Register your car in Dubai... or it gets written off

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is implementing a new rule whereby owners that have failed to renew their annual vehicle registration for a period of three or more years will find their vehicles written off.

The Licensing Agency of the RTA is working on arrangements for deleting vehicles from the Unified Traffic System whose registration has expired over the set time frame.

The move follows an implementation of a resolution by the RTA board aimed to ensure the safety of road users and spearheading the eradication of potential accidents caused by such vehicles that lack maintenance and annual safety tests mandated by traffic rules.

The new initiative also lends further support to the RTA’s vision of ‘Safe and Smooth Transport for All’ campaign.

Mohammed Abdul Karim Nimat, Director of Vehicles Licensing at the RTA, said: “This resolution has come to light after an elaborate study of various safety, security and quality aspects.

“The study also focuses on the financial, service and environmental aspects to which the RTA attaches top priority, and seeks to achieve the highest results in this field at world-class standards.”

The Licensing Agency has stated it will start removing vehicles from the traffic system in early July this year.

This grace period, from now until July, offers owners the time to have their vehicles tested and registrations renewed as per the applicable system in the emirate, he added.

“Failing to have these vehicles subjected to the annual traffic safety tests renders them unsafe, and accordingly, they pose a risk to driver, riders and cargo, as well as road users in the emirate,” explained Nimat.

He continued: “Through this course of action, the RTA is targeting sizable numbers of reckless owners of vehicles who do not observe renewing their vehicles registration.

“Those individuals do not actually appreciate the importance of renewing vehicle registration, thus exposing themselves, as well as others, to danger.

“Moreover such vehicles become liable to defects as they get older with no maintenance carried to keep them roadworthy.”

Nimat stated the RTA’s priorities and strategies also include ensuring that safety and security features are addressed in these vehicles such that they are safe for all users.

Vehicle testing and licensing is now possible in 25 centres spanning different areas across the emirate operating 24-hours a day.

Smart apps and RTA website can also be used to save much of the time and effort taken in completing this procedure.

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