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Black points and precedent calculator

Black points run on two clocks that are easy to confuse — one for counting towards the limit, one for deletion — and reaching the limit triggers a tiered consequence that escalates with each precedent. This works all three out against the articles that set them.

What happened

Black points on the record

points

The points counted in the current window — not the total you have ever received.

Licence type

Training course completed

Result

Fine, points and impound

16Counted totalpoints
8Left before the limitpoints
24Cumulative limitpoints

Source: MR 178/2017 art. 3 — 1st: 3mo, 2nd: 6mo, 3rd: 1yr impound+suspend · 2023-05-02 — 2027-08-07

قرار وزاري بشأن قواعد وإجراءات الضبط المروري

يعتبر قائد المركبة مرتكباً سابقة مرورية إذا بلغت مخالفاته الحد التراكمي

ويُعفى المخالف من المدة المقررة لحجز رخصة القيادة في السابقة المرورية الأولى فقط إذا اجتاز دورة تدريبية ... ويكون اجتياز الدورة التدريبية إلزامياً في السابقة المرورية الثانية والثالثة

The numbers

What happens each time the limit is reached

Reaching the limit is a "traffic precedent", and the article stages the consequence by how many precedents are already on the record. The course does different things at different tiers, which is the part most summaries get wrong.

What happens each time the limit is reached
Precedent	Impound and licence hold	The training course
1	3 months	Exempts from the hold entirely
2	6 months	Mandatory, and does not exempt
3	12 months	Mandatory, and does not exempt

Source: MR 178/2017 art. 3 — 1st: 3mo, 2nd: 6mo, 3rd: 1yr impound+suspend · 2023-05-02 — 2027-08-07

قرار وزاري بشأن قواعد وإجراءات الضبط المروري

يعتبر قائد المركبة مرتكباً سابقة مرورية إذا بلغت مخالفاته الحد التراكمي

Two clocks, not one

Points count towards the limit over a window of 12 months measured from the first violation in it. Deletion runs on a different clock: 12 months from the date the fine was paid. If the fine is never paid, the deletion clock never starts — which is not the same as points that expire on their own.

On a probationary licence

Reaching the limit during probation holds the licence for 6 months. Reaching it a second time cancels the licence outright, with a bar of 1 year before a fresh application — a different consequence in kind, not a further tier.

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Black points in the UAE

The points are the part of a violation notice that compounds. This page sets out the cumulative limit, the window it is measured over, the two clocks that decide when points count and when they are deleted, and what happens each time the limit is reached.

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Where these figures stand

Draft for review. Every figure on this site is transcribed from a named primary instrument and carries its citation, but none has been signed off by a reviewer of record yet — and a very recent amendment may not be reflected. Where the law itself is unresolved, this site says so rather than choosing an answer. The binding amount is the one on your own notice.