Dubai Police to Add More AI Traffic Cameras After Detecting 27,756 Violations in October

The offences recorded last month included using mobile phones while driving, other forms of distracted driving and failing to wear seat belts, according to the statement carried by the Emirates News Agency. Brigadier Juma Salem bin Suwaidan, director of the General Department of Traffic at Dubai Police, said the system uses artificial intelligence and other modern technologies to detect and document violations accurately, including behaviour that is hard to spot through conventional patrols.

The expansion makes Dubai one of the more extensive users of camera-based AI enforcement in the region. Systems of this kind can check what happens inside a moving vehicle, such as a driver holding a phone or a passenger without a belt, which roadside officers struggle to see at speed. The force said it was publishing images captured by the system of drivers using phones at the wheel.

The police did not say how many new devices would be installed, what they would cost, who supplies the technology or when the rollout would be complete, saying only that the expansion would come in the coming period.

Drivers caught using a mobile phone or driving while distracted face a fine of Dh800 and four black points, while failing to wear a seat belt carries a Dh700 fine. Bin Suwaidan said the aim of tighter monitoring was to change driving habits rather than to collect fines, and that the force would take firm action against repeat offenders.

"The road demands a driver's full attention. Any distraction can have tragic consequences, affecting not just the driver but other road users as well," he said.

Dubai Police said its smart monitoring systems and traffic patrols would continue working together to identify offenders, alongside its road safety awareness campaigns.