UAE: 2,245 traffic offenders caught for heavy glass tinting, making noise, reckless driving

Ras Al Khaimah police carried out a campaign to improve road safety

A crackdown carried out by the Traffic Control Committee of Ras Al Khaimah police resulted in issuing 2,245 traffic violations within two weeks.

Major General Ali Abdullah bin Alwan Al Nuaimi, Commander-in-Chief of Ras Al Khaimah Police, stressed the need to implement the strategy of the Ministry of Interior to improve road safety.

The initiatives positively impacted and saw fewer traffic accidents, injuries and deaths in the Emirate.

The Traffic Inspection and Traffic Control Committee in Ras Al Khaimah, headed by Lt Colonel Salem Mohamed Bourguiba, Head of Traffic Department, launched a traffic inspection campaign in January 2022 and will continue until the end of February 2022 to control traffic violations.

The crackdown resulted in issuing 2,245 traffic violations committed by the drivers in the Emirate.

Of the total violations, 1,185 offences include illegal glass tinting, noisy vehicles, violations of truck ban timing.

Several cars were also impounded for reckless driving and other serious traffic offences.

The inspection also targeted motorcycles, bicycles and electric bikes and resulted in 1060 violations during the 2-week of the campaign.

Lt. Colonel Salem Bourguiba praised the head of the Traffic Inspection and Control Committee and added that the inspection program is continuing in the various internal and external roads of the Emirate to regulate traffic.

He called on all road users to adhere to traffic regulations and laws and not exceed them.

"The police will not tolerate violators, will continue to deter the reckless drivers who expose their lives and other road users to danger. The police will continue to impound vehicles and transfer them to the competent authorities to take legal action against them," he said