Abu Dhabi Slashed traffic fine by 50%

Abu Dhabi announced that it has reduced the traffic fines by half which resulted to a huge rush in traffic department following a ministerial decree issued by Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. This prompted the traffic department to work overtime until midnight.

 It was reported that an Arab expatriate woman who no longer resides in UAE accumulated 186,900 dirhams ( $ 51,000) of fines.

I hope that Abu Dhabi will lead other emirates to follow the same action especially Dubai with 1 million registered vehicles as of 2009 data.

How to pay traffic fines in Dubai?

Dubai Traffic Violation Website

Go to Dubai Traffic website. You will have several options to verify if you have traffic penalty. You can either pay online or pay over the counter. If your traffic penalty is highlighted in red you have to pay directly to police traffic department in Dubai. Another option also is you can wait until your car is up for registration for payment. You cannot proceed for registration until fines are paid anyway.

Last time when I registered my car I accumulated total fines of 150% more than the registration fee because of two over speeding on a 80 km. road, lane discipline violation and SALIK fine. In the process I received 2 black points.

For comprehensive list of Dubai traffic violations, fines and black points click here.

Ibat-Ibang Vending Machine

Siguro naman eh pamilyar na tayo sa mga Vending Machines. Sa mga hindi nakakaalam o nakalimutan na ang itsura ng vending machine (joke lang!), kalimitan eto yong parang malaking aparador na bakal na may ibat ibang mga paninda sa loob. Tapos huhulogan mo lang ng barya at pipindot ka (kaling!) lalabas na yong napagtripan mong pagkain o inumin. 

Mga 1880 pa daw ng mag simula ang vending machine sa US. Simula noon iba't ibang vending machine na rin ang nagsulpotan. Tulad na lamang nitong vending machine ng IPOD.

IPOD vending machine

Syempre pamilyar na rin tayo sa vending machine ng mga drinks at kape. Samahan mo na rin pambara. Madali lang yan! Eto may hotdog sandwhich at pizza.

 Bitin?! eh yong panghimagas? Eto mayron din. Vending machine ng ice cream.

Ice Cream vending machine

Pati pala vending machine ng pantalon mayron din.

jeans vending machine

Pero etong mga sumusunod na vending machine medyo nakakagulat at kakaiba. May available na palang medical marijuana vending machine. Palusot pa! Pero marijuana pa rin noh. Dinagdagan lang ng "medical".

medical marijuana vending machine

At itong isa vending machine ng condom. Pero alam ko may nakita na ako nito sa Pinas. Madami nito sa mga motel sa Malate at sa Pasay road sa Baclaran. Oiiiist! Napadaan lang ako doon. Hindi pa ako nakakapasok sa mga motel for clarification lang. hehehe...

condom vending machine

At bale yong pinakafinale ko (drums please....),  itong vending machine ng gold sa Emirates Palace Hotel sa Abu Dhabi. Pano ba naman pangalawa pa lang ito gold vending machine na ito sa mundo. Yong isa nasa Germany pa. Naglalabas daw itong machine ng 1 gram, 5 gram at 10 gram bars na ginto. At pwede rin daw na gintong mga coins. Syempre naka connect sa internet ang machine na ito kaya updated laging presyo ng ginto. Hanep talaga.