75% discount on fines for Dubai motorists
425,371 have benefited from safe driving initiative
Motorists in Dubai can benefit from 75 per cent discounts on their accumulated traffic fines as of yesterday under a special initiative, Dubai Police have said.
Dubai Police implemented the third phase of the traffic fines discount initiative, which was launched on February 7 this year.
A tweet from Dubai Police yesterday said that motorists who haven’t committed any traffic violations since February 7, can enjoy the 75 per cent discount on fines accumulated before February under the initiative which aims to encourage motorists to clear their offences and improve their driving.
Under the initiative, motorists who do not commit traffic offences for three months (counted from February 6) benefit from a 25 per cent discount, while motorists who do not commit traffic offences for six months (counted from February 6) get a 50 per cent discount on their accumulated traffic fines. Motorists who do not commit traffic offences for nine months, however, will get a possible 75 per cent discount and motorists who do not commit a traffic offence for one year will enjoy a 100 per cent discount on their accumulated fines.
Major General Mohammad Saif Al Zafein, director of the UAE Federal Traffic Council and Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Operations, had earlier said that the results of the initiative were impressive as deaths on Dubai roads had reduced 15 per
Drivers will have a stronger motivation to follow traffic rules in order to get the discounts.” Colonel Jumaa Bin Suwaidan | Acting Director of Dubai
Police’s Traffic Department
cent up until August of this year. According to Dubai Police, up until August 23 people had died since the initiative was launched in February, compared to 27 over the same period last year.
Biggest beneficiaries
Meanwhile, Dubai Police said that a total of 425,371 drivers had benefitted from the 50 per cent discount on their accumulated traffic fines, amounting to 25 per cent of Dubai’s drivers. The issuing of traffic fines had also dropped by two per cent since the initiative was launched, compared to last year.
Colonel Jumaa Bin Suwaidan, Acting Director of Dubai Police’s Traffic Department, said that
Indian drivers were the biggest beneficiaries of the initiative. Statistics show there were 95,866 Indian drivers who benefitted from the 50 per cent discount. “The initiative helped drivers get discounts on their traffic fines,” said Bin Suwaidan. “Drivers will have a stronger motivation to follow traffic rules in order to get the discounts. Motorists who did not commit traffic offences for 12 months, starting February 6, could get a 100 per cent discount on their accumulated traffic fines,” he said.
Drivers can register their cars during the initiative without paying their Dubai traffic fines.
However, drivers need to pay their fines in other emirates.