UAE drivers face harsh new penalties

by Amy Glass on Sunday, 24 February 2008

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/511983-uae-drivers-face-harsh-new-penalties

 

NEW LAWS: Drink-driving motorists face harsher penalties under new UAE federal traffic laws. (Getty Images)

Drink-driving motorists face harsher penalties, including heavy fines and imprisonment, under new UAE federal traffic laws to be introduced on March 1, a traffic official warned on Saturday.

Ghaith Hassan Al Zaabi, director of the Traffic Department at the Ministry of Interior, said motorists who drive under the influence of alcohol will be fined at least 20,000 dirhams ($5,446), and jailed, UAE daily Khaleej Times reported on Sunday.

The length of the prison term was not disclosed by the newspaper.

The same heavy penalty will apply to motorists who leave the scene of an accident, while motorists who drive without a licence face a fine of up to 5,000 dirhams and a prison term of up to three months.

The stricter penalties follow news that 1,053 people were killed in UAE road accidents during 2007, compared to 868 deaths due to accidents in 2006.

Recent figures released by the Ministry of Interior show that there were 6,813 accidents on UAE roads during 2007, resulting in 10,526 injuries.

According to government statistics, one person is injured on the UAE roads every two hours, with one fatal injury every fifteen hours.

Under the amended UAE federal traffic law, people caught driving after being ordered not to, due to prior violations, will have to pay a fine of 5,000 dirhams or serve a three-month jail.

Al Zaabi said people who supply false information to police to avoid traffic charges will be fined up to 5,000 dirhams, or receive a three-month jail term.

The law also states that vehicles must be technically examined and certified upon registration, or renewal of registration.

Sleep tight South Africa....

As a South African.. I was a bit reluctant to post this after i received it as an e-mail from a friend as this only shows the world how narrow/small minded our government (leaders of the new South Africa) really are... but despite their idiotic comments / brain farts that they should keep to themselves... South Africa is still one of the most beautiful countries in the world to see and visit...

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South African health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang tells those with
HIV to eat garlic and beetroot.

The former deputy president, Jacob Zuma told the Johannesburg High Court
that he took a shower - after having sex with the HIV-positive
complainant without a condom - as he believed this minimised his risk of
contracting the disease.

"Go to sleep earlier so that you can grow and be cleverer" - Minister Of
Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica unveiling a 10-point plan to
encourage South Africans to change their electricity usage habits.

"It is one of the things that would make it (the tournament) a success
because we hear of many rapes, because people don't have access to them
(women)" - ANC MP George Lekgetho on the benefits of legalizing
prostitution for the 2010 world cup.

So there you have it ladies and gentlemen. To be cured from aids, eat
garlic and beetroot. If you don't want aids, take a shower, and all we
have to do to stop the electricity crisis is to go to bed early so we
can be cleverer and rapes only occur because people don't have access to
prostitutes.

Sleep tight South Africa. Your government has everything under
control.........

7 days in the slammer...

Luckily not me but my beloved car....

So it will sit for 7 days then be released... what a pain... but if you do the crime you got to do the time right?

Taking the kids and wife along did not help...

It was surprisingly a very smooth and fast process.. they did warn me that if my car stays longer than 7days in the impound that I will be charged AED100 a day... plenty of cars and bikes locked up.. I was surprised that I was allowed to drive my car in and park it...

Why? well according to the traffic dept. i was speeding in a 60kph zone... but the road i was travelling on should not be a 60 kph zone.. in certain sections it even goes down to 40!!! The road i was caught on is the one that runs at the back of the greens past the lakes/emirates hills and the springs on to Al Khail RD... dual road on either side.. i was just at the wrong place when the coppers thought to be sneaky and hide a mobile cam and make a quick buck!!!... Reckon they must catch loads of people on that stretch of rd... pure evil i tell ya!!

yup it sucks...... what to do...?

celavie....