According to the Al Ain Traffic and Patrols Section at the Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate, a total of 76 driving licenses were withdrawn in Al Ain last July of drivers who violated the traffic regulations. Two other licenses were canceled.
Major Salah Abdullah Al Hemairi, Acting Head of Al Ain Traffic Section, indicated that holders of the withdrawn driving licenses had exceeded the cumulative number of 24 demerit black traffic points. Moreover, he explained that the cumulative allowed 24 or 12 traffic points limit is reached when motorists or truck drivers commit multiple traffic-related offences, by either wrongly overtaking other vehicles, racing dangerously on the road or failing to stop when involved in an accident that leads to injuries.
Al Hemairi added that all traffic-related offences are punishable by the law, and withdrawing driving licenses aims at preventing reckless offenders from posing a risk to themselves and other road users for a short period of time. “For a first offence, a license is withdrawn for a period of three months, six months in the second instance, then for a year and then it may be cancelled if a fourth offence occurs,” he noted.
Concluding, Major Salah Abdullah Al Hemairi urged truck drivers to abide by traffic laws, particularly the legal speed limits on the roads. He emphasized that non-adherence t to the speed limits on roads is one of the major causes of traffic offenses; wishing safety to all.
