Statistics issued by the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai showed that the number of transactions for drivers licenses services completed electronically during the period of national sterilization in the last April and May, 59 thousand and 260 transactions, compared to 18 thousand and 605 transactions completed through the service centers of the authority, which were Reducing the presence of customers in it in implementation of the precautionary measures that were applied in order to protect the health and safety of customers from the spread of «Covid-19».
The statistics, which "Emirates Today" obtained an electronic version of, indicate that the number of drivers licensing transactions completed through smart and alternative channels during that period exceeds three times that provided to clients through personal attendance at the centers, in light of the closure of the happiness centers for dealers and service providers centers Affiliated with the Commission, with the exception of two centers where service provision was maintained according to strict protective conditions, in order to clear the transactions required to be completed in person.
The licensing establishment at the authority stated that its services are divided into services that need personal attendance, which are services provided by the centers of the 31 service providers, which achieved a percentage of 51% of the total transactions completed in that period, as well as services available via smart channels, which number 23 services, which amounted to Its completion rate is 49% of all transactions.
Last March, the authority announced an increase in the rate of electronic transactions, whether through the website www.rta.ae, the Dubai Drive DUBAI DRIVE application, or the RTA DUBAI application. She emphasized that the electronic licensing transactions of all kinds reached 254 thousand and 203 transactions in March, including 103 thousand and 236 transactions to license vehicles, 150 thousand and 967 transactions to license drivers, compared to 198 thousand and 895 transactions during the same period last year, including 63 thousand and 21 transactions for licensing Vehicles, 135,874 licenses for drivers.
It is noteworthy that the statistical data issued by the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai at the end of the first quarter of this year, showed that the number of driving licenses registered in the authority’s system reached two million and 420 thousand licenses at the end of last year, while the number of licenses issued reached 95 thousand and 43 licenses.