Dubai Toll System

Dubai’s Toll Gate

To-date, there are 4 tol gates in Dubai. Dubai’s  electronic toll collection system, known as Salik (in Arabic meaning: open or clear) utilizes the latest technology to achieve free flow operation with no toll booths, no toll collectors, and no impact to traffic flow, allowing vehicles to move freely through the tolling point at highway speeds. We don’t have to queue and stop to pay anymore! Or perhaps, we should call it the quiet blood sucker ( as most Singaporean called their ERP system) If you are new in Dubai you may not even realised that you have passed through a toll gate!

Salik Tag

A Salik tag, loaded with sufficient credits must be affixed to your windshield. It operates with no battery or moving parts and must not be removed from the windshield without damaging the tag (something like our road tax, once affixed, can’t be removed). Each time one passes through a Salik tolling point, the toll of AED 4 will be deducted from his prepaid toll account using advanced Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.

There is, however, a downside to this Salik tag. It is “tied” to the car instead of the owner. If an owner has 4 cars, he has to buy 4 Salik tags, unlike our Smart tag, whereby, it is portable.