RTA Traffic Fines Dubai-How to Check and Pay Dubai Traffic Fine in 2024

To ensure the safety and smooth traffic flow, Dubai Police imposes RTA traffic fines on drivers who fail to adhere to Emirates traffic rules. Any traffic violation may lead to traffic fines, black points, and confiscation of vehicles. If you are relocating to Dubai, prior knowledge of Dubai traffic rules may be beneficial while driving because your driving license may be canceled with the accumulation of black points. You can check traffic fines through various reliable resources in case of any violation. However, this article will enlist Dubai traffic violations and fines before delving deep into the methods for checking and paying Dubai traffic fines.

Dubai Traffic Violations and Fines

Despite driving with extreme care, many drivers get involved in traffic violations and pay hefty fines. Since the implementation of new regulations in the Emirates, RTA traffic fines may go up to Dh 100,000. Here is the list of Dubai traffic offenses, along with traffic fines for each:

#	Traffic Violation Type	Fine	B.Points	Confiscation
1	Driving in a way that poses a danger to the lives and safety of others	2000	23	60 Days
2	Driving in a way that harms public or private properties	2000	23	60 Days
3	Driving under the influence of Alcohol	By Court	23	60 Days
4	Driving under the influence of Narcotics, Psychotropic, or other similar substances	By Court	–	60 Days
5	Driving a vehicle without number plates	10000	23	90 Days
6	Driving a heavy vehicle in a way that poses a danger to lives and safety of others	3000	–	–
7	Driving a heavy vehicle in a way that harms public or private properties	3000	–	–
8	Jumping a red signal by Heavy vehicles	3000	–	–
9	Heavy Vehicle drivers causing his or others’ vehicles to overturn	3000	–	–
10	Heavy Vehicles not abiding by lane discipline	1500	12	–
11	Loading a heavy vehicle in a way that poses a danger to others	2000	6	–
12	Loading a heavy vehicle in a way that causes harm to the roads	2000	6	–
13	Heavy Vehicle Prohibited Entry	1000	4	–
14	Falling or Leaking of a heavy vehicle load	3000	12	–
15	Not Fixing Reflective Stickers at the back of trucks and transport vehicles	500	–	–
16	Operating Industrial, construction, and mechanical vehicles and tractors without permission from the licensing authority	1500	–	–
17	Failure to raise exhaust pipe in trucks	1500	–	–
18	Not covering truckloads	3000	–	–
19	Failure to abide by loading or unloading regulations in designated areas	1000	4	–
20	Overtaking from a prohibited place by trucks	3000	–	–
21	Driving a heavy vehicle that does not comply with security and safety standards	2000	6	–
22	Driving against traffic	600	4	7 Days
23	Entry from a prohibited place	1000	8	7 Days
24	Driving a Noisy Vehicle	2000	12	–
25	Driving a vehicle causing pollution	1000	6	–
26	Driving a vehicle without Insurance	500	4	7 Days
27	Driving an unlicensed Vehicle	500	4	7 Days
28	Driving with a Foreign Country driving license except in permitted cases	1000	4	–
29	Driving a Vehicle on a different license	400	12	–
30	Driving a vehicle with an expired driving license	500	4	7 Days
31	Driving a vehicle with an expired Registration	500	4	7 Days
32	Driving a vehicle that does not comply with safety and security standards	500	–	–
33	Driving an unfit vehicle	500	–	–
34	Driving a vehicle with one number plate	400	–	–
35	Driving vehicles with unclear numbers on the number plate	400	–	–
36	Driving below the minimum speed set for the road	400	4	–
37	Sudden Swerving	1000	4	–
38	Reversing Dangerously	500	4	–
39	Using a hand-held mobile phone while driving	800	4	–
40	Any other distractions	800	4	–
41	Jumping a red signal by light vehicles	1000	12	30 Days
42	Jumping a red signal by Motorbikes	1000	12	30 Days
43	Exceeding the Maximum speed limit by more than 60km/h	2000	12	30 Days
44	Exceeding the Maximum speed limit by more than 80km/h	2000	12	30 Days
45	Exceeding the Maximum speed by not more than 60km/h	1500	6	15 Days
46	Exceeding the Maximum speed by not more than 50km/h	1000	–	–
47	Exceeding the Maximum speed by not more than 40km/h	700	–	–
48	Exceeding the Maximum speed by not more than 30km/h	600	–	–
49	Exceeding the Maximum speed by not more than 20km/h	300	–	–
50	Failure to follow Policemen’s Instructions	400	4	–
51	Overtaking from a Hard Shoulder	1000	6	–
52	Entering road dangerously	600	6	–
53	Overtaking in a prohibited place	600	–	–
54	Running away from a traffic policeman	800	12	30 Days
55	Running away from a traffic policeman (Heavy Vehicle)	1000	16	30 Days
56	Causing the death of others	By Court	23	60 Days
57	Causing a serious accident or injuries	By Court	23	30 Days
58	Failure of a light vehicle driver to stop after causing a minor accident	500	8	60 Days
59	Failure of a heavy vehicle driver to stop after causing a minor accident	1000	16	60 Days
60	Allowing children under 10 years to sit on the front seat	400	–	–
61	Failure to provide a child car seat for children under 4 years	400	–	–
62	Failure of driver to fasten seat belts	400	4	–
63	Failure of passenger to fasten seat belts	400	4	–
64	Failure to leave a safety distance	400	4	–
65	Entering the road without making sure it is clear	400	4	–
66	Not giving way to emergency, police, public service vehicles, and official convoys	3000	6	30 Days
67	Parking in front of fire hydrants	1000	6	–
68	Parking in a space designated for people with special needs	1000	6	–
