50,595 jaywalkers fined in Abu Dhabi in 2017

1.2181946-1102016908 — A jaywalker crossing Electra Street in Abu Dhabi at an undesignated area that has an open road divider. Image Credit: Shajitha Shifa/Gulf News Reader

Abu Dhabi: Some 50,595 pedestrians were booked for crossing roads illegally in Abu Dhabi in 2017, official figures showed.

The Abu Dhabi Traffic and Patrols Directorate has advised pedestrians to use underpasses, bridges and zebra lines to cross roads and urged motorists to slow down near schools and before pedestrian crossings and give them the right of way.

Zero tolerance

''Traffic police will keep a close eye on jaywalkers and will maintain zero tolerance against offenders,'' the directorate warned.

The directorate further said it was coordinating with stakeholders and partners to ensure the safety of pedestrians by building world-class, safe pedestrian crossings on internal roads and highways so as to curb illegal and unsafe practices.

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Awareness campaigns will be intensified to educate workers in agricultural, construction and contracting companies as well as those living in workers' cities about the importance of using pedestrian crossings for their own safety.

Pedestrian fines

According to traffic rules, pedestrian's failure to abide by signals or crossing from the undesignated areas will incur a fine of Dh400.

Meanwhile, a motorist who fails to give priority to pedestrians at pedestrian crossings will have to pay a fine of Dh500 and get six black points on his traffic file.

On the other hand, the fine for stopping the vehicle on a pedestrian crossing is Dh400.

List of fines

Following is a complete list of every single possible fine you could on the road in the city.

Texting and driving is just one of the common offences reported by Dubai Police. If you're a motorist in the UAE, it's important to know the penalties which are applied for all traffic violations.

