The Dubai Police have during the last two months fined 4,020 motorists for tinting car windows over the 30 per cent permitted limit.
The Acting Deputy Director of Dubai Police Traffic Department, Major Saif Al Mazroui, told Khaleej Times that during the first phase which focused on Dubai Police General Headquarters and the Traffic Department buildings, 110 police officers were fined for violating the rule.
Several policemen and other employees who had parked their cars outside the Dubai Police premises were also fined.
Major Al Mazroui said the Traffic Police have impounded the violators’ cars for two weeks after issuing on-the spot fines of Dh500 each.
“By this action, we want the officials to know that they should respect the law first, before applying it to the public,” he said, adding that it was also intended to let the public know that neither the police nor any government official was above the law.
The Traffic Department has prepared a schedule to continue its random inspections and in the next few days various police stations and Dubai Punitive and Corrective Establishment will be targeted.
The Dubai Police will also conduct a campaign to ensure that police officials are complying by the new traffic laws. “We will check their car registration papers, tyres and other traffic-related safety matters,” he said.
Commenting on the penalties, Major Al Mazroui said, “First will we issue them an administrative warning and seize their car for one or two weeks depending on the type of violations.”
“ If the car windows are tinted more than 30 per cent, the car will be impounded for a week, but if the windows are found to be 100 per cent tinted, the car will be impounded for a month,” he pointed out.
He added that, in general, the Dubai Police officials are complying by the traffic laws and the police officials who have been fined for window tinting represent less that one per cent of the total number of motorists fined since the beginning of the current year.
He stated that Dubai Police have launched the campaign because tinting of windows and jumping of red signals are more serious violations.
The tinting of windows above the prescribed limit also prevents the police from following up criminals who may hide or would not be able to identify drivers photographed by the radar camera in the hit-and-run case, he explained.
He said that nobody is allowed to tint windows above the prescribed limit except those who have a medical certificate stating that they have certain allergy that is caused due to excessive heat and sunlight.
He said that also women are allowed to tint their car windows for their own security.
Major Al Mazroui said that Dubai Police has requested the other departments concerned, such as RTA and Dubai Public Prosecution to take the initiative and help Dubai Police carry out surprise inspections targeting over-tinted car windshields. Source
The Acting Deputy Director of Dubai Police Traffic Department, Major Saif Al Mazroui, told Khaleej Times that during the first phase which focused on Dubai Police General Headquarters and the Traffic Department buildings, 110 police officers were fined for violating the rule.
Several policemen and other employees who had parked their cars outside the Dubai Police premises were also fined.
Major Al Mazroui said the Traffic Police have impounded the violators’ cars for two weeks after issuing on-the spot fines of Dh500 each.
“By this action, we want the officials to know that they should respect the law first, before applying it to the public,” he said, adding that it was also intended to let the public know that neither the police nor any government official was above the law.
The Traffic Department has prepared a schedule to continue its random inspections and in the next few days various police stations and Dubai Punitive and Corrective Establishment will be targeted.
The Dubai Police will also conduct a campaign to ensure that police officials are complying by the new traffic laws. “We will check their car registration papers, tyres and other traffic-related safety matters,” he said.
Commenting on the penalties, Major Al Mazroui said, “First will we issue them an administrative warning and seize their car for one or two weeks depending on the type of violations.”
“ If the car windows are tinted more than 30 per cent, the car will be impounded for a week, but if the windows are found to be 100 per cent tinted, the car will be impounded for a month,” he pointed out.
He added that, in general, the Dubai Police officials are complying by the traffic laws and the police officials who have been fined for window tinting represent less that one per cent of the total number of motorists fined since the beginning of the current year.
He stated that Dubai Police have launched the campaign because tinting of windows and jumping of red signals are more serious violations.
The tinting of windows above the prescribed limit also prevents the police from following up criminals who may hide or would not be able to identify drivers photographed by the radar camera in the hit-and-run case, he explained.
He said that nobody is allowed to tint windows above the prescribed limit except those who have a medical certificate stating that they have certain allergy that is caused due to excessive heat and sunlight.
He said that also women are allowed to tint their car windows for their own security.
Major Al Mazroui said that Dubai Police has requested the other departments concerned, such as RTA and Dubai Public Prosecution to take the initiative and help Dubai Police carry out surprise inspections targeting over-tinted car windshields. Source
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