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Vehicle condition fines

What the schedule charges for the state of the vehicle itself. Some of these rows carry an impound period out of proportion to the fine, which is exactly why the two are always shown together on this site.

What the law does not say

Two rows here share one fine and carry different points

The seatbelt row and the helmet row each state two lettered sub-parts — the driver or rider, and the passenger — priced at a single merged fine cell shared by both. The points cells are not shared: the driver sub-part carries a point count and the passenger sub-part’s points cell is a dash. On this site that dash renders as “not stated”, never as a blank cell and never as zero. One amount, two different point values, one annex row number — which is why each appears as its own row here with the sub-part labelled.

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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Vehicle condition fines
RowFineWhat the row coversPointsImpound / suspensionSeverity
9AED 2,000in plain terms — heavy vehicle loaded dangerously to others / damaging the road6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
11AED 3,000in plain terms — items leaking/falling from a heavy vehicle load12not statedFine and pointsGrade II
12AED 500in plain terms — no reflective stickers behind trucks/transport vehiclesnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
14AED 1,500in plain terms — exhaust pipe not raised on trucksnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
15AED 3,000in plain terms — not covering the load on trucksnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
16AED 1,000in plain terms — not following loading/unloading rules at designated areas4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
18AED 2,000in plain terms — heavy vehicle lacking safety/security conditions6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
20AED 2,000in plain terms — driving a vehicle causing noise12not statedFine and pointsGrade II
21AED 1,000in plain terms — driving a vehicle causing pollution6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
26AED 500in plain terms — (a) vehicle lacking safety/security conditions (b) vehicle unfit to drivenot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
32AED 800in plain terms — (a) phone distraction while driving (b) any other distraction while driving4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
49AED 400in plain terms — allowing a child age 10-or-under or height under 145cm to sit in the front seatnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
50AED 400in plain terms — not providing child seats for children age 4-or-undernot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
51AED 400in plain terms — (a) the driver not wearing a seatbelt.driver4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
51AED 400in plain terms — (b) any passenger not wearing a seatbelt.passengernot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
67AED 500in plain terms — writing phrases or placing stickers on the vehicle without a permitnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
68AED 1,500in plain terms — (a) excessive window-tint beyond the permitted ratio (b) tinting not permitted at allnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
73AED 1,000in plain terms — making changes to the vehicle engine or chassis without a licence1230 daysFine and impoundGrade III
80AED 500in plain terms — not taking necessary safety measures when the vehicle breaks downnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
81AED 500in plain terms — (a) the rider not wearing a helmet.driver4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
81AED 500in plain terms — (b) the passenger not wearing a helmet.passengernot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
82AED 500in plain terms — tyres unfit for use while driving47 daysFine and impoundGrade III
83AED 400in plain terms — not using indicators when changing direction or turningnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
87AED 400in plain terms — vehicle lighting not functional6not statedFine and pointsGrade II
88AED 400in plain terms — (a) turn-signal lights not functional (b) no rear lighting2not statedFine and pointsGrade II
96AED 1,000in plain terms — (a) towing a vehicle/boat/cart without a licence (b) towing in an unsafe mannernot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
97AED 500in plain terms — (a) rear/side lighting behind a trailer not functional (b) no lighting behind a trailer4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
100AED 500in plain terms — (a) light-vehicle load creating danger to others (b) load endangering the road4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
101AED 500in plain terms — excess/protruding load on light vehicles beyond the permitted limit, without a licence4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
102AED 500in plain terms — items leaking/falling from a light vehicle loadnot statednot statedFine onlyGrade I
104AED 500in plain terms — (a) night driving without lights (b) fog driving without lights (c) fog driving against the competent authority's instructions4not statedFine and pointsGrade II
105AED 400in plain terms — (a) horn/stereo used in a way disturbing others (b) driving in residential areas / around schools and hospitals endangering others' lives4not statedFine and pointsGrade II

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

The condition of the vehicle, priced separately from the driving

These rows penalise the state of the vehicle and the equipment in it rather than any manoeuvre. That makes them easy to underestimate, and the impound column is the reason not to: several rows here attach a vehicle impound to a comparatively small fine, which is precisely why this site never prints a fine without the other two columns beside it.

Where a row states no points or no impound period, that cell reads as not stated on this site rather than as zero. The annex leaves cells genuinely empty in places, and the difference between "the schedule attaches none" and "the schedule does not say" is a difference a reference is obliged to keep.

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Impound release cost calculator

A vehicle under impound can be released by paying a daily amount, up to a ceiling. What that ceiling applies to is genuinely unresolved in the article's own wording, so this tool computes both readings side by side and does not pick one.

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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.