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Dh1,000 fine, black points for illegally modified cars

Dh1,000 fine, black points for illegally modified cars

Dubai: Motorists who created unlawful modifications on their vehicles are becoming urged to ditch the increase-ons as section of a new consciousness campaign.

Altering exhaust pipes to strengthen the engine seem or modifying/turbo-charging the engine to attain greater velocity are illegal in the emirate.

The marketing campaign, introduced on Wednesday, aims to teach young drivers on the potential risks of modifying motor vehicles and then utilizing them on community roads.

Police stated that noise air pollution and stunt driving caused by this sort of vehicles have caught the consideration of the public and authorities.

Law enforcement stated they will not tolerate these conduct and will choose motion against violators.

Automobiles confiscated, owners fined

The Dubai Police Standard Command, through its Basic Department of Website traffic, seized 1,195 autos and issued fines for 4,533 autos in 2022 for unlawful motor modifications and extreme noise air pollution.

Brig. Juma Salem bin Suwaidan, Acting Director of the Basic Office of Targeted traffic, declared the figures through a push convention held at the Dubai Police Normal Headquarters.

In 2022, Dubai Law enforcement seized 1,079 motor vehicles and issued fines to 2,361 vehicles for engine modifications. In addition 116 motor vehicles were being impounded and 2,172 automobiles have been fined for excessive noise pollution.

Brig Bin Suwaidan emphasised that Dubai Law enforcement patrols are energetic throughout the emirate, focusing on curbing these poor behaviours, negatively impacting highway people, youngsters, the aged, and individuals.

250 automobiles seized in Q1 2023

Brig. Bin Suwaidan stated throughout the initial quarter of 2023, police have seized 250 vehicles and fined 327 motorists for unlawful motor modifications, and impounded 19 automobiles and fined 230 other individuals for sound pollution.

Police discussed that seizure and fines involved motorists from diverse age and unique nationalities and they ended up fully commited in different sections of Dubai.

For the duration of winter and spring months, younger individuals with the illegally modified cars are generally observed driving all around in Al Riwyah and Al Qudra.

Brig. Bin Suwaidan urged mom and dad to watch their children’s steps and educate them on the opportunity outcomes of this sort of behaviours.

He pressured the importance of family members involvement in website traffic security endeavours, working alongside the police to preserve a secure and tranquil neighborhood.

Brig. Bin Suwaidan stressed on Dubai Police’s motivation to make sure street basic safety by continually enforcing site visitors laws and conducting strategies concentrating on damaging behaviour.

The campaign will include subject visits to schools and universities and workshops for students.

Phone 901

As aspect of the push, the law enforcement would organise a series of lectures at universities, ports clubs, and other public areas, as properly as elevate recognition on different media which includes social media channels.

This Ramadan, Law enforcement groups will also visit tents in residential regions to distribute consciousness.

“Parents have a main part in seeing over their kids and not letting them to use their vehicles. Customers of the public should really help police and connect with 901 if they notice any incidents involving modified automobiles, or report it through We Are All Police Application, Brig. Suwaidan claimed.

“Modifying vehicles can trigger loss of life or injuries. This marketing campaign will target motorists who illegally modify their autos in purchase to raise their velocity. We have witnessed key targeted traffic accidents mainly because of modifying autos,” said Brig. Suwaidan.

Col. Omar Ashour, the Deputy Director of Naif Law enforcement Station mentioned modifying a motor vehicle could land the operator in difficulty. “Modifying a motor vehicle is a deadly action. It is so harmful on our roads. The owner can be fined and prosecuted in circumstance of an incident or harming home,” Brig. Suwaidan mentioned.

Numerous motorists were referred to general public prosecution and then to the court docket for authorized action.

Motor vehicle workshops monitored

Dubai police, in cooperation with financial office and its strategic partners, will monitor workshops which manufactured modifications on motor vehicle and lawful action will be taken in opposition to them.

Brig. Suaidan defined that some brand names of motor vehicles have loud audio in their manufactures, but if police catch motorist enhance the seem deliberty at signal or roundabout or other places ,then police will taken motion versus the motorist.

Brig. Suwaidan pointed out that the govt allocated sites for this sort of interest and youthful men and women are urged to visit these place as a substitute to push there.

Police have seized sizzling-rod motor vehicles utilized by younger men and women in stunt driving. In specified scenarios, law enforcement arrived throughout motor vehicles powered by aviation fuel to enhance speed.

Parent’s legal responsibility

Dubai Police stated that underage driving and illegal vehicle modification by children would be their parents’ legal responsibility.

In the celebration that mothers and fathers profess ignorance about their insignificant young children driving cars and trucks and leading to mishaps, they will be obliged to pay out compensations and blood money in scenario of casualty.

