Points system to implemented in the UAE

The new Unified Federal Traffic Law comes into effect across all the emirates of the UAE on 01 March 2008. Penalties for various driving offences will become harsher
, and a black points system will be implemented (not an entirely new thing - the deduction of points has been around but rarely or never implemented). The cut off is 24 points in a year, after which a driver loses a licence based on the following:

• First time 24 points collected, lose driving licence for 3 months (if driver is over 21)
• Second time 24 points collected, lose driving licence for 6 months (or first time if driver is under 21)
• Third time 24 points collected, lose driving license for 12 months, and pass a driving test before it's returned

Points will expire after a year so it's only the total you collect within a 12 month period that you have to worry about. If a vehicle is spotted doing a point collecting activity, the owner is assumed to be the driver, and gets the points. If someone else was driving, they need to be sent to the cop shop to get their points, within a month of the offence, otherwise the vehicle may be impounded.
Apparently Government owned vehicles are exempt from the points system. What? Isn't it the driver that gets points, not the vehicle?