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The Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate has seized 20,000 vehicles with expired registrations over the past five months. Unregistered vehicles pose a tremendous risk to other drivers and road users as they have not been properly maintained and have not passed the annual safety tests carried out when registering vehicles.
Lt. Colonel Mohammed Salem Al Shehhi, Chief of the Traffic Control Section at the Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate, said, "Vehicles with expired registration become liable to defects as they get older with no maintenance carried out to keep them roadworthy, hence they pose a tremendous risk to other road users."
Drivers found to be driving with expired registration will be fined AED400 on the spot, while driving a vehicle without the proper permission from the competent licensing authority is punishable by an AED200 fine and vehicle impoundment for a period of 7 days.
Lt. Colonel Al Shehhi urged all motorists to comply with traffic laws and regulations and to renew their vehicle’s registration on time, because violations are punishable by law and violators will be held accountable. He added, "Motorists will be given a month to renew the vehicle’s registration card, make sure it is roadworthy, and that it doesn’t pose a risk to the driver or other road users."
Lt. Colonel Al Shehhi also said that UAE traffic law stipulates several sanctions for unfit commercial vehicles, including driving a vehicle that causes pollution, which is punishable by a fine of AED500, vehicles unfit for driving punishable by a fine of AED200 in addition to vehicle confiscation for seven days, driving with tires in poor condition punishable by a fine of AED 200 and vehicle confiscation for seven days, broken lights punishable by a fine of AED200 and 6 black points, broken indicator lights, punishable by a fine of AED 100 and two black points and driving a noisy vehicle, punishable by a fine of AED500 and vehicle confiscation for 30 days.
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