Abu Dhabi: 5 men fined Dh50,000 each for reckless driving, showboating

Five young men who were accused of reckless driving on Abu Dhabi highways have been fined Dh50,000 each and sentenced to three months of community service.

The Abu Dhabi Misdemeanours Court issued judgements in the three different traffic cases involving the Arab defendants.

Public Prosecutors in Abu Dhabi had referred the defendants to the court on charges of recklessly and irresponsibly driving cars on the highway without having plate numbers thereon, showboating, drifting, causing a disturbance in residential neighbourhoods, endangering their lives and the lives of road users, and inflicting damages to the road surface and public properties. They were found guilty on all counts.

The judge had previously issued them each a six-month jail term as well. However, these were replaced with community service, including cleaning roads, for three months.

Prosecutors explained that, according to Article 348 of the Federal Penal Code, “any person who wilfully commits an act that would endanger the life, health, security or freedoms of people shall be punished by imprisonment and a fine or one of these two penalties.”