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Abu Dhabi police fined drivers Dh400 and added four black points to their traffic record in the first quarter of 2015 for allowing their children below 10 years of age to sit in the front seat.
The penalties are in line with new federal traffic laws that include tougher punishment for most offences as part of a drive by the police to bring discipline to roads.
“We call on parents not to allow their children to sit in the front seat or behind the wheel…they should also not allowed to pop their heads out of the window while the car is moving…these behaviors are very dangerous,” Al Bayan daily said, quoting Colonel Jamal Al Amiri, head of the public relations section at Abu Dhabi’s traffic police.
He cited studies showing children account for nearly 11 per cent of road deaths and 70 per cent of road injuries.
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