According to the Federal Targeted visitors Legislation, motorists who modify their vehicles or engine can be fined Dh1,000, and they may be slapped with 12 targeted visitors black factors. Police can confiscate the motor vehicle for 30 days for the offence.

Driving a car leading to loud sound can incur a good of Dh2,000 and 12 black factors.

If the violations repeated law enforcement will double the fines and it may be achieved to Dh100,000

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NASCAR hits Hendrick Motorsports with historic $400K combined fine for unapproved parts modifications

NASCAR hits Hendrick Motorsports with historic $400K combined fine for unapproved parts modifications

NASCAR announced Wednesday a number of penalties stemming from the most recent Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. Most notable is an L2-level penalty assessed to all four Hendrick Motorsports teams for unapproved parts modifications. NASCAR assessed a similar penalty to Kaulig Racing.

Following practice on Friday, NASCAR confiscated the hood louvers belonging to all four Hendrick Motorsports cars, as well as the No. 31 Kaulig Racing car, which were then brought back to the sport’s Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C. According to the sanctioning body, the teams were found to have illegally modified a single-source vendor-supplied part in violation of Sections 14.5.4.2.A of the NASCAR rulebook, which deal with how the radiator duct is assembled.

As a result, the following penalties were handed out:

  • All four Hendrick Motorsports teams and the No. 31 Kaulig Racing team have been penalized with the loss of 100 owner points and 10 playoff points
  • Crew chiefs Cliff Daniels, Alan Gustafson, Rudy Fugle, Trent Owens and Blake Harris have all been fined $100,000 and suspended for the next four Cup Series races
  • Drivers Kyle Larson, William Byron, Justin Haley and Alex Bowman have all been penalized 100 driver points and 10 playoff points

According to Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports, the $400,000 combined fine to Hendrick Motorsports makes it the largest one ever assessed to a single organization in the history of NASCAR (though the sanctioning body has issued larger individual fines to teams in the past).

Hendrick driver Chase Elliott, who is recovering from a leg injury suffered in a snowboarding accident, was not subject to penalty, nor was substitute driver Josh Berry, who does not earn Cup Series points.

Hendrick Motorsports cars have won the past two Cup Series races with William Byron, but the confiscation of their hood louvers marked a major concern by the end of last weekend. NASCAR Hall of Famer and Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman Jeff Gordon admitted as much in a post-race press conference.

“I can tell you it was weighing on all of our minds coming into today. Certainly will continue,” Gordon said. “We had some conversation, will continue to have conversations, with NASCAR. Every situation is sort of unique, but this is a more unique one than I’ve seen in a while where there’s been a lot of communication back and forth on this particular part, especially for this racetrack because they did a parity test in the wind tunnel.

“I think it really opened up the door for some miscommunication. I don’t want to go any further than that. We’ll continue to just share all the facts and be transparent with NASCAR as we have been so far.”

Beyond NASCAR’s penalties for technical infractions, the sanctioning body also penalized driver Denny Hamlin after he admitted on his podcast that he intentionally put Ross Chastain in the wall on the final lap while racing for position.

Hamlin claimed that once his car pushed up the track in Turn 1 and he realized he was going to lose position, he decided to let go of the wheel and pin Chastain — who had been running to his outside — into the wall to take him back through the field with him. As a result, Hamlin has been penalized 25 driver points and fined $50,000 for violating Sections 4.4 of the NASCAR Member Code of Conduct, which includes “wrecking or spinning another vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is removed from competition as a result.”

Hamlin and Chastain have had a number of on-track run-ins over the past year, including incidents at Gateway, Atlanta and Pocono — and of course the Hail Melon at Martinsville where Chastain used a wall ride to beat Hamlin for the final spot in the Championship 4. 

The two also came together during the Busch Light Clash at the L.A. Coliseum in February, with Chastain spinning Hamlin.

Hamlin claimed that Phoenix was not retaliation for any past incident, and he admitted that he cost himself and his team positions in doing it anyway because his car ended up getting pinned against Chastain’s. The two spoke on pit road after the race, with Hamlin recounting that he wanted Chastain to take accountability for past incidents and that he did not want to have any further issues racing with him.

“He came up to me and he says ‘I guess I deserved it?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I think so,'” Hamlin said. “I’m not gonna sit here on this podcast and ever lie to you guys and say ‘Well, this is an accident’ when it’s not. It wasn’t an accident, I meant to put him in the fence, but I didn’t mean to screw my team in the process.

“… We talked and I think that we are in a better place where I think we’re willing to put the past behind us. And I think that we’re gonna judge each other from this point forward, and I think that’s the fairest way to do it.”

The final team included in NASCAR’s swath of penalties was the No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing team, which was assessed a safety violation after an improperly installed wheel fell off of Aric Almirola’s car at Phoenix. Crew members Ryan Mulder and Sean Cotten have been suspended for the next two races.