UAE record: 12 speeding fines in 5 minutes

An Emirati driver bagged 12 speeding fines in just five minutes in Dubai and it turned out later that he was not after a world record.

The driver, his attention apparently detracted from the police cameras dotting Sheikh Zayed Road, was fined Dh45,000 for such offences, according to the Abu Dhabi-based Arabic language daily 'Al Ittihad'.

“Dubai traffic police also decided to impound the man’s vehicle for 360 days,” the paper said, adding that the unidentified driver is in his 30s.

Emirati's car impounded over 80 fines worth Dh127,000

An Emirati girl committed more than 80 speed offences and accumulated over Dh127,000 in fines, prompting Dubai’s traffic police to seize her car after an extensive search, the emirate’s traffic police chief said.

The girl, in her 20s, has to shuttle almost daily between Abu Dhabi and Dubai as she is an Abu Dhabi resident and works in the other emirate, Major General Mohammed Saif Al Zafin told 'Al Bayan' Arabic language daily.

He said nearly Dh95,000 of the offences were committed in Dubai while the others were recorded in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ajman.

“Police finally found the car parked in Barsha and seized it…they called its owner and it turned out that she is an Emirati girl,” he said.

The girl told police that she had bought the BMW car for nearly Dh350,000 and that she pays nearly Dh12,000 out of her Dh15,000 monthly salary for the car loan. She said she can not pay all the fines “since the car loan devours most of her wage", Al Bayan reported.

“Despite her difficult conditions, this does not justify that she drives at high speed and commits such a large number of offences,” Zafin said.

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