Dubai: Starting next week, Dubai Police will reward 1,000 safe drivers with prizes worth Dh1.5 million through its White Point system.
The names of 1,000 motorists, who did not incur traffic fines for at least a year, have been chosen at random from a list of drivers with no traffic violations. Some of the winners had no traffic fines for over 20 years.
The prizes include cash, gift vouchers, mobile phones and air tickets. One lucky winner will go home with a Chevrolet Impala.
Major General Mohammad Saif Al Zafein, Assistant to Dubai Police Chief for Operations’ Affairs, on Thursday announced the list of names at a press conference.
The White Point system rewards drivers with a valid driving licence issued in Dubai, who own one or more Dubai-registered vehicles. They are required to not have committed traffic offence, including Salik fines and traffic fines in other emirates, for at least a year.
All drivers, who match this criteria, receive 24 white points — two at the end of each month — that they can use to waive off minor violations, if any, in the following year among other benefits, Al Zafein said.
However, only 1,000 lucky drivers were chosen for the draw.
Al Zafein said that 60 per cent of the winners are males, while 40 per cent are females. He explained that 40 per cent is a large number as there are more male drivers than there are women.
The winners will receive text messages from Dubai Police with the date and time to be awarded.
The draw for the car will be in late April.
Of the 1,000 winners, 378 are Emiratis, 215 are Arabs and 407 are from other nationalities. The winners from over 55 different nationalities include 204 Indians, 71 Egyptians, 34 Pakistanis and 33 Jordanians.
Al Zafein explained that the white point system does not only reward law abiding drivers, but motivates others to become better drivers. He added that there are hundreds of thousands of drivers that have no traffic violations.
There were 39 winners in the 18-25 age group, 274 winners aged 26-32, 355 aged 33-40 and 332 aged 41 and above.
The white point system was first implemented in 2012.