ABU DHABI, 1st July, 2017 (WAM) -- The Traffic and Patrols Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police began implementing on Saturday the amended executive regulations of this year’s Federal Traffic Law No. 21 of 1995, as per Ministerial Resolutions 177 and 178 of 2017 regarding traffic control rules and procedures.

Brigadier Khalifa Al Khaili, Director of the Traffic and Patrols Directorate confirmed the directorate's keenness to ensure implementing these new rules and procedures as part of Abu Dhabi Police's strategic priorities and objectives aimed at serving the interests of road users and improving traffic safety.

Abu Dhabi Police is keen to adopt the best strategic plans to develop the Abu Dhabi traffic safety system to match international best practices, support the vision of Abu Dhabi Police GHQ and the Abu Dhabi Government's vision of achieving zero road accident mortality by 2030, he added.

Al Khaili said that implementing these new traffic regulations focus primarily on improving driver awareness and safety, noting that the issuance of traffic violations is not prioritised over the safety of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians, and emphasises the need to abide by traffic systems rules and regulations among ongoing efforts to reduce motor vehicle accidents.

The amendment to the executive regulations will include drivers and all passengers putting on seat belts while violating this regulation will incur a fine of AED400 and a penalty of four traffic points. Motorcycle riders and motorists who ignore traffic lights will be fined AED1,000 and incur a penalty of 12 points, and their vehicles will be seized for a month. Crowding during accidents will incur a fine of AED1,000 and a penalty of six traffic points.

The amendment will allow the tinting of car window glass by 50 percent, with the exception of the front windscreen, as well as a fine of AED3,000 and a penalty of 24 traffic points for driving passengers without permission, and a fine of AED3,000 and a 90-day vehicle seizure for using three-wheeled motorcycles on the roads.

The amendment will also oblige drivers to provide child seats for children under the age of four. It will also introduce a fine of AED400 for drivers who allow children under the age of 10 and below 145 centimetres to sit in the front, and a AED50 daily fine for not claiming a vehicle after the end of its seizure period, up to a maximum amount of AED3,000, as well as other articles related to reckless driving fines.