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Dangerous driving fines

The largest single group in the schedule, and the one where the impound and black-point columns do most of the work. Every row here is shown with all three consequences together.

What the law does not say

Three different row shapes live in this category

One row here prices two lettered sub-parts as genuinely separate tariffs — different fine and different points per sub-part, sharing a single merged impound cell — so it appears as two rows carrying one annex number. Two further rows split their fine and points by vehicle class rather than by sub-part, and they are the only rows in the whole schedule that do; they too appear once per class. And for the most serious offences, the annex prices the heavy-vehicle version as a separate row whose consequence is a licence suspension rather than a vehicle impound at all — a different consequence in kind, stated explicitly by the schedule, not a gap in it.

The full table

Every description here is our own English gloss

The federal schedule is written in Arabic, and this site does not publish an official or certified translation of it. The description column is our own plain-terms gloss of what each row covers, marked as one on every row; 16 of 122 of them are the wording the rate payload itself carries and the rest are written for this site. The figures beside them — the fine, the black points, the impound period — are the language-independent facts, and they are what the citation under this table is a citation to. Where a gloss and your notice disagree, the notice is the document that binds.

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Dangerous driving fines
RowFineWhat the row coversPointsImpound / suspensionSeverity
1AED 2,000in plain terms — reckless/dangerous driving endangering life, or damaging public/private facilities2360 daysFine and impoundGrade III
5AED 3,000in plain terms — heavy vehicle — the same reckless or dangerous driving as row 1not stated12 months licence holdTop of the ladderGrade IV
6AED 3,000in plain terms — heavy vehicle running a red lightnot stated12 months licence holdTop of the ladderGrade IV
7AED 3,000in plain terms — heavy vehicle driver causing an accidentnot stated12 months licence holdTop of the ladderGrade IV
8AED 1,500in plain terms — heavy vehicle not keeping to the mandatory lane12not statedFine and pointsGrade II
17AED 3,000in plain terms — truck drivers overtaking where overtaking is prohibitednot stated12 months licence holdTop of the ladderGrade IV
19AED 600in plain terms — (a) driving against the direction of traffic.a47 daysFine and impoundGrade III
19AED 1,000in plain terms — (b) entering with the vehicle into a prohibited place.b87 daysFine and impoundGrade III
29AED 1,000in plain terms — sudden/dangerous swerving4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
30AED 500in plain terms — reversing dangerously4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
31AED 600in plain terms — improper/faulty overtaking6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
33AED 1,000in plain terms — (a) light vehicles running a red light (b) motorcycles running a red light1230 daysFine and impoundGrade III
41AED 400in plain terms — not following a traffic officer's instructions4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
42AED 1,000in plain terms — overtaking from the road shoulder6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
43AED 600in plain terms — dangerous lane change/merging onto the road6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
44AED 600in plain terms — overtaking where overtaking is prohibitednot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
45AED 800in plain terms — fleeing the traffic police officer.light1230 daysFine and impoundGrade III
45AED 1,000in plain terms — fleeing the traffic police officerheavy16not statedFine and pointsGrade II
46court-determinedin plain terms — causing a person's death.2360 daysTop of the ladderGrade IV
47court-determinedin plain terms — causing a serious accident or injuries.2330 daysTop of the ladderGrade IV
48AED 500in plain terms — not stopping after causing a minor accident.light87 daysFine and impoundGrade III
48AED 1,000in plain terms — not stopping after causing a minor accidentheavy16not statedFine and pointsGrade II
53AED 400in plain terms — entering the road without ensuring it is clear4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
54AED 3,000in plain terms — not giving priority to emergency/ambulance/police vehicles or official convoys630 daysFine and impoundGrade III
69AED 500in plain terms — not giving pedestrians priority in designated crossing areas6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
70AED 500in plain terms — drivers not complying with traffic signs and guidancenot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
71AED 1,000in plain terms — throwing waste from vehicles onto the road while driving6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
72AED 500in plain terms — placing markings on the road that harm it or obstruct trafficnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
74AED 1,000in plain terms — obstructing traffic (crowding) during a road accidentnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
84AED 400in plain terms — not giving way to vehicles with priority approaching from behind or the leftnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
86AED 400in plain terms — light vehicle not keeping to the mandatory lanenot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
89AED 400in plain terms — (a) pedestrians not complying with traffic lights (b) pedestrians crossing outside designated crossingsnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
91AED 1,000in plain terms — not stopping when seeing a school bus's stop sign10not statedFine and pointsGrade II
92AED 3,000in plain terms — using a recreational tricycle on the roadnot stated90 daysFine and impoundGrade III
93AED 400in plain terms — vehicles driving in lanes designated for taxis/buses without authorizationnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
98AED 500in plain terms — obstructing traffic in any way not otherwise specified in this tablenot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
99AED 500in plain terms — (a) turning from a non-designated place (b) turning incorrectly4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
115AED 1,000in plain terms — gathering near valleys, floodwater or dams during rain6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
116AED 2,000in plain terms — entering valleys while flowing, regardless of danger level2360 daysFine and impoundGrade III
117AED 1,000in plain terms — obstructing competent authorities from traffic-control or rescue duties during emergencies/disasters/rain/valley flow460 daysFine and impoundGrade III

MR 178/2017 issue 613, 30 Mar 2017, annex pp.6-18, consolidated to 02 May 2023 · in force 2023-05-02 — 2027-08-07

Background

Where the schedule is at its heaviest

This is the group where the three columns stop moving together. Elsewhere in the schedule a larger fine generally comes with more points and a longer impound; here the annex prices some conduct with the full stack and other conduct with a court-determined fine and no stated amount at all, because it has referred the amount to a court. Those rows read as court-determined on this site. They are not blanks awaiting a figure and they are not zero.

Several rows in this category also sit alongside a criminal article in the traffic decree-law covering the same conduct — causing a death, fleeing the scene of an accident, driving on a suspended licence. Those are parallel tracks rather than one rule stated twice: the schedule row is the administrative consequence (points, impound, a fine the court sets), and the decree-law article carries its own imprisonment and fine band. This site does not present them as alternatives or as duplicates of each other.

The impound periods in this category are also where the unresolved heavy-vehicle question bites hardest, and it is stated as a finding on the impound calculator rather than resolved quietly here.

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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.

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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.

Every figure carries its instrument, its article or annex row, and its effective period.