Got a few black points sitting on your licence that you’d love to get rid of? The UAE’s Ministry of Interior is giving drivers exactly that chance. Registration opens today, August 17 for the nationwide Accident-Free Day campaign, and all it takes to earn a four-point reduction is committing to drive safely on August 31, the first day back to school for students across the UAE.
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What’s The Deal
The initiative comes from the Ministry of Interior, run through the Federal Traffic Council alongside police forces nationwide. The timing isn’t random. Roads always get busier when the school year kicks off, and this year the Ministry of Education has confirmed classes resume on August 31. So the goal is simple. To make that first day back as safe as possible while traffic ramps up around schools and beyond.
Sign up, agree to the pledge, and stick to the rules on the day itself, and you’ll have four traffic points wiped off your record.
How To Sign Up
You can now registration through this link shared by the Ministry of Interior will share on its social media pages. From there, you’ll sign the pledge and commit to the initiative’s conditions. To actually qualify for those four points coming off your licence, you’ll need to fully stick to what’s required. That means:
Checking your car is in proper shape before you even leave the driveway, sticking to speed limits (especially near schools), keeping your phone and other distractions away while driving, staying in your lane, and leaving enough space between you and the car in front. Pedestrians get priority when crossing, too, and all the usual traffic rules still apply.
Why This Matters More Than You’d Think
With students heading back after the summer break, expect roads to get properly busy. School buses, parents doing the drop-off run, and everyday commuters are all going to be sharing the same stretch of tarmac during peak hours, so a little extra caution genuinely goes a long way.
This isn’t the first time the four-point incentive has been offered, either. Last year alone, over 300,000 drivers signed up for Accident-Free Day. And for anyone keeping track, black points matter more than people realise: rack up 24 of them and your licence gets suspended. So if you’ve got points to shed, this is a solid opportunity to do it.
At the end of the day, Accident-Free Day is one piece of the Ministry of Interior’s bigger push to keep UAE roads safer and get more people on board with following the rules, every single day.