69	Stopping on the road for no reason	1000	6	–
70	Stopping on the yellow box	500	–	–
71	Parking on the left side of the road in prohibited places	1000	–	–
72	Stopping at pedestrian crossings	500	–	–
73	Parking behind others’ cars blocking their way	500	–	–
74	Taxis having designated pick-up areas stopping at undesignated ones	500	4	–
75	Stopping the vehicle on a road junction or curve	500	–	–
76	Not securing vehicle while parked	500	–	–
77	Parking in the wrong way	500	–	–
78	Parking that poses a danger to passersby	400	–	–
79	Parking that interrupts pedestrians	400	–	–
80	Parking vehicles on pavement	400	–	–
81	Writing phrases or pasting stickers on vehicles without permission	500	–	–
82	Exceeding the permitted level of tinting	1500	–	–
83	Tinting a vehicle not allowed to be tinted	10000	–	–
84	Not giving way to pedestrians on pedestrian crossings	500	6	–
85	Failure to abide by traffic signs and instructions	500	–	–
86	Littering from vehicle window while driving	1000	6	–
87	Placing signs on the road in a way that causes harm to the roads and interrupts traffic	500	–	–
88	Modifying Engine or Chassis without permission	10000	12	–
89	Rubbernecking and crowding at traffic accident scenes	1000	–	30 Days
90	Using a vehicle for an undesignated purpose	300	4	–
91	Transporting passengers illegally	300	24	–
92	Transporting flammable or hazardous materials without permission	3000	24	30 Days
93	Transporting passengers in a vehicle that is not licensed for this purpose	1000	4	60 Days
94	Exceeding the passenger limit by a passenger transport vehicle	500	4	–
95	Failure to take road safety measures during vehicle breakdown	500	–	7 Days
96	Failure of Motorcyclist to wear a helmet	500	4	–
97	Failure of passenger to wear a helmet	500	4	–
98	Expired tyres	500	4	7 Days
99	Failure to use indicators while changing direction or turning	400	–	–
100	Failure to give priority to vehicles coming from behind or on the left side	400	–	–
101	Failure to get the cars tested after major modifications to the engine	400	–	–
102	Failure to get the cars tested after major modifications to the chassis	400	–	–
103	Failure of a light vehicle to abide by lane discipline	400	–	–
104	The poor condition of car lights	400	6	–
105	The poor condition of indicators	400	2	–
106	The poor condition of the backlight	400	2	–
107	Failure of pedestrians to abide by traffic signals	400	–	–
108	Pedestrians crossing from undesignated areas	400	–	–
109	Failure of a school bus driver to activate a stop sign or abide by traffic rules	500	6	–
110	Failure to stop the school bus when the stop sign is activated	1000	10	–
111	Using a three-wheeler or a more leisurely bike on the road	3000	–	90 Days
112	Driving on lanes designated for taxis and buses except in permitted cases	400	–	–
113	Participating in a motorcade without permission except in permitted cases	500	4	15 Days
114	Changing vehicle color without permission	800	–	–
115	Towing a car or a boat without permission	1000	–	–
116	Failure to abide by safety and security standards while towing a car or boat	1000	–	–
117	The poor condition of the trailer’s rear and side lights	500	4	–
118	Absence of the trailer’s rear and side lights	500	4	–
119	Any interruption in traffic	500	–	–
120	Turning from undesignated areas	500	4	–
121	Turning in the wrong way	500	4	–
122	Loading a light vehicle in a way that poses a danger to others	500	4	–
123	Loading a light vehicle in a way that poses a danger to the road	500	–	–
124	Load or protruding load from a light vehicle without permission	500	4	–
125	Dropping or spilling loads from light vehicles	500	–	–
126	Illegal use of commercial number plates	500	–	7 Days
127	Driving at night without lights	500	4	–
128	Driving in a foggy weather without lights	500	4	–
129	Driving in foggy weather in violation of concerned authorities’ instructions	500	4	–
130	Use of horn or sound system in a disturbing way	400	4	–
131	Driving in residential areas, educational zones, and hospitals in a way that endangers the lives of others	50000	–	–
132	Not carrying a vehicle registration card.	400	–	–
133	Using driving learning vehicles in prohibited times and areas	400	–	–
134	Teaching driving in a car that is not labeled as a learning vehicle	500	–	–
135	Teaching driving in a car that is undesignated for this purpose without permission from the licensing authority	500	–	–
136	Teaching driving without a license	500	–	–
137	Not carrying a driving learning permit while driving training.	300	–	–
138	Failure to hand over driving license when the maximum black points are accrued in the first traffic violation	1000	–	–
139	Failure to hand over driving license when the maximum black points are accrued in the second traffic violation	2000	–	–
140	Failure to hand over driving license when the maximum black points are accrued in the third traffic violation	3000	–	–
141	Participating in road races without permission from Dubai Police	10000	–	–
142	Jumping a red light	50000	–	–
143	Driving a recreational motorbike or a quad bike on a paved road	50000	–	–
144	Driving a vehicle with fake or tampered number plates	50000	–	–
145	Hitting a police car on purpose	50000	–	–
146	A vehicle being driven by someone under 18	50000	–	–
147	Impounding a vehicle for modification	10000	–	–
148	Escaping Police	10000	–	–
149	Gathering to watch races or stunt performances on the roads	10000	–	–

