Dubai police say parents need to stop buying their sons powerful sports cars. Yeah, like that's going to work...

The National (A prominent Emirates newspaper) argues that parents are encouraging "nonchalant and dangerous" driving attitudes among young men and that they shouldn't be so eagerly funding their children's indulgence in automotive decadence.

Colonel Said Muhair al Mazrouei, acting director of Dubai Police’s Traffic Department, was quoted as saying, "When young people see that their parents are prepared to buy them an expensive, fast car, pay for their unlimited fines and supply them with a generous allowance, then children fail to learn how to respect road laws." Mazrouei states that "The biggest group of traffic violators is between 20 and 25 years of age," and that "They are usually high school and college students..."

We've all seen the vehicular madness that goes on in Dubai -- exotic automotive smut if you will -- and all of us here in the U.S. have perversely wished to be in the shoes of those guys at least once, but needless to say, what they do there is very dangerous and lives are indeed being sacrificed for it.

In case you're lost, check out this video of a half-million Dollar Porsche Carrera GT being "drifted" and slid around public Dubai streets like its all one large private test track. This is just one example of what goes on there, and although it looks like harmless fun, hordes of un-trained (though decent) drivers behind the wheels of the most powerful and dangerous supercars in the world all exercising their bling muscle within a confined area is surely not a safe combination. 

As expected,  Dubai police see this as a major and immediate safety issue and are trying to crack down as hard but fairly as possible. The city is set to install 500 speed cameras on the most dangerous roads in short order and officers are ready to start awarding harsher traffic fines to reckless drivers.

We can't predict the future, but we know for sure that any place flowing with money like it's oil (pun intended) and plenty of  passionate drivers willing to splurge on the fastest cars in world will surely be an interesting place for the automotive enthusiast even in the future.

But before you start daydreaming about hopping on a plane with a suitcasefull of cash and unleashing your own version of carmageddon on the streets of Dubai, take a look at the picture at the top and remember that it's all fun and games until someone loses a Lamborghini, or worse, a life. (Hopefully no one died in that car). And finally a word to all the car-loving guys in Dubai: Have fun with your cars, but be safe.

Source: carmiddleeast