UAE: Extra licence plate for motorists with bicycle carrier to avoid Dh400 fine

Abu Dhabi police have launched a new initiative to place an additional number plate for vehicles with a bicycle carrier.

The additional plate will to be placed by motorists on the base of the bicycle holder at the boot or the trunk of vehicles carrying bicycles.

Obscuring vehicle licence plates, even with objects like bike racks, is a traffic offense. Violators are subject to Dh400 fines according to the federal traffic law.

This additional licence plate aims to avoid blocking the vehicle's plate, which is a traffic violation, thereby avoiding fines.

Colonel Mohammed Al-Berek Al-Amri, Directorate of the Drivers and Machines Licensing in the Central Operations Sector, confirmed that this initiative comes from the care and attention of the Abu Dhabi Police to support environmental initiatives and users of bicycle through awareness of drivers and avoiding traffic violations.

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According to the police, some motorists cover number plates while carrying loads or bicycles in the rear portion of their vehicles, while others deliberately cover them in a bid to evade radars and cameras installed on roads and highways to catch vehicles that indulge in over speeding.