A QR 6,000 fine for misjudging timings and accidentally just crossing the line at a set of red lights would be crippling for someone earning QR 2,000 and does seem excessive. That is until you take into consideration that to some QR 6,000 is only just becoming annoying enough to stop them jumping red lights whenever they feel like it. Any less and it just wouldn't deter them. Personally regardless of the fine, I would never jump a red light anyway, as I have too much regard for my own, and other peoples lives. Thus this fine is not required as a deterrent to me. But I have watched so many land cruisers jump lights at roundabouts where there are no cameras, that I realise anything less than QR 6,000 and these guys would quite happily jump lights anywhere cameras or not. And just to reiterate the point again, yes it is only land cruisers that I have seen jumping red lights, and no I have no idea what nationality was driving them at the time.
Speeding fines are most definitely sufficient to stop me from speeding where there are cameras. I have had to pay around 4 speeding fines in 3 years. And I deserved every one of them. I hated paying them because it is just such a waste of money to me. Any less and there is a possibility that I will not be so afraid of seeing a flash in my mirror. From memory the fine is set at about the same level as the UK, and in my opinion is good enough to achieve its desired result.
A QR 6,000 fine for misjudging timings and accidentally just crossing the line at a set of red lights would be crippling for someone earning QR 2,000 and does seem excessive. That is until you take into consideration that to some QR 6,000 is only just becoming annoying enough to stop them jumping red lights whenever they feel like it. Any less and it just wouldn't deter them. Personally regardless of the fine, I would never jump a red light anyway, as I have too much regard for my own, and other peoples lives. Thus this fine is not required as a deterrent to me. But I have watched so many land cruisers jump lights at roundabouts where there are no cameras, that I realise anything less than QR 6,000 and these guys would quite happily jump lights anywhere cameras or not. And just to reiterate the point again, yes it is only land cruisers that I have seen jumping red lights, and no I have no idea what nationality was driving them at the time.
Speeding fines are most definitely sufficient to stop me from speeding where there are cameras. I have had to pay around 4 speeding fines in 3 years. And I deserved every one of them. I hated paying them because it is just such a waste of money to me. Any less and there is a possibility that I will not be so afraid of seeing a flash in my mirror. From memory the fine is set at about the same level as the UK, and in my opinion is good enough to achieve its desired result.