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RTA to ‘erase’ unregistered vehicles
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Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010
Gulf News
Records will be deleted from October if registration has not been renewed for two years
Dubai The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
will erase a vehicle’s records from its system if its registration had expired two years ago or more, a senior official said yesterday.
This means that owners will not be able to insure such vehicles, as they will be ‘officially non-existent’, Ahmad Behroozian, Chief Executive Officer of the Licensing Agency at the RTARTA
, told Gulf News yesterday. The measure will be implemented by the end of October.
The decision has been taken to maintain the safety of road users in Dubai, as unregistered vehicles constitute a serious hazard, according to a RTARTA
statement. Behroozian explained that wiping out the vehicle records from the RTA’s system means that if the vehicle is found operating on the roads, the driver will face serious legal consequences.
“The law allows us to write-off a vehicle’s records after one year if the registration is not renewed. However, we are being lenient and asking drivers whose vehicle registrations expired two or more years ago, and giving them until the end of October to renew the registration before we start writing them off,” he said.
Gulf News had earlier reported that the number of vehicles with an expired registration increased by at least 20 per cent this year.
There are 1.1 million registered vehicles in Dubai.
See also Page 2
sharjah taxis
dh10 minimum fare delayed
Sharjah yesterday postponed implementing the minimum taxi fare till October 1. However, taxi fares will be increased as of tomorrow.
“It takes at least a month to re-programme the taxi meters. Although the Dh10 minimum fare has been postponed, the plan to introduce a new tariff is scheduled for September 1,” Ahmad Al Qaed, head of franchise taxi vehicles at Sharjah Transport, said.
From tomorrow, commuters will have to pay Dh1 for every 620 metres instead of Dh1 for every 650 metres. The starting fare will remain Dh3.
— Mariam M. Al Serkal/Staff Reporter?See also Page 2
By Alia Al Theeb?Deputy UAE Editor
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