Voilation

susan
By susan

This is the my normal desert route I use in taking my kids to school every morning in al wakra. This morning as I was crossing the desert to the main road, this police man came infront of me and copied my registration number. Can you believe this evening I got a call from my company stating that I have traffic violation what of 500QR. For off road drive.

By Jaideep• 18 Jan 2012 12:46
Jaideep

sorry for you dear!!here rules are very stringent unless u know know somebody in Police dept who can change things for you!

By Nadimrifai• 30 Dec 2011 17:30
Rating: 2/5
Nadimrifai

Doesn't matter as long as you weren't putting any lives in danger or anything of that sort. Find an Arabic speaker and make your way early in the morning to your local traffic department.

Morning = no rush = just had breakfast and coffee = in a good mood. You'd be surprised how easy things go when the officer sitting at the desk is in a good mood. Go, be extra nice and apologetic. say that you had no idea and that you won't be doing it again.

By tauraz• 22 Dec 2011 08:24
Rating: 2/5
tauraz

It might be normal routine for you, but, it IS a violation to drive OFF road to get away from traffic!

By t_coffee_or_me• 22 Dec 2011 08:05
Rating: 3/5
t_coffee_or_me

It was not a Desert, no desert in residence zone. What you did was wrong so pay the fine.

By anonymous• 22 Dec 2011 07:39
anonymous

Its a Rare Incident ; May be that Police Man didnt have any other work to do that day like controlling traffic on the round abou

By anonymous• 22 Dec 2011 00:41
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

I hope these suckers have taken down the license plate of some IDIOT who was driving on the bike road in Al Waab St this evening.

People like this makes me sick.

By anonymous• 21 Dec 2011 23:10
anonymous

We have to follow the pipeline ROW through the desert almost everyday..thats part of our job. Now I need to be careful not to get noticed by the police.

By han19• 21 Dec 2011 22:40
Rating: 4/5
han19

If people are not supposed to be driving on that route, then you should be prepared for a violation. Nothing surprising in that. It's normal route for you, but the police didn't feel so. Just bad luck.

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