You can also visit the website of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home for more information about traffic fines.

How to Check RTA Traffic Fines

You can check your Dubai traffic fines by four different methods. These methods include:

Checking RTA Traffic Fines on the RTA Website

The primary source for accessing all traffic-related information is the Roads and Transport Authority website. You can check and pay your RTA traffic fines in the following ways:

Check RTA Traffic Fines on the Dubai Police Website

Dubai Police also facilitates the drivers by offering access to check your RTA traffic fines and pay online. To check your traffic fines through the user-friendly interface of this website, follow the below-given steps:

Checking RTA Traffic Fines on Emirates Vehicle Gate

If your vehicle is registered in Dubai, you can check your Dubai traffic fines and pay through the Emirates Vehicle Gate. The detailed process is as follows:

Check RTA Traffic Fines on the MOI Website

Another convenient way to check and pay your Emirates ID Fines and RTA traffic fines is by visiting the Ministry of Interior website. The step-by-step process is as follows:

Apart from the above methods, you can check your RTA traffic fines through the Dubai Police Mobile application available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

How to Pay RTA Traffic Fines in Dubai?

After checking your traffic fines, pay them instantly to avoid legal issues. There are different ways to pay traffic fines Dubai. Some of the most convenient payment methods are:

• Most online Dubai traffic fines inquiry platforms offer secure payment methods where you can pay your fines through credit/debit cards without any hassle.
• You can also pay traffic fines Dubai through various apps. Download mobile apps like DubaiNow, RTA Dubai, or Dubai Police and proceed with Dubai traffic fines online check and pay with multiple options available.
• The RTA customer centers and other online Kiosks also accept Dubai traffic fines. Most machines accept cards as well as cash payments.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)