Anyone behind the wheel in the UAE can clear four black points from their license this month, provided they pledge to drive safely when classrooms fill back up. The Ministry of Interior is running the offer through its nationwide Accident-Free Day campaign, coordinated by the Federal Traffic Council alongside police forces countrywide.
Here’s what qualifying involves.
Start with registration, which opens August 17. Drivers sign up through the link posted on the Ministry of Interior’s social media account, then commit to the initiative’s pledge. There’s no cost, and the campaign is open to every road user.
Next comes the part that actually earns the deduction: full compliance on August 31, the day students return under the Ministry of Education’s academic calendar. Meeting every requirement that day is what makes a driver eligible to have four points removed, the ministry said.
Compliance means keeping to a specific set of behaviors on the road. Check that your vehicle is roadworthy before leaving. Stay within speed limits, and slow down near schools in particular. Put the phone away and cut out other distractions. Hold your lane, leave a safe gap ahead, and yield to pedestrians at crossings — along with observing the rest of the traffic rules.
Why the four points matter is worth understanding before you sign. Black points are penalties attached to a license for certain offenses, and hitting 24 of them can cost a driver their license outright. Clearing four gives anyone carrying points on their record some breathing room.
The timing is deliberate. Roads grow markedly busier once the summer break ends, with school buses, parents on the drop-off run, and regular commuters all crowding peak hours. Brigadier Juma Salem bin Suwaidan, Director of the General Department of Traffic at Dubai Police and head of this year’s campaign, called on drivers and parents to stay patient and responsible as schools reopen. A safe road environment, he said, depends on cooperation among drivers, pedestrians, and everyone else sharing the road.
The organizers frame August 31 as more than a single day to get through. Their pitch to participants is to treat the pledge as the start of habits that carry forward — turning one accident-free day into a standing way of driving.
