Distribution of Traffic Fines in Dubai as compared to South Africa
Read an intersting article today stating that Dubai had issued more than 107 000 traffic fines last month (May 2009). Now you and I because we live in the land of corrupt Metro Police who use the Traffic Cameras as if they were rigged Casino Machines would think that these were issued for speeding fines, after all Mr Wayne Minnaar’s primary job is to remind us how these speeding fines are supposedly making our roads safer hence the reason that 95% of fines issued are for speeding.
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According to the release, more than 3,660 fines were issued for stopping in undesignated areas while 2,994 fines were given for motorists of heavy trucks for not adhering to lane discipline. More than 2,700 fines were issued for parking on pavements and around 2,600 fines for stopping on the side of the road.”
Well guess what, the least amount of the 107 000 fines were issued for speeding! More than 25,000 of the fines were for not adhering to lane discipline while more than 11,000 fines were given for blocking the flow of traffic. The third in the list is not wearing seat belts with more than 4,100 fines issued.Come on Wayne, get off your #$s and start issuing fines like they did, maybe then we will believe that you are actually making the roads safer!
3 Responses to “Distribution of Traffic Fines in Dubai as compared to South Africa”
By Wayne Chowles on Jul 14, 2009 | Reply
As back up to this article I would like to refer you to the speech made by Japh Chuwe - Senior Manager of AARTO, which can be found at the link below. Here he states that 98.94% of traffic fines issued in Jhb are for speeding, with all othere offences making up the other 1.06%. From this he concludes that speeding is the main problem in Jhb. Fascinating that he shouldn’t conclude that its because the JMPD focus only on speeding and ignore all other, far more dangerous, offences.
http://www.aarto.co.za/public/downloads/072_AARTO%20-%20ILO%20Conference%20Address%20-%2021%20May%202009.pdf
By admin on Jan 27, 2010 | Reply
Hi Wayne - I know this speech very well. Thank you for posting it so others can see it also. As you know, speed enforcement is more about revenue collection that road safety. It would seem that its ok to carjack as long as you don’t speed after you steal the car!!