so i was driving back to bur dubai, where i live at the moment, i took the wrong road and ended up near some sort of carnival last night, so i did a legal u turn, and towards the traffic lights where i was facing forward, i checked, indicated and moved across to the 'turn left' lane, now i did this close to the lights, but there was space, and a big 4x4 just did the same thing so i thought it was fine.
some guy waves me to one side, an officer and says 'licence and registration'
i give him my licence (a uae licence i just got transferred from my uk licence a few weeks ago).
i give him the vehicle registration, but he needs a proof that i am allowed to drive it, as i rented it from hertz. i dont have this, i am fully helpful and show him the full contents of the paperwork of the car in the glovebox.
he says 'do you realise your mistake' i said i did a u turn where i was allowed to.
he said i changed lanes in a place i wasnt allowed to. i said eh? i think the road lane markings may of been another colour, i dont know, so he looks at my licence closely and comments that its only 2 weeks old as if im a criminal.
he said 'you have to pay a fine' i said 'do i HAVE to?' he then said 'make sure you never do it again'. i said 'ok' and he waved me on.
i dont know if he wrote anything down from my licence, so am i paying a fine or not? i wasnt going to ask him, i just drove away!
any experiences of this or something similar? will a fine come through the post?
how am i expected to know a stupid rule like that when its night time, and the full traffic was doing the same thing?
it is cos im white?