Updated traffic fines as of February 1, 2018

No.	Violation	Fine in Dh	Black Points	Vehicle Retention period/ day	Driving License suspension
1	Driving under the influence of Alcohol	Decided by court	23	60 days for light vehicles
2	Driving under the influence of drugs or brain affecting substances or any other similar items	Decided by court		60 days for light vehicles	License to be suspended for one year from the date of punishment completion
3	Causing someone’s death	Decided by court	23	60 days for light vehicles
4	Causing a serious accident or injuries	Decided by court	23	30 days for light vehicles
5	Running away from the traffic policeman	800 for light vehicles, 1000 for heavy vehicles	12 for light vehicles, 16 for heavy vehicles	30 days for light vehicle
6	Nonstop when causing a small accident	500 for light vehicles/1000 for heavy vehicle	8 for light vehicles 16 for heavy vehicle	7 days for light vehicles
7	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than 80 km/hour	3000	23	60 days for light vehicles
8	Driving a vehicle without plates	3000	23	90 days for light vehicles
9	Driving a heavy vehicle in a way that jeopardizes his or other people’s lives or their safety or security	3000			License to be suspended for one year starting from the day of license withdrawal
10	Driving a heavy vehicle in a way that may cause damages to public or private facilities.	3000
11	Heavy vehicles that cross the red light	3000			License to be suspended for one year starting from the day of license withdrawal
12	The heavy vehicle driver causing any accident that result in his or any other vehicle overturn	3000			License to be suspended for one year starting from the day of license
13	Using a leisure bike with three or more wheels on the road	3000		90 days
14	Failure to hand over a driving license when the maximum black points are accrued in the third traffic violation	3000
15	Overtaking from a prohibited place by trucks drivers	3000			Suspension of DL for 1 years from the date of withdrawal
16	Using the vehicle in carrying and transporting passengers without permission	3000	24	30 days
17	Using the vehicle in carrying inflammable or hazardous materials without permission	3000	24	60 days
18	If the loads of the trucks are not covered	3000
19	Load leakage or spilling from the heavy vehicles	3000	12
20	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than 60 km/hour	2000	12	30 days for light vehicles
21	Driving a vehicle in a way that jeopardizes the driver or others’ lives or their safety or security	2000		60 days for light vehicles
22	Driving a vehicle in a way that may cause damage to the public and private facilities	2000		61 days for light vehicles
23	Driving heavy vehicles not complying with the safety and security measures	2000	6
24	Failure to hand over a driving license when the maximum black points are accrued in the second traffic violation	2000
25	Loading the heavy vehicles in a way that endangers others	2000	6
26	Loading the heavy vehicles in a way that damages the roads	2000	6
27	Driving a noisy vehicle	2000	12
28	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 60 km/hour	1500	6	15 days for light vehicles
29	Noncompliance of heavy vehicle with the traffic compulsory lane	1500	12
30	Not lifting the exhaust pipe of trucks	1500
31	Operating industrial, construction and mechanical vehicles and tractors without permission from the competent authority	1500
32	Exceeding the permitted percentage of vehicle tinting	1500
33	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 50 km/hour	1000
34	Entering the vehicle into a prohibited area	1000	8
35	Sudden deviation of the vehicle	1000	4
36	Crossing red light for light vehicles	1000	12	30 days
37	Crossing red light for motorcycles	1000	12	31 days
38	Rubber neck (crowding) at the scenes of traffic accidents	1000
39	Heavy vehicle overtaking or entering prohibited roads or areas	1000	4
40	Failure to hand over a driving license when the maximum black points are accrued in the first traffic violation	1000
41	Overtaking from the road shoulder	1000	6
42	Parking in front of fire hydrant places	1000	6
43	Parking in the spaces allocated for people with special needs	1000	6
44	Stopping in the middle of the road without a justified reason	1000	6
45	Stopping the vehicle in in prohibited areas on the left road shoulder in public roads	1000
46	The driver fails to stop when the school bus driver activates the stop sign	1000	10
47	Not giving way or priority to emergency vehicles, ambulances, police cars or official conveys	1000	6
48	Modifying the vehicle’s engine or the Chassis without permission	1000	12	30 days
49	Not complying of loading and unloading in the designated areas	1000	4
50	Trailing a boat or carriage without permission	1000
51	Trailing a boat or a carriage without fulfilling safety and security conditions	1000
52	Transport passengers in vehicle not designated for	1000	4
53	Driving a vehicle that causes pollution	1000	6
54	Throwing wastes from vehicles onto the roads	1000	6
55	Using mobile while driving	800	4
56	Being distracted by anything while driving	800	4
57	Changing vehicle’s colour without permission	800
58	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 40 km/hour	700
59	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 30 km/hour	600
60	a. Driving the vehicle against the traffic direction	600	4	7 days for light vehicles
61	Entering a road in a dangerous way	600	6
62	Wrong overtaking	600	6
63	Overtaking from a prohibited place	600
64	Training on driving without permission	502
65	Provide training in a vehicle that is designated for training without the competent authority permission	501
