Driver Trips 12 Radars

So we all heard and read about the Emirati motorist racked up fines of Dh42,000 within an hour on Shaikh Zayed Road and was caught by 12 radars. (I can’t stop asking myself WHY?) According to police sources, the man had been caught by 12 radars beginning at 3.05am on Shaikh Zayed Road in May. He was driving 60km over the speed limit. The man claimed that he was speeding in order to reach home as his daughter was ill (This is what gulf news stated) On the other hand (7 days stated) That he claimed he was innocent and that his friend from another GCC country had been driving the car when the incident occurred last month. hmmmmm?! So which is true?? anyways Major Al Zafeen said as per 7days:

“In his case, the car has to be impounded for one year because driving at this speed is very dangerous and messy… to encourage him to respect traffic rules, we agreed to reduce the impounding to 300 days.”

and as per Gulf News:

“There is no excuse for driving at such a reckless speed and exposing yourself and other drivers on the road to grave danger,” said Lt Col Al Mazroui.

“The punishment for driving at such a speed is Dh1,000, 30 days of confiscation of the vehicle and 12 black traffic points.”

Hint Hint remember the ‘Speed Kills’ campaign on November 1 which will attempt to reduce the number of fatalities caused by speeding on roads. Police officers will start impounding vehicles on the spot who are caught speeding by more than 60km over the speed limit. (Good Luck!)