Saudi student racks up $97,000 in traffic fines

A Saudi Arabian student has racked up 400 traffic violations since 2008 in Dubai for a grand total of 356,000 dirhams ($97,000) in fines, local media reported on Monday.

The student had eluded police for the past two years but they finally caught up with him and have made him cough up 256,000 dirhams ($69,754) for "normal" traffic violations, the Khaleej Times reported.

The fines started being issued in early 2008 until the present day, and the student was issued with more fines on a daily basis, Director at the General Department of Traffic in Dubai, Major General Mohammad Saif Al Zafein told the daily Gulf News

Additionally, he also must pay 100,000 dirhams ($27,247) to recover his car which was impounded by police, the paper said.

The student reportedly did not take the 400 fines seriously, and consistently ignored them.