Comments on: Salik: anything but connected.

by: Andi Salik

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:53:20 +0000

I was just checking this out because the system and I just happened to share a name. However, it sounds like a whole lot of headaches are to be going around. Very interesting that this day and age they would have even considered doing this the old fashioned paper way.

by: Stuart

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:52:13 +0000

Being one of the meanies who hasn’t yet felt the inclination of buying a salik tag, the wonderous floating bridge is a great idea. Working just off Gharhoud Bridge it takes more time now getting over in the morning as the RTA had the bright idea of narrowing the road to get to that side of town, the only people it has benefitted are those Sharjah commuters going home in the evening, and penalising those who live in Dubai. Its actually amazing to see how many cars that do have a Salik tag still avoid using the toll gates.

by: Iyad Tibi

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:07:12 +0000

I finally KNOW that my salik account got activated without even receiving the SMS notification or any type of notification and guess how?!

by calling 800SALIK and telling them that my account is not yet activated AGAIN! although on my previous try outs, they told me that you can pass salik safely without getting charged until you get the SMS with your account information!

Well they lied! and i was being charged for the passes all that time after my account got activated without any notification.

So be careful and double check for your account status if you still didn’t receive their SMS!

by: osama

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:37:57 +0000

1st salik mean passable..

2nd rta know nothin but eatin money..

3rd.. its NOT ENVIRONMENTALLY and i witness so many huuuuge major traffic on other places.. so whts the use ? only to make it a bit not jammed ? its jammed everywhere.. so f c u k LIERS.

by: Abu Zeid

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:39:32 +0000

Hey Youseeef,

Salik means “passable” or “clear” as in “Salik Bi7athar”, which undermines the premis of your arguement!

I think they should use the US toll system of tossing coins into a booth. Its a lot more fun, plus you get to use all those annoying coins laying about the house. Going through the toll booth can be an exciting activity for the whole family. you could even introduce a small cylinder in the middle of the coin catcher thingy where if you get the coin in, you can win instant cash prizes or an all expense paid trip to somewhere exotic, or better yet, a month of salik-free driving.

by: Dinesh

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:41:05 +0000

Not to mention it would have been environmentally friendly as well if they avoided printing so many forms

by: Alexander

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:01:12 +0000

The RTA, incidentally, defines ‘Salik’ as meaning ‘clear’…

As I said a while ago, the earliest conceivable time they could have entered
the forms (using 50 operators) for 200,000 applications was 12 July. Now it’ll take longer.

It has all been tremendous fun and definitely the talking point of the summer.

by: Mazen Abou Hatab

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:32:47 +0000

You hit the nail right on the head YTT.

ALthough 500,000 of the 650,000 did not buy the tags / register on time, it is still a shame a to see all the Salik campaigns speaking about how advanced the system is, with radio sensors that charge you automatically when you pass accross without the need to stop and pay the toll-man, however they failed to spare the data entry man all the trouble, and themselves all the logistic and administrative work.

Cheers for the toll man