traffic signs and instructions	100
3	Running away from Traffic Officer	200
4	Non-Stop when causing an accident or harm to others	100
5	Abstention to give name and address to Traffic Officer	200
6	Hindering traffic movement	100
7	Putting signs on the road damaging or hindering traffic movement	100
8	Stopping the vehicle along sidewalk or without observing the distance duly defined	100
9	Stopping the vehicle in a manner causing danger or hindering sidewalk	100
10	Non-taking necessary procedures for safety of traffic when vehicle broken	100
11	Attempting entering a road without being sure of being empty causing sidewalk hindering	200
12	Excess Speed (detected by Radar)	200
13	Driving below minimum speed limit for roads.	100
14	Driving recklessly or in a manner endangering public	200
15	Passing red light	500
16	Turning with vehicle from a place not specified for such or wrong turning	100
17	Driving contrary to the line	200
18	Getting into a prohibited place	200
19	Turning back in a dangerous way	100
20	Non-preference of emergency, police, public service and seasonal parades	200
	not completed ...

*Not in original list of traffic offences.

UAE traffic law amendments and proposals

Note that approval by the UAE Federal Traffic Council does not mean a new law is in effect. The amendments still have to go to the UAE Federal Cabinet and/or the UAE Ministry of Interior before becoming law. Time frame for proposed changes could be months, years, or never.

• 28 Dec 2014 - Dubai RTA announced automatic AED 600 penalty for private vehicles using dedicated bus lanes from 01 Jan 2014 to 31 Mar 2014. First phase would place cameras on Naif Rd. Dubai Police patrols would also hand out fines. Announcement didn't say what would happen after the end of the period. Vehicles permitted to use the dedicated bus lanes are public buses, taxis, Dubai Police, Civil Defence, and ambulances on emergency calls. Private vehicles can use dedicated lanes to enter or exit adjoining roads.
• 17 May 2014 - Abu Dhabi Traffic Police announced a revised punishment for overtaking on the hard shoulder, reportedly applicable to all UAE emirates, of 600 dhs fine (unchanged), 10 black points (increase from 6 points), and a prison sentence of up to one month for offenders. Date new punshments take effect not provided.
• 19 Apr 2014 - Major General Mohammed Saif Al Zafeen said the council had proposed increased penalties for:
  • Drivers speeding more than 60kph over the speed limit, vehicles confiscated for 2 months instead of 1 month, fine increased from AED 1,000 to AED 2,000, and 12 black points (unchanged).
  • Smoking inside a private vehicle punishable by AED 200 fine and 4 black points.
  • Heavy vehicle (over 3 tonnes) drivers going through a red light penalty of AED 5,000 fine and 23 black points (increased from 12 points).
• 13 Apr 2014 (Emarat Al Youm) - Major General Mohammed Saif Al Zafeen said proposals under consideration included:
  • Women adding make-up while driving their cars
  • Men getting dressed or putting on their gutra while driving
  • Eating, drinking, or reading while driving
  • Speaking or texting by mobile phones while driving
  • Wearing sunglasses at night while driving
  • *Law enforcement officials not permitted to issue seat belt fines in the absence of drivers. What? We didn't get it.
• 16 Feb 2014 - UAE Traffic Council approved proposal to lower minimum driving age from 18 to 17 years old.
• 04 Feb 2014 - Salah Bu Farousha Al Falasi, head of the Dubai Traffic Prosecution department, was reported to have said at a media conference that a proposal had been sent to the UAE Ministry of Interior to "amend amend the Traffic Law by introducing new and specific articles pertaining to fatal accidents caused by jumping a red signal" (Gulf News and other reports). Specifically:
  • Jail for 3-7 years and AED 30,000 fine if 3 or more people killed after going through a red light.
  • Jail for minimum 1 year and AED 20,000 fine if 1 or 2 people killed.
• 09 Nov 2013 - new federal UAE Traffic Council to be formed to consider traffic related issues in the UAE including amendments to UAE Traffic Law. New proposals to be presented to the UAE Cabinet. Council chairman will be Major-General Mohammed Saif Al Zafeen (Al Zafin), he is:
  • Director General of the Dubai Police Traffic Department
  • Assistant Police Commander for Operations in Dubai
  • now also Head of the UAE Federal Traffic Council

White points system in the UAE

• 19 Nov 2013 (Gulf Today - 'Dubai Police increase awards for white points'): A driver is awarded one white point per month if no traffic offences committed during that month, up to a maximum of 12 white points. Drivers receive awards and prizes when 12 white points are collected - but only for Dubai registered drivers?

Categories

• Parent category - Dubai Police, RTA.
• Child pages - none.
• Related pages - Dubai Police traffic fines, driving in Dubai.

References, sources

• www.adpolice.gov.ae/en/portal/blackpoint.table.aspx
• www.adpolice.gov.ae/en/portallist/mcontent/black.points.aspx
• www.dubaipolice.gov.ae/dp/jsps/content/flat-content.do?contentCode=84787 (last update 09 Dec 2013)
• www.dubaipolice.gov.ae/dp/english/savePage.jsp?Id=11137
• www.dubaipolice.gov.ae/smartphoneservices/infoandprocedures/en/trafficviolation.html
• www.evg.ae/_layouts/EVG/Important_Link/Black_Points.aspx

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