Abu Dhabi Traffic cracks down on vehicles with expired registration

Abu Dhabi, April 13, 2010 (WAM)- The Department of Traffic and Patrols at Abu Dhabi Police will step up next week campaigns on the internal and external roads in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Western Region to seize and impound vehicles whose registration expired.
Col. Eng. Hussein Ahmed Al Harethi, Director of the department, said that if seized, the errant vehicles would be immediately impounded, adding that punishment will include vehicles that exceeded one month after expiry of their registration.
"Owners of held vehicles will not be allowed to drive their cars until they settle violations through payment of fines and checking up procedures", he added.
He called on motorists and companies who owned fleets of vehicles to ensure they were registered to evade punishment, urging all motorists to carry ownership and registration licences. Failure to carry these documents, he continued, is tantamount to violation that could land a motorist to delay or impounding of his car temporarily until he/she presents the registration licence.
Al Harethi warned the motorists and cyclists who did not register the vehicles or motorcycles and drive them in the residential areas and sub roads, that the traffic campaigns supervised by officers round the clock, will get to those areas to punish them.
He noted that any vehicle or motorcycle without plate numbers will be immediately impounded.