This editorial policy is the single set of rules every calculator, guide and comparison on DriveCarCost.com is built to follow — short enough to read in two minutes, strict enough that we mean it.

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Editorial Policy

Last updated: 12 September 2026.

This page explains the standards behind everything we publish.

Our rules

We never publish a fuel price, toll rate, vehicle spec or statistic we can’t trace to a named public source.
When a figure can’t be verified, we mark it as unverified rather than estimating silently.
We don’t copy competitor or merchant content — every page is written from scratch.
We don’t create near-duplicate pages purely to target more search keywords.
Affiliate relationships (see our Affiliate Disclosure) never influence calculator math or editorial recommendations.
Corrections are made promptly once verified — see Contact to report an error.

Authorship

Content on DriveCarCost.com is researched and written by the site’s operating team, with figures cross-checked against the sources listed on our Data Sources page.

How this editorial policy shapes what we publish

This editorial policy governs every calculator, guide and comparison on DriveCarCost.com the same way: a number only gets published if it traces back to a source we can name — the UAE Fuel Price Committee for petrol and diesel prices, the Dubai RTA for Salik toll rates, Sharjah’s authority for Darb rates. This editorial policy exists specifically so readers never have to wonder where a figure came from.

When rates change, this editorial policy requires us to update the affected calculators and note the “last reviewed” date rather than letting stale numbers sit. We also separate fact from opinion clearly: route guides and ownership comparisons state their assumptions up front (fuel type, driving frequency, vehicle class) so you can judge whether they apply to your situation. You can verify current published fuel prices yourself at the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure.

Editorial policy behind DriveCarCost.com's UAE driving cost data

Correcting mistakes under this editorial policy

If you find a number that’s out of date or a formula that looks wrong, this editorial policy commits us to checking it and correcting it — tell us here and we’ll investigate.

How this editorial policy handles disagreements

Sometimes two official sources disagree slightly, or a rate changes mid-month in a way that isn’t cleanly documented — this editorial policy has a specific answer for that too: we cite whichever source is more current and more authoritative for that specific figure (a government authority over a news summary of it, for instance), and we note the date we last checked so you can judge freshness for yourself.

This editorial policy also draws a hard line between our own analysis and third-party data. Route distances and drive times are calculated independently; toll and fuel rates are sourced, never estimated. When a page mixes both — a route guide that combines a distance calculation with an official toll rate, for example — this editorial policy requires that the sourced parts be distinguishable from our own working, so you always know which numbers to double-check upstream and which are simply arithmetic.

One last thing worth saying plainly: this editorial policy applies whether a page is brand new or a year old. An older page doesn’t get a pass on accuracy just because it was published first — if a rate it cites has moved, it gets corrected on the same schedule as anything freshly written.