A driver who committed 12,740 traffic offences in the past 18 months owes almost Dh9.4 million in fines. The driver, said to own many vehicles including some with expired registrations, topped a list of 33 high-profile traffic offenders who owe more than Dh14m for 21,148 offences.<\/p>\n
The second driver on the list \u2013 compiled by Dubai Police and published by Al Ittihad, The National\u2019s Arabic-language sister paper \u2013 owes Dh1.2m in fines for 1,826 offences, the third owes Dh731,900 for 1,022 fines and the fourth Dh399,800 for 548 fines.<\/p>\n
None of the people has been named, but they were all said to be \u201chigh-profile\u201d and included figures from government institutions, public bodies and car-hire agencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely no one is waived their fines, the chief of Dubai Police included, unless there is a substantiated objection,\u201d Maj Gen Mohammed Al Zafeen, head of Dubai traffic, told Al Ittihad.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhoever refuses to pay off their fines will have their vehicle seized and all their traffic-related transactions stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n
The most prolific offender among government bodies ran up Dh1.4m in fines after its vehicles committed 2,122 offences.<\/p>\n
Maj Gen Al Zafeen said undercover patrols would stop vehicles with registrations more than three months out of date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A driver who committed 12,740 traffic offences in the past 18 months owes almost Dh9.4 million in fines. The driver, said to own many vehicles including some with expired registrations, topped a list of 33 high-profile traffic offenders who owe more than Dh14m for 21,148 offences. The second driver on the list \u2013 compiled by …<\/p>\n