Around 253 Jaywalkers Fined During Weekend.Summary: DUBAI -- The Dubai Police has fined around 253 pedestrians at different areas in Dubai during the past weekend for crossing the roads outside the designated crosswalks. Deputy Director of the Traffic Directorate General Lt-Col. Saif Al Mazroui said the jaywalkers spotted were part of a pedestrian A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically. History Walking is the primary means of human locomotion. safety awareness campaign launched in February last. "Most of the jaywalkers spotted were found on the Emirates ring road with 63 pedestrians found on the wrong side. Amman Road was next with 54 jaywalkers, followed by Abu Baker Abu Baker was a Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty (1389) and the younger son of Firuz Shah Tughluq. After Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq II (who had succeeded Firuz Shah Tughluq) was murdered, Abu Baker became ruler of the Tughlaq empire. and Abu Hail Hail, city, Saudi Arabia Hail (hä`ēl, hīl), city (1993 pop. 176,757), N central Saudi Arabia. The city grew because of its location on a pilgrimage route from Iraq to Mecca. roads with 53, and there were 30 more elsewhere in Dubai," Lt-Col. Al Mazroui said. "Wanted persons, along with illegals on expired ex·pire v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires v.intr. 1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired. 2. visas and expatriates holding no ID cards were among the pedestrians held," Lt. Col. Al Mazroui said, and noted that a fine of Dh200 was 
 slapped against all the 
 jaywalkers nabbed. "Increasing the fine from only Dh50 to Dh200 was also a great help,." he said. news@khaleejtimes.com Copyright 2009 Khaleej Times The Khaleej Times is a daily English language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is published by Galadari Printing and Publishing L.L.C. with the Gulf News being its main competitor. . All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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