66	Violating the rules of using the commercial plate numbers	500		7 days
67	Reversing in a dangerous way	500	4
68	Noncompliance of vehicles drivers with the traffic signs and directions	500
69	Putting signs on the road that may cause damage to it or may block the traffic	500
70	Failure to take the necessary road safety measures upon the vehicle breakdown	500
71	In case of not wearing the helmet by the driver when driving a motorcycle	500	4
72	In case of not wearing the helmet by the passenger while being on a	500	4
73	Causing disturbance to traffic in any way not set forth in this schedule	500
74	Making U turn from undesignated areas	500	4
75	Making wrong turn with the vehicle	500	4
76	Driving at night without lights	500	4
77	Driving in foggy weather without lights	500	4
78	Driving in foggy weather in violation of the competent authority’s instructions	500	4
79	Not placing reflective stickers on the backside of trucks and transport vehicles	500
80	Driving a vehicle with expired driving license	500	4	7 days for light vehicles
81	Driving a vehicle with an expired registration	500	4	7 days if registration expired more than 3 months ago
82	Stopping in the yellow box junction	500
83	Stopping the vehicle on the pedestrian crossings	500
84	Park behind vehicles and blocking their movement	500
85	Stopping in undesignated places by Taxis which have designated pick up areas.	500		4
86	Stopping the vehicle without keeping the safe distance specified by the law from a curve or junction or turns	500
87	Parking without securing the vehicle	500
88	Improper Parking	500
89	Driving a vehicle without insurance	500	4	7 days
90	Driving unlicensed vehicle from the traffic department	500	4	8 days
91	Using the vehicles in marches without permission or in unauthorized situations.	500	4	15 days for the light vehicle
92	School bus driver failing to activate the stop sign or in case of noncompliance with traffic instructions	500	6
93	Not giving priority to pedestrians in pedestrians’ crossings	500	6
94	Driving a vehicle that do not comply with the security and safety measures	500
95	Driving a vehicle that is unfit for driving	500
96	Writing phrases or placing stickers on vehicle without permission.	500
97	Driving with expired tyres	500	4	7 days
98	The rear or side lights of trailer container are broken	500	4
99	The absence of back and sidelights of trailer container	500	4
100	Loading the light vehicle in a way that endangers others	500	4
101	Loading the light vehicle in a way that endangers the road	500	4
102	Overloading or unframed loadings in the light vehicles	500	4
103	Overloading a transport vehicle	500	4	7 days
104	Provide training on a training vehicle that is not labelled as training vehicle	500
105	Leak or falling of parts of the loads from a light vehicle.	500
106	Driving a vehicle below the minimum speed limit set for the road, if any	400
107	Driving a vehicle with one single plate	400
108	Unclear vehicle plate	400
109	Failure to leave safe distance when driving behind other vehicles	400	4
110	Entering the road without ensuring a clear way	400	4
111	Failure to use signal light when changing the vehicle direction or making turns	400
112	Noncompliance with the traffic compulsory lane for light vehicles	400
113	Not following the instructions of the traffic policeman	400	4
114	Driving with a driving license issued by a foreign country except in permitted cases	400
115	Driving a vehicle with a driving license other that the granted one	400	12
116	Not carrying the vehicle registration card	400
117	Not carrying the driving license	400
118	Stopping a vehicle in a way that expose danger on pedestrians	400
119	Stopping a vehicle in a way that blocks the pedestrians movement	400
120	Parking vehicles on the pavements	400
121	Driving on lanes designated for buses or taxis in other than the authorized situations.	400
122	Not giving priority to vehicles coming from the back or the left side of the road	400
123	Pedestrian’s failure to abide by signals or crossing from the undesignated areas	400
124	Using the horn or the vehicle radio in a disturbing way	400	4
125	Driving the vehicle in residential areas or around the educational institutions or the hospitals in way that endangers others	400	4
126	Allowing children under 10 years old or shorter than 145 cm to sit in the front seat of a vehicle.	400
127	Not fixing child seats for children under 4 years old in the vehicle.	400
128	Not fastening the seat belt of the driver	400	4
129	Not fastening the seat belt for all the passengers	400	4
130	Not examining the vehicle after making core adjustments on its engine	400
131	Not examining the vehicle after making core adjustments on its body	400
132	If the lights of the vehicle are not working	400	6
133	In case the changing lane light signs are not working	400	2
134	The rear sign lights of the vehicle are not working	400	2
135	Using training vehicles in timings other than specified by licensing authority or in undesignated areas	400
136	Exceeding the maximum speed limit by no more than 20 km/hour	300
137	Using vehicles for purposes other than the designated ones.	300	4
138	Not holding training permit while training	300

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*The original article (published in February 2016) has been updated to reflect current traffic fines.

Pedestrians cross the busy Hamdan Street in the heart of Abu Dhabi’s traditional business hub. Efforts made by the police to reduce jaywalking have resulted in fewer run-over cases. Image Credit: Abdul Rahman/Gulf News Archives