These include requiring drivers to always show their license and vehicle registration or provide personal details during a police stop, to give first aid to an injured person in an accident if they have the necessary medical knowledge and to report any accident to the police or the competent traffic control authority within three hours.

Here are the 11 obligations that every driver in the United Arab Emirates must comply with under the new traffic law:

1. Display the driver’s license and vehicle license data, as well as his personal data when requested by the Traffic Control Authority or his authorized representative.
2. Give first aid to the injured person in the event of an accident involving him or her, if he or she has the necessary medical knowledge in this regard, under the conditions specified in the Executive Regulation of this Decree-Law.
3. Report the accident that occurred to the police or the party approved by the Road Control Authority, by any means approved by the Road Control Authority for reporting accidents, within a term that does not exceed three hours, unless there is an acceptable excuse for the reporting delay which is determined by the Traffic Control Authority.
4. Slow down at the entrances and exits of educational and health institutions, or if visibility is poor, or when meeting animals or when crossing the road, or in crowded places and places where there are traffic signs to this effect.
5. Slow down if visibility is poor or if the road is blocked by personal vehicles, a physical obstacle or animals.
6. Slow down at a crossing and stop until pedestrians who have started to cross the road have passed.

7. Not to stop the vehicle in places where stopping is prohibited. If he is obliged to stop him on the road, he must keep on the side of the road, on the right side of it, away from intersections, crossroads, slopes and curves, while taking all the necessary measures to ensure the safety of traffic on the road the road and not to leave the vehicle in operation and to ensure that it does not move during his absence, while using the car’s lights between sunset and sunrise and, where appropriate, to warn others of his presence.
8. Not to drive a vehicle that makes a lot of noise, in accordance with the Executive Regulations of this Decree-Law, and not to use the horn within cities except to prevent danger or accidents.
9. To carry out the instructions of the Traffic Control Authority and other competent public authorities in the State in cases of emergencies, disasters and crises, and not to endanger his life or that of others in such cases, especially during rainfall or floods in the valleys. .
10. Do not stop randomly on the road in a way that disrupts traffic or poses a danger to road users.
11. Any other general obligations determined by the Licensing Authority.

The legislation will come into force from 29 March 2025.