Dubai to put traffic offenders’ cars under ‘house arrest’

Traffic police chief says proposal will ease pressure on confiscation area

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Dubai’s traffic police chief has proposed that drivers involved in road offences could have their cars impounded at home, to ease pressure on police confiscation areas and avert damage to that vehicle.

Major General Mohammed Al Zafin said offending cars could be kept at their owners’ houses while police seize the plate numbers.

“This will help ease pressure on the traffic police’s confiscation area.

“We can keep the car’s plate numbers and impose heavy fines on any owner who drive the car without its plate numbers,” he told Emarat Al Youm daily.

“This proposal is intended to tackle bottlenecks at confiscation areas and ensure impounded cars will not be damaged during towing or confiscation.

“They will also avert being exposed to the sun for a long period of time.”

The paper did not say where Zafin made the proposal or whether there is a concrete plan by Dubai’s traffic police to implement confiscation at home.

Thousands of vehicles are impounded for involvement in serious road offences in the UAE, which has one of the world’s highest traffic accident rates.

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  • Mubarak Akmazrou 4 September 2012 11:14 0 0
    Nice idea. I think it would be even better if you keep the plate numbers and the cars at home except lock a wheel so they can't drive it. And the locker should have Dubai Police logo on it so it's clear to everyone who's doing this and why.
  • Mrs T 3 September 2012 22:37 1 0
    Here is an interesting thought to ponder. Parking your car on the road next to your house or flat means it is on DM property that subsequently means that without a license plate the police will then tow the said 'grounded' vehicle away as it is illegally parked. Chicken meets the proverbial egg situation here.
  • Sushmi 3 September 2012 22:18 0 0
    It gives good lesson for offenders! Let car sit at their own home dirty and see their own car going bad will teach them a good lesson to follow rules and behave properly.
  • Stone Breaks Glass 3 September 2012 18:47 2 0
    @Don Glass, you make traffic offenders sound like criminals..Not being able to drive their own car is punishment enough and to top that off youre saying that let the cars be parked in the sun so the paint gets faded? Thank God you are not the head of the Traffic Deptmnt.
  • Don Glass 3 September 2012 14:50 6 9
    Nice idea but there are problems. Cars parked at home cannot be washed by law. You'll have dirty cars sitting in driveways and in parking lots. Also, how will you tell the difference between an impounded car and an abandoned car? Why not order the offenders to drive their own car to the impound yard far, far away from the city. Why do we care about faded paint on a traffic offender's car? The more inconvenient and costly it is, the less likely they are to offend again.

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