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Police fine for car break down after hitting an unknown substance
Hi,
I have received a fine amount of AED 500 for the reason that my vehicle broke down on the Al Salam Street near pineapple building on 16-03-2018 (Friday).
There was some unknown substance on the road, because of which 4 other vehicles broke down. Police came to the spot and helped us move the vehicles using towing service.
On request, they did not provide us with any report of the incident. I was driving a rented car from Shift Car Rentals and they insisted to get a police report, else all the charges of the damage would be on me.
Hence on 18-03-2018, I went to request an incident report from the police. The officer did investigate and said he is going to mention that I had hit a substance. I said it is fine and he proceeded with the report.
I was never told that I would be fined for this reason. It's not my mistake that there was something on the road which even the police could not find when they had come to help us.
I do not know why am I fined for no reason. Kindly assist.
Dear Questioner,
Please note that the fine of AED 500 is mentioned in the list of fines latest updated from the traffic department for the violation of having a vehicle that breaks down on the road.
So, applying the fine is not subject to informing you about it first, and is not subject to your knowledge; it is your liability as a driver to be aware of the traffic fines.
So, I see applying the fine is not wrong as per the facts you stated above.
The fact that your car broke down because of hitting an unknown substance and the police team came to help you to move the vehicles is not necessarily because the police realized it was not your fault or to define the unknown substance. It was maybe to clear the road from the broken down cars.
I see it quite reasonable of the police as well issuing the report and mentioning that you had hit an unknown substance that the police could not see or find to enable you to avoid much bigger fine with the rental company.
Perhaps it would have helped you now to understand what was the Unknown Substance, to determine who would be responsible to compensate you now for the police fine.
Regards,
Ahmed Elnaggar
