[arjunanand1]

I was just driving back home after a movie with a friend yesterday at around 8, I was just 2 mins away from my place when a cop car behind asked me to pull over. I did, I got out not knowing what was wrong, then one of the cops asked me why the car is really loud. I told them that the exhaust was changed, but I was switching back to stock on the 5th ( have an appointment with the garage for this). But, his attitude just changed after that and he told me " Just lie to your friends, I know what people do with their cars and exhausts". I again told him that I was not denying that it was changed, but i was going to have it removed. Anyway, he then asks my friend and me for our IDs and registration. Unfortunately, I lost my registration so I only had a copy so he made a bigger issue about that and said more fine, black points and things like that, I did not say anything because it is my fault. Then he said that he is keeping my license, wrote a fine, I asked how much it was he told me "They will tell you when you go to pay it". Will give me 12 black points for the exhaust and that my car has to be checked by Muroor and things like that, will be impounded for one month, etc. And then he was laughing pointing at me and making a scene saying that I will have 16 black points in total including the one for not having an original registration card. I really tried my best to reason with him, but he told me something that really pissed me off. He said I am an expat and I am under the rule of the country, I accept this, then he goes ahead and says that if I was a Sheikh I could possibly get out of this without any problems, but I am not. My only real question is, is this all fair, and is there any way I can complain about this ? I dont mind being fined for the exhaust and registration but 16 black points and all that racial profiling is just taking it far, right ?

Way to go Dubai, with all the things that has been happening here you would expect them to be kissing your ass, instead they end up doing just the opposite. It all the more just makes my decision to leave this dump of a place even more easier. :finger:

[SideSwipe]

bad call arjun! now the local tbreakers here will start calling you a liar because we are all treated as equals here :wacky:

not much you can do unless you know someone in the police force or higher up. the cops here are arrogant mofos who barely do any work. this is the real Dubai, even the locals themselves discriminate between each other! if you try to complain, it will be your word vs a cop's word, it's tough to win these cases in the west, you will lose it here!

[arjunanand1]

^^ Treated equally my ass, excuse my french. I dont want to contest the fine. 16 black points for something that is hardly loud compared to the stuff I've heard. Of course the tone is deeper than stock but its in no way disturbing unless you really floor the gas and take it into a high RPM range, I dont do that because I knew a cop would pull me over for it. Anyway, I know there's nothing I can do about it, guess the jeep is going in for a 30 day vacation :mad2:

[darthoz]

Arjun, relax, you don't know if he was BS'ing or not. But he's a fcuking wanker, no doubt. Guess he didn't have a camel for the weekend, beyotch. But no, I doubt you can challenge this. Sorry bud.

[arjunanand1]

Im relaxed, I am not worried about the fines or about the car, at most I will have to switch back to the stock exhaust, big deal, let em shove the one I take off up theirs. I know there is no point challenging it and I dont have any spare time to play with the wankers so I'll just shut up and see what happens.

Just really disgusted about how he handled the situation, I would never have cared if he just gave the fine, said khallas and go. He asked me how old I was, and when I said I was 20 he started treating me like a baby, he said that ah if i give blag boint now, after some more blag boint your license kanzel !

This post has been edited by arjunanand1: 05 December 2009 - 07:17 AM

[hitender_s]

It's sad what happened to you. But you're at fault here.

First off, you know that is Dubai and you know exactly how the cops of Dubai are.

Knowing this, why would you install an exhaust which goes beyond the legitimate noise decibel?

I'm pretty sure you knew about the exhaust before even installing it.

When you do something against the law in Dubai the cops there think that you are challenging their authority especially if you're an immigrant.

Yeah sure there are other exhausts louder than yours but that's an excuse the Dubai cops would not accept. You have to agree with whatever the cops deem right.

When they told you to pull over they didn't know you're an immigrant until they saw your face. So when they decided to pull you over it was because there was in fact something wrong with your exhaust.

As a matter of fact I wouldn't be surprised if they initially thought you were local because the kind of car you drive looks completely local lol .

[SideSwipe]

they could find out you're not local by getting your rego info. not sure about here but this could be attained by a cop using a laptop/cellphone/whatever.

[arjunanand1]

Hitender, I am not challenging the laws here. I very well know that you could run into trouble if you have a loud exhaust. Here is the funny part, mine sounds lot less louder than your regular v8's. Anyway, the point is not about my car, or the exhaust, I am pretty sure he knew exactly who I was, its easy, I had the top taken off so he could have spotted me from a distance. Once again, I don't mind paying a fine for it or if the car is impounded due to this. All I am saying is that things could have been handled much better, there is a thing called give and take respect, I never raised my voice or told him that I did not do anything wrong, I accepted that it was my fault, was there any need to go ahead and taunt me after that ? No. We'll see you singing a different tune when it happens to you.

@SS, they can find each and every detail about you with their laptop, by just searching for the name, same goes for the car.

[luckyarcher]

The fun part is that they have to deal with people with their arms stretched out after rear-eding a car 'I didn't do it officer', as if the car reversed directly onto them in full speed. So they really do approach everyone without much respect in the first place. It sets the mood, so to speak.
The situation goes for a toss when its driving in the wee hours of the night, with a moderately loud exhaust. Whether you were polite or not is not the question in the first place.
Tons of people have got fines for virtually doing nothing wrong. Even parking in a bloody sand dune without obstruction leads to a fine without you doing nothing to anyone. So yeah, this is not much when you consider other horror stories.

[drashwas_8]

that must have sucked ... to make it worse, u know if u spoke in an emiraty arabic accent he wouldnt have gave you a single black point