Points are allocated against the car, not the driver. So if you don't want the 14 points on your license, you can find (and pay, if needed) members of your household to take the blame for the violations.
Or you can get someone to wipe the fines and points for you, which would be even easier.
Or simply drive with no license.
If, as you say, there was strict implementation of the laws, and the traffic police actually checked cars and arrested people driving on suspended licenses, then perhaps things would change. I believe that in the UAE the traffic police are much more vigilant about such things. But in Qatar the traffic police seem to let speed cameras and red light cameras etc do all the work, which means that no one is hunting down cars with no insurance, drivers with no license, and dangerous drivers.
When the new system of violations was implemented a few years back, there was a noticeable change in the way people were driving. But sadly, the roads now seem more dangerous than I have ever seen them in my 5+ years in Qatar. It's reached the point where I no longer want to drive at all. And while its easy to blame the individual drivers for their horrible attitude on the road, ultimately I lay the blame on the traffic police for not doing their job in monitoring and enforcing the traffic law.
Points are allocated against the car, not the driver. So if you don't want the 14 points on your license, you can find (and pay, if needed) members of your household to take the blame for the violations.
Or you can get someone to wipe the fines and points for you, which would be even easier.
Or simply drive with no license.
If, as you say, there was strict implementation of the laws, and the traffic police actually checked cars and arrested people driving on suspended licenses, then perhaps things would change. I believe that in the UAE the traffic police are much more vigilant about such things. But in Qatar the traffic police seem to let speed cameras and red light cameras etc do all the work, which means that no one is hunting down cars with no insurance, drivers with no license, and dangerous drivers.
When the new system of violations was implemented a few years back, there was a noticeable change in the way people were driving. But sadly, the roads now seem more dangerous than I have ever seen them in my 5+ years in Qatar. It's reached the point where I no longer want to drive at all. And while its easy to blame the individual drivers for their horrible attitude on the road, ultimately I lay the blame on the traffic police for not doing their job in monitoring and enforcing the traffic law.