Drive Begins to Nab Motorists who Stick Posters of Rulers
on Car Glasses and Hide Number Plates

Mohammed Saif Al Zafin, Director of the General Department of Traffic, told Khaleej Times recently that the motorists who commit such violations would be fined on the spot. The penalties for such offences would be a fine of Dh200 and one black point against the motorist.

He said majority of the motorists have started sticking posters on car windows after being prevented from tinting them.

Some vehicles have indecent photographs. Photographs and posters of even rulers and shaikhs must not be stuck on rear glases and windows.

“Their (motorists) love (for the rulers) should be in their hearts,” Al Zafin said.

He warned motorists against smudging number plates using small nails which make number 7, for instance, to read as number 1 and zero as 8 with an aim to hide the original registration numbers so that their vehicles would not be recognised by radars or police if they commit any offences.

He said some motorists use coloured numbers which are used by government departments. This is again a traffic law violation.

Colonel Khamis Ishaq, Deputy Director of Traffic Police in Abu Dhabi, also said the emirate is considering penalising motorists with black points for posting indecent posters and phrases on their vehicles. The current fine in Abu Dhabi is also Dh200.

“The Ministry of Interior is mulling the option of recording black points against erring motorists,” Ishaq said.

“Traffic violations in such cases numbered 1,636 in Abu Dhabi from March to October,” he said.

In Dubai, the traffic law violations have increased by 33 per cent to around 1.4 million in the first nine months of the current year over the corresponding period last year.

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