Traffic ENFORCEMENT
Whoda thunk?
I am (almost) speechless!
Can this be a turning point in Kuwait? Are we going to have laws that might actually be meant to be followed? Wooo Hoooo, traffic police, Woooo Hoooooo, court of law!
From The Arab Times: Kuwait Crime:
‘Deport motorist’ – Driving on E-lane
KUWAIT CITY : Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs, Major-General Thabet Al-Muhanna has ordered the deportation of an Arab man who was caught driving at 140 km/h along the Fifth Ring Motorway, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
According to a security source Al-Muhanna saw the motorist driving along the emergency lane and ordered his immediate arrest.
After his arrest the man admitted to committing the offence. He apologized and said he was in a hurry. However, the man will be administratively deported, say sources.
Questions and Comments: Woo Hooo, al-Muhanna!
Suggestion: With the great advent of tiny, easily carried cameras and cell phone cameras, photographic evidence is easy to provide. How about the Ministry of Interior setting up a website where we can send them photos of people WE see in flagrant violation of the laws?
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I wish they could allow people to help them with this..
I once called 777 cuz a freaky man was driving crazily on the 6th ring road going towards maseela. By the time they answered the man turned on to Malik Fahad expressway also called 40. The lady asked me where is he and what did he do to you? After explaining her and telling her that the guy has gone on Malik Fahad and this is his number plate. She said sorry we cant do anything about this as we dont know where is he gone. My question to her was I am giving you his car plate number go and chase him. She was like no sorry we cant! I was like go to hell..bye!
I always wanted to participate in the Neighbourhood Watch thing…and reporting people who break the law sounds so satisfying 😛
This is quite encouraging. Just as we say “People don’t obey unless by the red eye” 😛
~red eye means force or intimidation.
I’m not sure I want people taking pictures of other people. It’s a little Orwellian if you ask me
Amu, in Qatar, the Chief of Police was a brave man – and Qatar was a small community. He publishe HIS mobile number in all the papers and said “if you see someone driving badly, you call ME!”
Bravest man I can imagine.
Jewaira – it does, doesn’t it. I think what makes me steam when driving is me obeying the law and watching all those arrogant so-and-sos who go to the front of the waiting line in the emergency lane. I DO take photos. I just wish there were someplace to send them!
Angelo – can you transliterate that for me in Arabic, the way it would sound if I said it? I would love to know that expression. Do Mama’s give “the red eye?” Or is it more an official thing?
GE&B – Have you noticed how 1984 our world is getting?
As far as I know, something was in the paper about helping them with pictures.
I need to check, maybe I find it.
Hubby read it and told me today after some people git chicken shit and slowed down immensely (for a short time) when I pointed the cam at their fancy car 😉
I really hope that this will have the desired effect on ALL Nationalities…
Thunk! new word! thank you! 😀
whoda thunk that i’d thank you today! *yay i’m already using it!*
Nicole, if you find it, blog it and then put a reference to it in the comments here, so we can all take those photos! Wooo Hoooooo!
bbq8 – I so totally agree. Equality before the law.
Yousef – ooops! It sort of isn’t real English, but we all know what it means. I don’t know where it comes from, but it is NOT formal English. We only say thunk to be funny.
haha IntlXpatr I take photos as well!
I don’t do anything with them but it gives me instant gratification and lessens the chance of me getting out and getting involved in some maniacal road rage 😛
It’s almost as if we are having coffee together this morning, J, as I trail you through the blog answering your comments. Yes, it is the gratification. Occasionally, when I am really really angry, I have blogged them, blotting out the license, but not the offense. I hate seeing able-bodied lazy people parking in the handicapped spaces, for example.
Ahh, the way you pronounce it in Arabic is like this:
“El Nas Ma Yoon El-la Bel Ein El Hamra”.
And yes, the saying is quite informal, and can be used in almost any situation that seems suitable.
Thank you, Angelo! I love it! I have a Kuwaiti friend who tries to teach me local sayings. One is “Tall as a palm tree, head like a goat”.
I will try to find it – am currently “reading” all the old papers, me = lazy 😉