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...about the taxi drivers salaries...I meant!

uaebadoo wrote:Emirati drivers know how to drive very well but they like to speed and do crazy driving because we are bedwens, It is genetic, we are not scared, we come proudly from the desert, Some other nantionalties have not driven a car in their life, they come here , learn how to drive then get a driver license, It is a dream for them.

typical arab thought pattern. u must know the line between boldness and stupidity.

Wednesday Jones wrote:...about the taxi drivers salaries...I meant!

I made a little mistake using word "salary" but your digit from the contract diesn't have any sence because taxi driver have %% from earning. Following words of another DF member actually confirmed my words:

i was told by one of the pakistani taxi driver that his salary is 1200+commission. since he has been working here for more than 15 years and knew many shortcuts, he was able to earn 4500 to 5000 a month.

Nobody with valid UAE license and experience will work for 700Dhs in Dubai...

Without being pedantic, how about "basic income before extras" then?

I conducted an official review in 2007. Perhaps the RTA has miraculously awarded a huge increase in taxi drivers "salaries" so my knowledge would be out of date.

Wednesday Jones wrote:I conducted an official review in 2007. Perhaps the RTA has miraculously awarded a huge increase in taxi drivers "salaries" so my knowledge would be out of date.

Without reading lectures. Why wouldn't you ask a driver going to a bar tonight?

I say hang the bas***d! or whip him in public!

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Motorist jailed for killing four
By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
Published: February 22, 2009, 23:10


Duba:i A driver who mowed four individuals to death in a seven-car collision while recklessly racing has been jailed, slapped a hefty fine and ordered to pay Dh800,000 in blood money.

The Dubai Traffic Court of First Instance jailed the 21-year-old Emirati defendant for three months, fined him Dh30,000 and ordered him to pay the families of the four Emirati victims Dh800,000 (Dh200,000 each family) in blood money.


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"It was a horrific and fatal car race& the drivers were reckless and drove at unbelievably high speeds. There are always too many vehicles and reckless motorists and motorcyclists who race on Tripoli road which we consider a dangerous street. The hapless victims were young men. There have been many races on Tripoli road and that's why we asked the court to stiffen the punishments which are supposed to be deterrent," the Head of Dubai's Traffic Public Prosecution Salah Bu Farousha told Gulf News on Sunday.

According to Sunday's verdict, the judge seized 21-year-old A.A.'s driving licence for one year. Traffic records said the accused driver drove his vehicle irresponsibly on Tripoli road on a Friday. When he tried to skirt from the right side of one of the other racing cars, he rammed the one in the middle from its right side. The three cars skidded and collided with four other vehicles on the same road.

The Traffic Court acquitted an 18-year-old Emirati, A.K., of reckless driving and racing for uncorroborated evidence. Meanwhile a 22-year-old Emirati, M.A., was fined Dh1,000 and had his licence revoked for one year after he was incriminated for racing dangerously.

Bu Farousha told the newspaper that the Traffic Public Prosecution will review the primary verdict and decide whether to appeal it within 15 days.

A.K. and A.A. were charged with racing, reckless driving, causing the death of four victims and injuring two others in the collision. A.A. and M.A. were charged with speeding and racing.