Over 44,000 speed offences in Dubai during rain

Dubai : Motorists committed nearly 44,500 speed offences in just three days of the rain storm that hit Dubai last week, an average of more than 14,000 offences a day.

The average is far higher than speed offences recorded in normal days, according to police data, which estimated around 5,500 speed offences were recorded during the same period of last year.

“This big increase in speed offences is because some reckless drivers drove at higher speed to make up for lost time due to traffic jams caused by the rain,” the Arabic language daily Emarat Alyoum said, quoting Dubai’s acting traffic police chief, Colonel Jamal Al Banai.

“This behavior is a characteristic of a small number of drivers during bad weather although they are supposed to behave wisely and quietly during such conditions.”