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Salik wrote:

ksalik wrote:ouch this hurts.those idiots at rta chose the name as salik which is my name !!! according to them it means clear but islamically it means follower of the spiritual path.why my name out of all ???

It's a cool name don't you think?

No sorry. The name means clear... but it's anything but.

i have 2 cars. will drive to close to toll take bicycle to other side of toll and then drive other car.

i have no idea how it means clear,checked everywhere.those guys at rta are really messed up and yeh it is a cool name

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http://www.petitiononline.com/RtaSalik/petition.html

Especially for ^Ian^.

sauron wrote:http://www.petitiononline.com/RtaSalik/petition.html

Especially for ^Ian^.

Well, I will eat humble pie if this petition actually does something, but I don't think I'll be holding my breath.

I bet Choco started this poll.

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/ ... RtaSalik&1

Sig #2682

LOL!

^ian^ wrote:http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?RtaSalik&1

Sig #2682

LOL!

I thought 1191 was funnier!

*checks radar*

Concord wrote:

^ian^ wrote:http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?RtaSalik&1

Sig #2682

LOL!

I thought 1191 was funnier!

*checks radar*

umm... you got me there:

1191. Lesley - Ann D'Souza

double post

MAC wrote:i have 2 cars. will drive to close to toll take bicycle to other side of toll and then drive other car.

Two-wheeled vehicles are charged tolls also - maybe just motorcycles... More about Salik

bonk wrote:

MAC wrote:i have 2 cars. will drive to close to toll take bicycle to other side of toll and then drive other car.

Two-wheeled vehicles are charged tolls also - maybe just motorcycles... More about Salik

What about pedestrians?

gtmash wrote:What about pedestrians?

If they're on a Segway ...

^ian^ wrote:

Concord wrote:

^ian^ wrote:http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?RtaSalik&1

Sig #2682

LOL!

I thought 1191 was funnier!

*checks radar*

umm... you got me there:

1191. Lesley - Ann D'Souza

You actually looked Say it ain't so. I figure if you made reference to #2682 there must be a #1191. Hence the "radar" reference - you are slipping..

7 Days actually ran a story on the petitions today.

By 2009 Salik is likely to be a feature of most main highways in Dubai.
I would have assumed that most people would realise that the first 2 stations were a 'trial' before it was rolled out through the rest of Dubai.

By the way, in the Uk, RTA stands for Road Traffic Accident.
An apt name?

Can anyone provide any information as too how the system actually works and more to the point how will it be enforced.

1/ Yes i know cars have to have tags and it will be picked up by driving under the Salik gantry at Barsha and Garoud.

I cant see any camera's soooo ..........

a/ is it picked up by electronic tagging only ? or

b/ like in London, camera's will picture every single car number plate and compare it on a database to a purchased tag registered to that particular car?

If it is based on (a) only, how are the RTA or Police going to enforce the cars that dont have tags?

If it is based on (b) will the fines be logged onto our registrations and pay up every year at registration time.

I suspecty its (a) because they wont be able to enforce fines on any cars owned by Saudi's etc etc etc. If i am correct then the chances of getting stopped at a police checkpoint on the SZR at 5.30pm are about as likely as me selling oil to the GCC Nations. Can anyone imagine the traffic jam lol it will run back in both directions to AB and Sharjah. Basides which how many police cars do we ever see on the SZR anyway lol.

Can anyone provide any information as too how the system actually works and more to the point how will it be enforced.

1/ Yes i know cars have to have tags and it will be picked up by driving under the Salik gantry at Barsha and Garoud.

I cant see any camera's soooo ..........

a/ is it picked up by electronic tagging only ? or

b/ like in London, camera's will picture every single car number plate and compare it on a database to a purchased tag registered to that particular car?

If it is based on (a) only, how are the RTA or Police going to enforce the cars that dont have tags?

If it is based on (b) will the fines be logged onto our registrations and pay up every year at registration time.

I suspecty its (a) because they wont be able to enforce fines on any cars owned by Saudi's etc etc etc. If i am correct then the chances of getting stopped at a police checkpoint on the SZR at 5.30pm are about as likely as me selling oil to the GCC Nations. Can anyone imagine the traffic jam lol it will run back in both directions to AB and Sharjah. Basides which how many police cars do we ever see on the SZR anyway lol.

arniegang wrote:Can anyone provide any information as too how the system actually works and more to the point how will it be enforced.

1/ Yes i know cars have to have tags and it will be picked up by driving under the Salik gantry at Barsha and Garoud.

I cant see any camera's soooo ..........

a/ is it picked up by electronic tagging only ? or

b/ like in London, camera's will picture every single car number plate and compare it on a database to a purchased tag registered to that particular car?

If it is based on (a) only, how are the RTA or Police going to enforce the cars that dont have tags?

If it is based on (b) will the fines be logged onto our registrations and pay up every year at registration time.

I suspecty its (a) because they wont be able to enforce fines on any cars owned by Saudi's etc etc etc. If i am correct then the chances of getting stopped at a police checkpoint on the SZR at 5.30pm are about as likely as me selling oil to the GCC Nations. Can anyone imagine the traffic jam lol it will run back in both directions to AB and Sharjah. Basides which how many police cars do we ever see on the SZR anyway lol.

Dr. D would have been able to answer that but he is now a Pathologist (DF Autopsy)...or is it a Proctolgoist?

arniegang wrote:Can anyone provide any information as too how the system actually works and more to the point how will it be enforced.

1/ Yes i know cars have to have tags and it will be picked up by driving under the Salik gantry at Barsha and Garoud.

I cant see any camera's soooo ..........

There are cameras there although at first you don't notice them. Although I haven't inspected the Tags that closely, I believe it's a combination of visual recognition and RFID. Basically the tag transmits the number plate, and the Cameras also use OCR to read number plates... it's then a not so simple matching system.

a/ is it picked up by electronic tagging only ? or

b/ like in London, camera's will picture every single car number plate and compare it on a database to a purchased tag registered to that particular car?

A combination of A & B actually.

thanks Ian

I had a really good nosey and i cant see any forward facing camera's though.

If there definately are camera's, some naughty people in the UK avoid detection by using black insulation tape on various numbers and letters on their number plates to alter the car registration number (temporarily of course )

ie: a zero can be turned into an 8, a 5 into an 8, a 7 can become a 2 and an F can be turned into a P etc etc etc.

Obviously those of us who are law abiding citizens wouln't dream of such a scam

arniegang wrote:thanks Ian

I had a really good nosey and i cant see any forward facing camera's though.

If there definately are camera's, some naughty people in the UK avoid detection by using black insulation tape on various numbers and letters on their number plates to alter the car registration number (temporarily of course )

ie: a zero can be turned into an 8, a 5 into an 8, a 7 can become a 2 and an F can be turned into a P etc etc etc.

Obviously those of us who are law abiding citizens wouln't dream of such a scam

in dubai such shananigans punishable by pubic execution ask sage.

you need glass old men cameras easily visible... or you needs slow down

p.s. engrish no too good yet i mean 'public execution"