Well that didn't take long........

[Fats25]

Picked up the hire car on 3rd September, and received my first text this morning stating that I have a 600dhs fine collected on Friday (19th September), just over 2 weeks for first ticket. So should I extrapolate that over a year to 26 fines per year - that is quite a lot of cash!

I do remember seeing a large flash, but I have no idea where I was, or what speed I was going, or what the speed-limit was. I obviously was not paying enough attention though.

The biggest concern was this was in a Chevrolet Malibu - god knows what will happen when I get a real car.

Serious question now - as I know is not big and clever - is there a certain amount of fines you can have a year before you receive a "black mark"/points on your licence?

[Fats25]

dxbtiger said:

600 is the lowest bracket in excess of the limit, what road did you see the flash, I'd wager an Al Wasl/Beach road rather than Sheikh Zayed.

That fine won't attract any black points, you could do as many of those a year as you wanted, they dish them out for running reds, stuff like that and you can get up to 24 a year.

What's the reg of the rent a car I'll see if I can find a photo

I think it was on Um Seqquiem (sp) but I am honestly not sure, it was late after being dragged around Dragon Mart by the wife, I know I came up Al Khail road, and then I cut across to SZR at some point and it was there.

Still trying to find my way around, so it could have been any road that connects the two!

Wouldn't want the embarrassment of my face in my Malibu being shared on here so no number plate!

I have been told that I need to pay this within 24 hrs online, or else I will get an additional 45dhs fine, but no explanation on how to make payment. Any ideas?

[Fats25]

cheers mike - it was definitely me:-

http://etraffic.rta.ae/rta/secure/traffic_services...

Ticket Violations Description : Exceeding speed limit by 21 to 30 km/h
Ticket Location Description : Hesa road

It was me........ so I will pay it now.

Thanks for info.

[Fats25]

dxbtiger said:

Yep, that's the pole type camera inbetween the Emirates ID office and the Eppco with a Maccas in it as you're approaching the south east corner of TECOM.

It was bloody bright when it went off!