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In a land where supercars like the Ferrari Enzo are often abandoned at the roadside or in police impound lots and the police cruise around in supercars of their own, it might be hard to imagine that there are actually folks who have more normal levels of income.
But Dubai's director general, Hussain Lootah, wants to keep these average folks off the road -- to clear away the traffic that's frustrating the obscenely wealthy
Lootah told The National, "Everybody has their luxury life, but the capacity of our roads cannot take all of these cars without ownership laws."
He feels that this problem can be tackled by increasing parking fees, increasing fuel costs, and increasing insurance prices--as well as a strict salary threshold that would require a minimum amount of income to allow a person to own a car.
Lootah thinks a reduction in the number of drivers permitted to use the roads would increase use of mass transit, which, in Dubai, includes "luxury buses," taxis, and, Lootah says, a soon-to-be-expanded metro train system.
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