24 violations require detention for a period ranging between 7 and 90 days

8,275 drivers paid an allowance to seize their vehicles in the country last year

Purchase of vehicle seizure period based on the violation committed and is 100 dirhams for each day.

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8,275 drivers paid for their vehicle reservation period at the state level during the past year, through smart and electronic channels, and customer service centers, according to statistics issued by the Ministry of Interior.

The ministry said that the service provided by the Traffic and Patrols Department under which the vehicle reservation period is purchased based on the violation committed, and it is 100 dirhams for each booking day, and it can be used through electronic services through the Ministry of Interior website or the smart application.

The Ministry has tightened, in the amended Traffic and Traffic Law since the first of July 2017, the punishment of a number of violations, as it has listed 24 violations that require vehicles to be seized, including two violations in which the vehicle is kept for 90 days, namely driving a vehicle on the road without number plates, and using a recreational bike. It has three wheels or more on the road, six offenses in which the vehicle is detained for a period of 60 days, six offenses in which the vehicle is detained for a period of 30 days, two offenses in which the period of confinement reaches 15 days, and eight offenses in which the vehicle is detained for a period of seven days.

In a related context, local traffic departments at the state level expanded the service of reserving violating vehicles in the custody of the owner, by installing a smart electronic device in the violating vehicle, with the aim of preventing its movement from the location that was specified by the customer, and in the event of violation of service requirements, the device sends Watch room alerts to document the case.

About 10402 customers have benefited from the smart vehicle reservation service since the launch of the service in May 2019 until the 22nd of last December in Abu Dhabi, where the service fee is 15 dirhams for each day of booking, and it allows individuals to reserve their vehicles in their homes, or choose the right place for them, and under their responsibility, in Any place in the country, which allows them to take care of the vehicle and operate it, to ensure its safety from the damages of a long stop, and the vehicle can also be used in emergency situations, after obtaining official approval, as it is monitored in the command and control center when it moves to any location.

Last September, Abu Dhabi Police emphasized the introduction of Law No. (5) of 2020 regarding the seizure of vehicles in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which requires perpetrators of serious traffic violations in 10 cases to pay fees between 5000 and 50 thousand dirhams to unblock the vehicle.

Abu Dhabi Police affirmed that collecting the fees for unlawfully seizing violating vehicles in accordance with Law No. 5 of 2020 regarding the seizure of vehicles in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi does not exempt violators from the penalties stipulated in the Federal Traffic Law, and the financial fines, traffic points and vehicle seizure contained in it.

She emphasized that the vehicle seizure law in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is a local law that does not conflict with the Federal Traffic and Traffic Law, as the penalty was only increased by adding fees to a group of dangerous violations, stressing that the violations committed before the law came into force on the ninth of September are not applied to them. Vehicle reservation fees.

• 10402 customers benefited from the smart vehicle reservation service.

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