Traffic violations recorded by AI radars explained

The Dubai Police's General Directorate of Traffic explained the types of violations that the artificial intelligence-based radars can monitor, the value of the fines, the duration of vehicle impoundment and the black points, which aim to control the traffic, prevent accidents and improve road safety.

- Somaiya Saad

This came during a press conference held by the General Directorate of Traffic at the Research and Development Centre, located at the Dubai Police Headquarters.

The conference was attended by Brigadier Esam Ibrahim Al Awar, Acting Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Traffic, Brigadier Mohammed Ali Karam, Director of the Traffic Technologies Department at the General Directorate of Traffic, and Colonel Mohammed Abdullah Al Qaidi, Director of the Dubai Land Patrols Department. The General Traffic Department provided an explanation of the traffic violations that are controlled by technical traffic control systems.

These violations include the infringement of exceeding the maximum speed limit by more than 80, the financial penalty is Dhs3,000, the vehicle is impounded for a period of 60 days, and 23 black points are recorded for the driver.

While in the case of exceeding the speed limit by more than 60kph, the financial penalty is Dhs2,000, with impounding the vehicle for 20 days and imposing 12 black points.