Surveillance cameras Intensified during the National Day
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, November 29th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
The
Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate announced that it has
set up a temporary yard at the Corniche Street in Abu Dhabi, in the area
facing Hilton Hotel, in order to immediately confiscate cars that
violate car decoration guidelines; as well as vehicles whose drivers
cause chaos and disturbance; and those who fail to abide by the ‘Spirit
of the Union’, causing damage to public property by obscuring both
front and rear plates, performing stunts on roads, impeding traffic flow
and blocking roads.
Brigadier Eng. Hussein Ahmed Al
Harithi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi
Police, stressed that no leniency would be shown to anyone who breaks
traffic laws. He added that the directorate would immediately seize and
impound vehicles, whose drivers fail to abide by the laws and
regulations and violate the meanings and indications of this important
national occasion.
Moreover, Al Harithi noted that a
comprehensive plan will be applied to intensify control in all areas in
Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and the Western Region and monitor traffic flow
through surveillance cameras and radars located on all roads and in
underground tunnels so as to capture any traffic violations during the
national day celebrations. He added that strict control will be ensured
through traffic patrols and Traffic Investigation’s civilian patrols in
order to confiscate cars that break traffic laws and render all
lawbreakers legally accountable.
Brigadier Eng. Al
Harithi called on all segments of society to contribute efforts to
support traffic safety during the National Day celebrations and to
report traffic violations and dangerous behavior by motorists on all
roads. He indicated that violations include any attempts to show-off and
stunts with vehicles, reckless driving, overtaking on the hard shoulder
of the road, jumping red light signals and other violations.
Brigadier
Eng. Al Harithi also noted that the directorate will be receiving
documented reports from the public about cases of traffic law
violations, chaos, nuisance and violations of celebration guidelines
committed by motorists through the Abu Dhabi e-Government application
called City Guard. “The app enables users to take pictures of videos of
the violation. It is necessary to indicate the number and type of
vehicle, location and time of violation and the street where it took
place,” he said. Moreover, he added that the reports will be handled
with confidentiality without disclosing the identity of individuals who
made them, to check their validity and take the appropriate measures.
“The
directorate has set a list of guidelines on car decoration during the
National Day celebrations. These guidelines state that drivers should
avoid changing the color of vehicles, placing indecent stickers or
posting of inappropriate and/or obscene words and phrases, picking up
passengers that exceed the number of allowed passengers in the vehicle,
leaning or standing outside of the windows, coloring the windshield,
using spray paint on others, and exiting vehicles in the middle of the
road. Failure to abide by these rules will result in the impounding of
the vehicle for a month, in addition to a fine of Dh2,000 and 12 black
points”, noted Brigadier Eng. Al Harithi.
He pointed out that the
directorate will be implementing a comprehensive awareness campaign
through various media. “The campaign will include distributing
awareness-raising publications about the rules to celebrate the UAE 43rd
National Day under the theme, ‘Let's Celebrate the Spirit of the Union
without Violations’. This campaign aims to ensure that celebration is
carried out in a befitting manner that is suitable for the level of the
UAE’s modernity and development and maintain the safety of the public,”
added Brigadier Eng. Al Harithi. Additionally, Brigadier Eng. Al
Harithi warned drivers against covering or obscuring the front or rear
vehicle license plates, performing stunts or attempts to show-off with
vehicles, impeding traffic flow, blocking the road, or being engaged in
any activities that may create chaos and disturbance for other road
users. Moreover, he warned drivers against attaching any noise-making
accessories or devices to their. It is worth mentioning that the
Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police has issued a list of
the traffic violations that may be committed by motorists during the
43rd National Day festivities, along with the relevant penalties
stipulated the UAE Traffic Federal Law. These violations are as
follows: 1-Using spray paint by the driver: punishable by Article (8)
of the UAE Federal Traffic Law: ‘Driving recklessly or in a manner that
endangers the public’. Failure to abide by these rules will result in
the impounding the vehicle for a month, in addition to a fine of Dh
2,000 and 12 black points. “
Using spray paint by the passenger: the violator will be slapped with a fine of Dh 400 plus 4 black points.
Equipping vehicles with additions that impede visibility and compromise safety (e.g. installing a flag): a Dh 500 fine.
Carrying more than the permitted number of passengers will entail a Dh 200 fine and 3 black points.
Passengers leaning or standing outside of the windows or sunroof of the car: A Dh 400 fine and 4 black points.
Carrying passengers in areas not intended for passengers (Pick-up or
sunroof of car) will entail immediate impounding the vehicle for 7 days,
in addition to a fine of Dh 200 and 3 black points
Equipping vehicles with additions (Headers, filters, sound amplifiers):
impounding the vehicle for a month, in addition to a Dh 500 fine.
Coloring the windshield or driver’s side window: impounding the vehicle for a month, in addition to a Dh 500 fine.
Getting out of the vehicle on the road or parking the vehicle on the
highway with the engine running: a Dh 500 fine and 4 black points.
Random parades or processions: Dh 500 fine
Throwing garbage on the highway: impounding the vehicle for a month, in addition to a fine of Dh 500 and 4 black points.
Obscuring the front or rear vehicle license plates: a Dh 200 fine and 3 black points.
Spinning the wheels of the vehicle: impounding the vehicle for a month, in addition to a fine of Dh1000 and 12 black points.
Altering or changing completely the vehicle’s color (Full car decoration): a Dh 400 fine.
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Arabic-language text of this announcement is the official,
authoritative version. Translations are provided as an accommodation
only, and should be cross-referenced with the Arabic-language text,
which is the only version of the text intended to have legal effect.
Contacts
The UAE Minister of Interior's General Secretariat, Tactical Affairs and Security Media Department
Abu Dhabi Police GHQ - Security Media
Chris Cron +971-(0)-50-987-1317
E-mail: cron.media@hotmail.com
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