| Article No. # |
Violations |
Fines (QR) |
| 1 |
Driving a vehicle in the opposite road direction. |
QR6,000 |
| 2 |
Parking outside the specified areas or returning the vehicle when using motorways. |
QR6,000 |
| 3 |
Jumping a light at intersections or disobeying a police who organises traffic. |
QR6,000 |
| 4 |
Driving an unregistered vehicle. |
QR3,000 |
| 5 |
Driving a vehicle with unlicensed number plates. |
QR3,000 |
| 6 |
Changing or replacing a vital part before obtaining a written permission. |
QR3,000 |
| 7 |
Car rental companies, car shows, and car repair workshops are not allowed to work before obtaining permissions from the licensing authorities. |
QR3,000 |
| 8 |
Establishment of new driving schools is not allowed unless obtaining permission from the licensing authorities. |
QR3,000 |
| 9 |
Overtaking and not complying with the right side of the road while driving passengers’ vehicles, inter alia, buses, trucks, trailers and other equipment. |
QR3,000 |
| 10 |
Using vehicles or allow others to use them for personal purposes other than the legitimate purposes stated in the registration or license. |
QR3,000 |
| 11 |
Driving with a driving license that is judicially or administratively confiscated. |
QR3,000 |
| 12 |
Driving a vehicle that produces smoke or bad smell or makes noises or emits flammable substances. |
QR3,000 |
| 13 |
Driving any kinds of vehicles on prohibited roads. |
QR3,000 |
| 14 |
Impermissible driving of a loaded vehicle higher than 4.2 meters or wider than 2.6 meters. |
QR3,000 |
| 15 |
Driving a vehicle with an expired vehicle license. |
QR1,500 |
| 16 |
Making any change in the shape or colour or information of the number plates or replacing or lending them. |
QR1,500 |
| 17 |
Driving a vehicle with an expired driving license. |
QR1,500 |
| 18 |
Returning a vehicle at junctions and public roads is prohibited unless it is a necessity and for short distances not far than 20 meters after using indictors and making sure that the road is vacant and if necessary the driver can seek the help and guidance of others. |
QR1,500 |
| 19 |
Driving manual or automatic motorbikes without tightly holding their handlebars by both hands is only permitted for applying the indicators and it is forbidden to catch at another vehicle while driving or lifting one tyre up from the ground or carrying or pushing or picking objects which could block off traffic or cause danger to vehicles or passengers. |
QR1,500 |
| 20 |
Driving with a vehicle’s license that is judicially or administratively confiscated. |
QR1,500 |
| 21 |
Loading a vehicle in a way that causes danger to the vehicle and the public. |
QR1,500 |
| 22 |
Fixing number plates or advertisements or other police-specific signs or devices on the vehicle, or an act of making the police-specific devices unclear or ineffective or perplexing. |
QR1,000 |
| 23 |
Not removing the vehicle from the accident’s site to the nearest parking after non-casualty accident if it is possible to move it and report to the police immediately. |
QR1,000 |
| 24 |
Applying police-specific warning devices or light alarms, inter alia, police vehicles, ambulances, or civil defence vehicles etc. |
QR1,000 |
| 25 |
Applying glass shade over the vehicle. |
QR1,000 |
| 26 |
Applying red lights at the front of the vehicle. |
QR1,000 |
| 27 |
Impermissible vehicle loading of more than one meter in the front or two meters in the rear. Red signs or lights must be fixed on both sides of the loaded items. |
QR1,000 |
| 28 |
Exceeding maximum speed limit except for those who transfer patients or casualties in a critical condition while precautionary and warning devices must be used, and the driver must slow down at junctions for safety. |
From QR500 to QR1,000 |
| 29 |
Not returning the vehicle’s number plates to the licensing authority in the case of cancellation, or not reporting immediately to the authority the missing or damage of one or both of the number plates. |
QR500 |
| 30 |
Using unlicensed commercial number plates. |
QR500 |
| 31 |
Using the commercial number plates for purposes other than their real purposes. |
QR500 |
| 32 |
Allowing someone other than the owner or an agent or whoever may be to drive the commercial or under-test number plate’s vehicle. |
QR500 |
| 33 |
Not returning the commercial or under-test or temporary entry number plates when cancelled. |
QR500 |
| 34 |
Applying drawings or writings on any parts of the vehicle or using the vehicle for advertisement with a microphone, or fixing boards or models. |
QR500 |
| 35 |
Not reporting to the licensing authorities in writing about property transfer within (3 days). |
QR500 |
| 36 |
Not reporting to the licensing authorities about any changes in the vehicle owner’s name, nationality, ID, place of residence, or address within (10 days). |
QR500 |
| 37 |
Not informing the Traffic Department in the case of missing or damage of the vehicle’s license. |
QR500 |
| 38 |
Not carrying the license while driving a vehicle or refraining from giving the license to the police. |
QR500 |
| 39 |
Impermissible transfer of the driving license from the owner to others, or using such license illegally for achieving personal interests. |
QR500 |
| 40 |
Not complying with the right side of the road’s lane in the following cases:
1- turning to enter another road on the right side.
