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Old 22nd Nov 2006, 11:27
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Fubaar
 
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... Are you going to worry about paying 200, 500 or 3000 (toy money) Dirhams
I was told that when they first introduced speed cameras in Dubai, some of the young locals actually asked if they could just set up accounts with the Police that they could deposit a couple of thousand dits in so they wouldn't have to bother with the fines individually.

I know the story doesn't stand up, because you usually only pay your fines when you go to re-register your car every year, (which can sometimes be a nasty surprise!), but the yarn above still does illustrate all too clearly the attitude to road rules of the vast majority of (reverting to 'Gulf News' code here) "drivers of large 4WDs with blacked out windows".
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