60 centimeters maximum roof load

The Ministry of Interior stressed the need for all drivers traveling by road to fully adhere to traffic safety procedures, stressing that the maximum permissible height of the load above the roof of the vehicle is 60.
Today, the Ministry, represented by the Federal Traffic Council, launched the third traffic campaign for the year 2026 under the slogan “A Summer Without Accidents,” as part of its continuing efforts to enhance traffic safety and reduce accidents and injuries during the summer season. The campaign continues for three months, targeting all road users and drivers of various categories of vehicles.
She stated that the launch of the campaign coincides with the start of the summer vacation and the travel season, which requires enhancing awareness of the necessary precautions for the safety of vehicles and road users, by ensuring the safety of tires, performing periodic maintenance, adhering to the permissible load limits, in addition to ensuring the validity of lighting systems and directional change signals, and not leaving any flammable materials inside vehicles.
The campaign also focuses on raising the level of compliance with traffic laws, adhering to specified speeds and leaving a sufficient safety distance between vehicles, in addition to raising awareness of the dangers of leaving children inside vehicles, which enhances the culture of safe driving and contributes to reducing traffic accidents during the summer season.
The campaign will also be implemented in cooperation with the police general commands, strategic partners, and traffic safety authorities in the country, through various social media platforms in Arabic, English, and Urdu, to ensure that awareness messages reach the largest segment of society, in a way that enhances the culture of safe driving and contributes to achieving traffic safety goals at the state level.
It is worth noting that the violation of overloading, or the protrusion of the load in light vehicles beyond what is prescribed without a license, carries a fine of 500 dirhams and four black points, in addition to the violation of leaking or falling objects from the load of light vehicles, which carries a fine of 500 dirhams.