The drivers of more than 340 unlicensed minibuses have been fined over the past year. Since the beginning of May last year, 346 vehicles were stopped and found to be illegally transporting passengers to areas off Abu Dhabi Island, including Shahamah, Al Shamkha and Baniyas. Each driver was fined Dh5,000 by Abu Dhabi’s traffic department. …
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Rogue minibus drivers and private unmarked taxis are heading for the end of the road. Tough regulations backed by a sophisticated tracking system are set to put them out of business. Offenders will face fines of up to Dh10,000 and up to 30 days in jail. “We have the legal authority to track them down …
New silver taxis will begin operating at the beginning of next month in Al Gharbia, Abu Dhabi’s western region. Fares will be the same as in Abu Dhabi city and Al Ain, the taxi regulator TransAD said. The minimum fare will be Dh3.50 during the day, 6am to 10pm, and Dh4 at night. The booking …
More cabs will be available in the city by the end of the year when 10 per cent of the 7,804 drivers adopt two shifts, said an official at Abu Dhabi’s taxi regulator, TransAD “We’ll have two drivers per taxi to maximize efficiency,” said Yousef Al Madani, director of the call center and customer service …
Seven hundred Dubai drivers who did not commit a single traffic offence last year have been honored during a ceremony organized by Dubai Police. The winners were given 24 “white points”, two points for each violation-free month of the year, on Tuesday. The white points can be used to redeem a traffic ticket or cancel …
drivers in the emirate will be awarded a point for every month they keep a clean sheet of either traffic or Salik fines. After 12 months they can exchange them for gift vouchers or use them to cancel black points accrued before or after the clean sheet. It is hoped this positive approach will have …
A driver who committed 12,740 traffic offences in the past 18 months owes almost Dh9.4 million in fines. The driver, said to own many vehicles including some with expired registrations, topped a list of 33 high-profile traffic offenders who owe more than Dh14m for 21,148 offences. The second driver on the list – compiled by …
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The number of traffic fines issued by Dubai Police almost doubled to 113,000 last month, up from 67,000 in August. Police issued 70 per cent more speeding tickets – up from 20,000 in August to 34,000 in September – while fines for “reckless backwards driving” increased by a quarter, from 2,000 in August to 2,646 …
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Transport chiefs plan to link up with other GCC countries to collect the millions of unpaid parking and Salik fines accumulated by vehicles in the region. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Ministry of Interior have met to discuss the matter. “I’m not sure what the monetary amount is exactly but it is a …
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Salik has unveiled a new user-friendly website that allows drivers to recharge toll-gate tags, register for new tags or make complaints and queries. The site, launched by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), uses software developed to make all government websites more accessible and homogenous. “The revamp of the Salik website was undertaken to make …
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