Dubai Police's 100% traffic fine discount scheme is back

Dubai Police, traffic fine discount, 100% discount, driving in Dubai

Dubai - As many as 557,430 motorists benefited from the Dubai Police traffic fines discount initiative over the last year.

By Hesham Salah

Published: Mon 24 Feb 2020, 11:35 AM

Last updated: Tue 25 Feb 2020, 8:51 AM

The Dubai Police on Monday announced that their traffic fine initiative wherein motorists can get up to a 100 per cent discount is back. The second edition of the initiative began as soon as the first edition ended on February 6 this year.
How the scheme helped Dubai residents

As many as 557,430 motorists benefited from the Dubai Police traffic fines discount initiative over the last year, it was announced today.

A total of Dh546,970,930 was saved by these motorists who availed of this initiative, the police added. On average, a motorist saved Dh981.24 because of the initiative.

Additionally, traffic deaths during the period went down by 16 per cent, while major injuries saw a 38 per cent decline.

Of the beneficiaries, 114,769 were males, and 444,661 were females.

What's the 100% traffic fine discount initiative?

On February 7, 2019, the Dubai Police launched the first-of-its-type initiative, according to which motorists who did not commit any violations for three months could get a 25 per cent discount on their fines. No violations for six months would entitle them to a 50 per cent discount. Keep driving well for nine months and you could get a 75 per cent discount and 100 per cent discount if you didn't commit any violation in a year.