I don't think I need to comment or give my opinion on this.
You'll probably remember the 'driving stunts on Sheikh Zayed Road' story. I posted about it in May if you want to remind yourself of the details.
Briefly, in a victory parade along the country's busiest road by Al Wasl football club supporters, two drivers were filmed with their vehicles up on two wheels, performing doughnuts and other manouvres entirely inappropriate for a public road.
They've had their support, by bloggers and in comments, who said the road was closed for the official police-sanctioned parade so they did nothing wrong. Their lawyer also said that the road was closed.
While it was a police-sanctioned official parade the fact is that the road was not closed. As you can clearly see in the video, other motorists were using it.
Anyway, the drivers were in court yesterday, charged with reckless and dangerous driving and intentionally endangering the lives of others.
Gulf News says they were convicted of reckless driving while intentionally endangering the lives of others but The National says they were found not guilty of the endangering lives part of the charge.
What they do agree on is that the drivers were fined Dh1,000 each (that's US$272/€212/£178).
GN says the 25 year old is a sergeant, The National says he's a policeman.
So one of the drivers is a sergeant in the police force.
I wonder if he's in the Traffic Police division...
As The National points out, the incident coincided with a Dubai Police announcement that they intended to lower the statistical traffic death rate to zero per 100,000 people by 2020. A task force to tackle aggressive driving was created as part of the initiative.
The stories are here: Gulf News The National.
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"(that's US$272/€212/£178)"
why not give in Rupees and Peso as well?
a few comments.
first, whether the "parade" was sanctioned or not, they were doing clearly illegal things with their vehicles, as you noted. that deserves punishment greater than dh1,000.
second, the fault here really lies with the cops, who evidently were along for the ride on this one, whether they closed the road or not. why would you approve a "parade" on a major thoroughfare anyway? bad decisionmaking.
and third, if we're prosecuting people based on video evidence, these guys have a whole slew of videos on youtube in which they do the same stuff on busy streets. surely all of those instances weren't officially sanctioned events.
in conclusion, yeah, dh1,000 isn't even a slap on the wrist. so much for a culture of road safety.
QoQ...and kroner, rand, Aussie$, NZ$, Sin$, ringgit, Egyptian pounds, various dinars and rials, roubles, renmimbi, kyat, taka, shilling...? Or just stay with the world's major currencies which are traditionally used in comparisons?
Brilliant, AQOAQ. While any normal person would get upset about the small size of the fine, you chose to get upset about the currency sign in front of it. An original approach, granted, but still…
Its another screw up of the Dubai Judicial system.Reminds me of the kissing case where those dangerous kissers were jailed and deported while these guys escaped with a slap on the wrist.Hope they bring the laws in line with the 21st century....
Seabee,
"Or just stay with the world's major currencies which are traditionally used in comparisons?"
. . . or perhaps consider the demographics of the UAE (and presumably your blog's readers)?
Doug,
"While any normal person would get upset about the small size of the fine, you chose to get upset about the currency sign in front of it."
which part of my question made to feel that i was upset?
QoQ: ". . . or perhaps consider the demographics of the UAE (and presumably your blog's readers)?"
FYI, 65% of the readers of this blog are from outside the UAE.
There were released and fined DHMs1000 each
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1448680211252
I wonder if this was them celebrating – on the beach (presumably forbidden otherwise why do it ) – lots of space and whoops....... a crash
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