2- when another vehicle is coming from the opposite direction.
3- another vehicle is overtaking beside.
4- vision is unclear enough. |
QR500 |
| 41 |
Driving across or on road line(s) if the road is divided into two lanes marked by continued lines. |
QR500 |
| 42 |
Sudden change in road direction without using indicators or providing enough space in a dangerous way that may affects people and traffic. |
QR500 |
| 43 |
Driving a vehicle on a prohibited road unless obtaining a written permission. |
QR500 |
| 44 |
Not fastening the seat belt while driving on roads for both the driver and the front passenger. |
QR500 |
| 45 |
Talking over the mobile phone or applying other devices or getting involved in watching a vehicle’s TV. |
QR500 |
| 46 |
Getting busy with watching a TV inside the vehicle while driving. |
QR500 |
| 47 |
Placing infants under ten years old on the front seats. |
QR500 |
| 48 |
Non-compliance with road signs in the pedestrian walkways. |
QR500 |
| 49 |
Block off or not leaving the way to official convoys. |
QR500 |
| 50 |
Not leaving enough space, while driving, between the vehicle and other front vehicles. |
QR500 |
| 51 |
Overtaking another vehicle from the right side. |
QR500 |
| 52 |
Increasing speed while another vehicle is overtaking beside and not comply with the right side of the road to let other vehicles overtake smoothly. |
QR500 |
| 53 |
Not allowing on duty police, ambulances, or civil defence vehicles to pass; or an act of racing them. |
QR500 |
| 54 |
Refraining from providing the police traffic with the correct information in the case of accidents. |
QR500 |
| 55 |
Applying front or rear brighter lights during improper weather conditions. |
QR500 |
| 56 |
Leaving a vehicle without red lights or back reflectors on a dark road during night or bad weather that affects vision. |
QR500 |
| 57 |
Blocking off traffic by moving a vehicle at intersection even if having traffic priority. |
QR500 |
| 58 |
Prohibited parking at the disabled parking areas. |
QR500 |
| 59 |
Leaving the vehicle on the road without a driver and without taking safety precautions to avoid accidents and illegal use by others, or leaving the vehicle with the switch key inside. |
QR500 |
| 60 |
Leaving a vehicle on the road in a way that might causes traffic problems or accidents. |
QR500 |
| 61 |
Blocking roads off or causing danger to property and people by leaving vehicles, animals, or objects on the road. |
QR500 |
| 62 |
Transporting people in a vehicle that has no seats or not passengers-specific. |
QR500 |
| 63 |
Driving a vehicle without sticker for showing the license’s date of expiry at a clear place on the vehicle. |
QR300 |
| 64 |
Driving school’s teachers who violate article No. (33) |
QR300 |
| 65 |
Not reporting to the Traffic Department or its nearest branch the missing or damage of the driving license. |
QR300 |
| 66 |
Cyclists must drive on the right side of the road’s lane in a queue in the case that there is no bicycles-specific lanes while motorbikes must drive on vehicles-specific lanes. It is prohibited to transfer passengers by a motorbike unless it is equipped with another suitable vehicle. Both cyclists and motorcyclists must wear helmets while driving. |
QR300 |
| 67 |
Not slowing a vehicle down when driving near pedestrian crossings, populated places, or blocking off traffic by unjustifiable slowing down or applying a sudden brake. |
QR300 |
| 68 |
Driving a vehicle without a horn. |
QR300 |
| 69 |
Applying the vehicle’s horn unjustifiably. |
