Is the UAE going bust?
Sep 22nd 2013, 4:04 pm
#16
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Re: Is the UAE going bust?
Went to Muroor Road and they did give a receipt. It seemed legit, just a bit strange.
As for not making a difference, Saeed fees are 500Dh a pop. Add that up over the last three years for every single bingle there's been on AUH roads, multiply it by two (looks like they're charging both the person and fault and the person not at fault) and I think there'd be substantial financial gain to be had.
As for not making a difference, Saeed fees are 500Dh a pop. Add that up over the last three years for every single bingle there's been on AUH roads, multiply it by two (looks like they're charging both the person and fault and the person not at fault) and I think there'd be substantial financial gain to be had.
DXB is bigger than AUH but let's not split hairs. Let's assume the number of accidents was 3576 for each of the three years- you get 10,728.
Let's say for argument's sake that they do take five hundred, not three hundred, from both parties.
That's almost twelve billion dirhams. Four billion a year. GDP last year was over a trillion dirhams.So, that's less than 0.4%.
Of course if they took 500 from every party involved in a car crash, they would have made a lot more off that mega crash two years ago, so let's call it 0.5%.
Do you still think they are making a living off your Saed fines?
In the last year, I've gotten away with a warning for:
not having my registration with me
driving on the pavement
making a very illegal left turn
Add to that getting away with a very dirty car, and paying only half the amount for fines, and the fact that they turn a blind eye to the hundreds of people staggering out of bars straight into their cars all over the city, and you get the distinct impression that traffic fine revenue is not the lifeblood of the economy.
It's more like the morning eye crud of the economy, in terms of overall importance.
Sep 22nd 2013, 5:14 pm
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Re: Is the UAE going bust?
The Suraya Foundation reckons there were 3576 accidents in Dubai in 2009.
DXB is bigger than AUH but let's not split hairs. Let's assume the number of accidents was 3576 for each of the three years- you get 10,728.
Let's say for argument's sake that they do take five hundred, not three hundred, from both parties.
That's almost twelve billion dirhams. Four billion a year. GDP last year was over a trillion dirhams.So, that's less than 0.4%.
Of course if they took 500 from every party involved in a car crash, they would have made a lot more off that mega crash two years ago, so let's call it 0.5%.
Do you still think they are making a living off your Saed fines?
In the last year, I've gotten away with a warning for:
not having my registration with me
driving on the pavement
making a very illegal left turn
Add to that getting away with a very dirty car, and paying only half the amount for fines, and the fact that they turn a blind eye to the hundreds of people staggering out of bars straight into their cars all over the city, and you get the distinct impression that traffic fine revenue is not the lifeblood of the economy.
It's more like the morning eye crud of the economy, in terms of overall importance.
DXB is bigger than AUH but let's not split hairs. Let's assume the number of accidents was 3576 for each of the three years- you get 10,728.
Let's say for argument's sake that they do take five hundred, not three hundred, from both parties.
That's almost twelve billion dirhams. Four billion a year. GDP last year was over a trillion dirhams.So, that's less than 0.4%.
Of course if they took 500 from every party involved in a car crash, they would have made a lot more off that mega crash two years ago, so let's call it 0.5%.
Do you still think they are making a living off your Saed fines?
In the last year, I've gotten away with a warning for:
not having my registration with me
driving on the pavement
making a very illegal left turn
Add to that getting away with a very dirty car, and paying only half the amount for fines, and the fact that they turn a blind eye to the hundreds of people staggering out of bars straight into their cars all over the city, and you get the distinct impression that traffic fine revenue is not the lifeblood of the economy.
It's more like the morning eye crud of the economy, in terms of overall importance.
