As a bountiful country which is very attentive on the lives and welfare of their citizens and equally the visitors, UAE follows the most secure and stringent driving practice policies.
It has been found careless driving practice such as over speed, tailgating, abrupt lane change; inappropriate turns, missing lane discipline and ignoring signals are the causes of road accidents.
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Hence to improve driver behaviors across the country, UAE has a set of rules that has to be followed by the drivers. Besides, the rules are not just for drivers it also for all sorts of road users including pedestrians. And violation of any of these rules hits hard on our life in UAE.
Let’s have a look over the driving rules in UAE
Who can drive here?
In UAE anyone who is 18 or above with a valid international driving license or a UAE license is free to drive across the country. In addition, the driver has to keep the entire relevant vehicle documents such as
- Valid Driving license
- Insurance papers
- Registration Documents
- Proof of Identity
If you are a visitor in the UAE and want to drive a hired car, all you need to care about is bringing Intentional driving Permit. However, keeping a valid homeland driving license helps at times.
Speed Limit
Since speed cause above 60% of fatal accidents on the road, limiting the speed according to the lane is essential to assure a safe journey. In UAE we have to follow a different set of speed on different roads.
Likewise, for different vehicles also we have to upkeep a specific speed limit. Hence, always have a look on the signboards to get the permitted speed limit.
The minimum and maximum speed limit has been set not by some mere assumption here, but by careful traffic safety studies.
The design of the road, road condition and weather determine the speed limit. So, we have to aware of the speed limit of each road and the particular vehicle.
- In Freeways, you can sheer over the street from 140 km/h – 160km/h
- In rural roadways, your speed limit would be less than 100km/h
- In parking and service roads we shouldn’t breach 25km/h
- In urban locations, we can pick up speed from 40 to 80km/h
- In residential areas, the permitted speed is 40km/h
The violation of any of the limits cost a lump sum.
Going down below the minimum speed cost 400dh for the driver in the UAE. Further, exceeding the maximum limits cost quite a bit Dirhams according to the degree of our excess speed.
In addition, all trespassers earn black points that end up in retention of the vehicle for a certain period and cancellation of our driving dreams in UAE maybe forever.
For example: If our car breached the ultimate speed limit by over 80 km/h we will be liable for remit Dh3000 and get our license blocked for 60 days. And, as the exceeding speed decreases the penalty amount would be get shorten.
Seat Belt
In UAE the passengers relaxing at the rear seats also have to put on seat belt all around the ride. Hope you won’t have any doubt about the driver and the passenger sitting on the and front seat.
Sadly, if the driver fails to ensure that everyone is haven’t buckled up, the driver will get fined 400dh.
Also, the strings attached with the ignorance is not ending up there, further the driver loses this good score by four black points.
The rules come with a mandatory child safety seat for children up to four-year-old. Additionally, passengers below 10 years old are not allowed to sit on the front seat. Any ignorance of these rules results in hefty fines and black points.
Parking
Parking in UAE has been characterized by three zones such as commercial, non-commercial and special area. According to the duration, location, and type, parking charges are different in each emirate.
Moreover, there are a set of must-follow rules while you park anywhere outside your personal habitat.
Any negligence in that cause insanely weighty fines and black points.
On public holiday and Friday parking is free in UAE.
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Check these while parking
- Do not park your vehicle on the lot allotted for the ambulance.
- Never park your car in a way that blocks other vehicles.
- Do not park at loading or offloading areas.
- Do not dare to Park in the prohibited area.
- Do not park and leave your car insecure.
- Pavements are not for parking, leave it for pedestrians.
Keep in mind, any violation of these rules brings heavy fine ranging from AED 400 to AED 1000. And in any way, if our vehicle becomes a cause of the accident the further legal strings also follows.
Driving Practices
Apart from these important factors, we have seen above, driving in UAE need some more understandings.
Particularly, Distractive Driving, Rash Driving, Driving under Influence, Defying on the Signals and keeping an Indecent Driver Behavior.
Anything that put the lives of the people vulnerable is not entertained here.
Over UAE it is essential to keep a decent driving behavior all around the country. No one can give a damn about the rules and recommended practices.
Any vehicle that jumps the signals will get punished with appropriate measures.
Therefore, always have a look at the signs and signals across your trips.
Please remember to practice these points while driving in UAE,
Follow the traffic signals.
Never make any traffic jam.
Refrain from illegal transportation
Don’t drive without a number plate.
Avoid dangerous overtaking practices.
Always keep a safe distance between vehicles.
Avoid rash driving and taking sudden swerves.
Never drive under the influence of any kind of drugs.
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Conclusion
Driving in UAE is a choice experience. No all countries around our planet offer such a safe and secure road and traffic facilities. Hence, toeing with the line always helps us to ensure a comfortable drive for us as well as others.