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The Dubai Police will now impound vehicles for up to 30 days for multiple traffic offences. Using mobile phones while driving, tailgating and sudden deviation are among the offences that will lead to the vehicle being confiscated for 30 days.
The federal traffic law specifies fines of between Dh400 and Dh1,000 and four black points for these offences. With this new law amendment, the 30-day impoundment will be an additional penalty in Dubai.
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According to a copy of the Official Gazette that Khaleej Times has seen, phone driving has been defined as being distracted by devices while driving. Sudden deviation of the vehicle in a manner that poses a danger to lives and property, or traffic safety, and not leaving enough safe distance from the vehicle in front will also result in the 30-day impoundment.
The same additional penalty applies if a heavy vehicle fails to adhere to lane discipline.
The amendment further specified 14-day impoundment for these offences:
This is not the first time that Dubai has introduced additional penalties for reckless driving. Last year, authorities specified a Dh50,000 fee for releasing seized vehicles for serious traffic offences. These included reckless driving and jumping a red light. Multiple motorists have been penalised since the rules went into effect.
Reckless driving caused 94 accidents in Dubai in the first six months of 2024.
According to a survey conducted this year, one in three motorists admitted to using the phone while driving.
“Nine out of ten drivers think distracted driving is dangerous, but only 81 per cent or eight out of ten motorists are always fully concentrated on the road, which means that one out of five motorists around us does not pay full attention,” the survey commissioned by RoadSafetyUAE and Al Wathba Insurance found.
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