DUBAI: Brigadier Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei, Director of the General Department of Traffic at Dubai Police, has confirmed the truth of the incident in pictures posted on social media sites regarding a fine issued to a person who was using his Snapchat while driving his vehicle on Sheikh Zayed Road on Friday.

The driver was talking with others when he suddenly received a message from Dubai Police on his Snapchat that a traffic fine was issued to him for using a mobile phone while driving, he added.

The driver and to whom he was talking to were so surprised by the fine that one of them enquired about the brand of the mobile phone that the driver was using.

Earlier, Dubai Traffic received calls from several people on 901 that a person was Snapchatting pictures on a public road. One of them gave the police the Snapchatter’s Instagram Live account through which the police discovered that the incident was true.

The Snapchatter was issued a fine of Dhs800 and was given 4 black points according to the new law on traffic fines.