QR300 |
| 70 |
Applying musical or pneumatic horn. |
QR300 |
| 71 |
Driving a vehicle without front, rear or number plates’ lights between sunrise to sunset. |
QR300 |
| 72 |
Applying brighter lights closer to the front vehicle. |
QR300 |
| 73 |
Not giving priority to vehicles coming from the left side at roundabouts. |
QR300 |
| 74 |
Not giving priority to vehicles coming from the left side at intersections that have no traffic signals. |
QR300 |
| 75 |
Not giving priority to vehicles coming from paved road intersection with unpaved counterpart. |
QR300 |
| 76 |
Not making sure that the opposite main road is empty while entering from local road. |
QR300 |
| 77 |
Stopping at prohibited parking areas. |
QR300 |
| 78 |
Blocking off or causing traffic jam at the parking areas. |
QR500 |
| 79 |
Using a vehicle to transport more than the licensed number of passengers. |
QR300 |
| 80 |
Not writing weight or number of passengers on the 3-tons or more vehicles. |
QR300 |
| 81 |
Pedestrians who do not take precautionary measure while crossing the road. |
QR200 |
| 82 |
Applying unnecessary precautionary devices by emergency vehicles drivers. |
QR200 |
| 83 |
Leaving the vehicle at a parking lane without adjusting the brighter light to the right side. |
QR200 |
| 84 |
Pedestrians who walk along the road or on bicycle-specific lanes while pedestrians’ walkways available but if such walkways are unavailable pedestrians must walk on the extreme left side of the road lane in the opposite direction. |
QR200 |
| No.# |
Violations |
Points |
| 1 |
Jumping a light at intersections. |
6 |
| 2 |
Driving in the opposite direction. |
6 |
| 3 |
Driving under alcohol effects. |
6 |
| 4 |
Exceeding the maximum speed limit. |
4 |
| 5 |
Driving recklessly and dangerously. |
4 |
| 6 |
Driving with defective brakes. |
4 |
| 7 |
Driving with inappropriate license. |
3 |
| 8 |
Driving with stripped or invalid license. |
3 |
| 9 |
Violating norms of public morality. |
3 |
| 10 |
Driving an unregistered vehicle. |
3 |
| 11 |
Driving a vehicle without number plates. |
3 |
| 12 |
Impermissible changing of number plates. |
3 |
| 13 |
Providing wrong information to pass the technical inspection. |
3 |
| 14 |
Using a vehicle or allow others to use it for personal purposes other than the legitimate purposes stated in the registration or the license. |
3 |
| 15 |
Blocking traffic off deliberately. |
3 |
| 16 |
Driving a vehicle without a proper silencer. |
3 |
| 17 |
Driving a polluting vehicle. |
3 |
| 18 |
Driving a vehicle that can make noises or emits massive smoke or bad smell or produces flammable substance. |
3 |
| 19 |
Driving a vehicle which drops loads that can endanger the public safety |
3 |
| 20 |
Driving on the embankment. |
3 |
| 21 |
Making a wrong U-turn. |
3 |
| 22 |
Changing a vital part of the vehicle without obtaining a written permission from the authorities. |
3 |
| 23 |
Transferring the driving license to someone who has no driving license. |
2 |
| 24 |
Driving a vehicle with unclear number plates. |
2 |
| 25 |
Driving with only one number plate, or changing their shape or details. |
1 |
| 26 |
Refraining from giving the driving license to the police traffic. |
1 |
| 27 |
Trucks violating the load conditions. |
1 |
| 28 |
Trucks violating the width, length or weight regulations. |
1 |
| 29 |
Driving a technically unsafe vehicle. |
1 |
| 30 |
Applying lights, horns, microphones or other machines illegally. |
1 |
| 31 |
Disobeying traffic signals. |
1 |
