tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post3116681210672264884..comments2024-03-27T15:45:49.926+04:00Comments on Life in Dubai: RTA heads must roll.Seabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-50487867139475982352007-07-15T15:51:00.000+04:002007-07-15T15:51:00.000+04:00And yet the key question remains unanswered - why ...And yet the key question remains unanswered - why haven't heads rolled yet? There's a piece of the picture missing, or somebody has some extremely heavy duty wasta going on. All the official Government publications (GN included) are more or less toeing the party line, it's only us poor road users who know nothing about traffic management who can see the reality of the situation. Puzzling, no?EyeOnDubaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599441309027509658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-55526949389797744782007-07-13T18:38:00.000+04:002007-07-13T18:38:00.000+04:00Lirun, yes it's probably the No.1 topic here at th...<B>Lirun</B>, yes it's probably the No.1 topic here at the moment. The real problem isn't so much the toll itself but the way-too-early introduction of it before anything - including their own systems - was ready.<BR/><BR/>It's the inept management of the RTA that's the cause of so much anger because they have such an effect on our daily lives.<BR/><BR/><B>Alexander</B>, like you, I was posting about the toll mismanagement way back. My first ones were in November last year. We knew the RTA had made so many wrong decisions about the toll, but what none of us realised was that they would introduce the toll way before they were ready themselves to manage it.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-30011795798247367622007-07-13T14:34:00.000+04:002007-07-13T14:34:00.000+04:00Yes - why on earth couldn't they have started the ...Yes - why on earth couldn't they have started the scheme but as a dummy run, so motorists would get notifications if their tags weren't working, or if they had run out of credit, but actually <I>no charges are made</I> and everything resets to zero when it is established that the system works.secretdubaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-7752024549802349482007-07-13T12:08:00.000+04:002007-07-13T12:08:00.000+04:00looks like u cant find an emirates blog that isnt ...looks like u cant find an emirates blog that isnt focussed on this right now.. is it that pivotal?Lirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-14506310709482461802007-07-12T19:57:00.000+04:002007-07-12T19:57:00.000+04:00I also hate it when technology messes up/I mess it...I also hate it when technology messes up/I mess it up. You'll just have to take my word for it that was the post in May...<BR/><BR/>>:0#Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-68878302642201757992007-07-12T19:55:00.000+04:002007-07-12T19:55:00.000+04:00"...there's a lot of technology going on in there,..."...there's a lot of technology going on in there, from the RFID scanners to the core IT system to the financial management software to the SMS gateway that will manage tens of thousands of messages a day. Add in a couple of million of those messy, organic carbon-based life forms that appear to exist purely to get around, muck about with or otherwise frustrate grand schemes like this and I think that we might all be in for some fun here."<BR/><BR/>I hate to quote myself. I hate to post crosslinks (but see http://fakeplasticsouks.blogspot.com/2007/05/bill-that-tolls.html this May post).<BR/><BR/>I hate to say 'I told you so'. Or then again, maybe I'm just lying! >;0)Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.com