AJMAN // More than 6,000 motorists paid the price for lane-swerving, running red lights, drink-driving and other offences with their vehicles last year.
Ajman Police said 6,496 cars and lorries were confiscated in 2016.
The figure was up on 2015, when 5,031 vehicles were taken off the road, said Col Khalid Al Nuaimi, director of Ajman Traffic and Patrol Department.
The rise in confiscations was a result of an increase in registered vehicle numbers in the emirate and motorists’ unwillingness to stick to speed limits, Col Al Nuaimi said.
Speed cameras detected 312,000 violations, up from 236,000 in 2015.
“We cut the speed limit on most of the emirate’s roads to cut the number of accidents,” he said. “But the number one traffic violation is drivers not keeping to their lanes.”
Ajman Police will continue to send its road safety messages to drivers and push its awareness campaigns, Col Al Nuaimi said.
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