{"id":2315,"date":"2014-03-27T16:47:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T23:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/?p=2315"},"modified":"2014-03-27T16:47:42","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T23:47:42","slug":"in-saudi-arabia-reckless-driving-could-be-a-death-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/in-saudi-arabia-reckless-driving-could-be-a-death-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"In Saudi Arabia, Reckless Driving Could Be a Death Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people think the penalties for reckless driving in their states don\u2019t go far enough \u2013 they may be interested in taking a page from extreme Mid-East justice. Reckless drivers are best warned to avoid attempting their dangerous and illegal driving practices in Saudi Arabia. And, it\u2019s a good bet their car insurance<\/b><\/a> <\/b>won\u2019t save them when the hammer of justice comes down.<\/p>\n

A dangerous, self-proclaimed stunt driver known as ‘The King of Nazeem Neighborhood’ was sentenced by a General Court in Saudi Arabia to ten years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a lifetime driving ban on charges of reckless driving. And, he actually got off easy \u2013 for his actions, he was looking at the death penalty! By a two-to-one vote, the three presiding judges rejected the death penalty \u2013 but ‘The King of Nazeem Neighborhood’ may still be sweating the outcome \u2013 the Prosecutor-General objected to the decision on the death penalty and is pushing for a full review of the case, since one of his drifting stunts caused the death of one of the men riding with him.<\/p>\n

This wouldn’t be the first time Saudi Arabia has executed a street stunt driver for causing deaths. In 2012, after killing two people at a stunt show, a street driver was sentenced to beheading. <\/a><\/p>\n

According to the Saudi Gazette<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>‘The King of Nazeem Neighborhood’ appears in several YouTube videos, firing machine guns into the air as he dangerously drifts through traffic<\/a> and speeds<\/a> into oncoming lanes.<\/p>\n

‘The King of Nazeem Neighborhood’ was arrested in November 2012 by undercover police officers who found him hiding inside a house on the outskirts of Riyadh.<\/p>\n

In that part of the world, those who choose to break driving laws and engage in reckless behavior and have no regard for public safety, face penalties beyond just a slap on the wrist<\/p>\n

I wonder what effect this case will have in deterring other would-be stunt drivers from looking for their own 15 minutes of fame. Not only could they save on paying more for car insurance, they just might save their own life.<\/p>\n

Do you think the Mid-East laws for reckless driving go too far? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some people think the penalties for reckless driving in their states don\u2019t go far enough \u2013 they may be interested in taking a page from extreme Mid-East justice. Reckless drivers are best warned to avoid attempting their dangerous and illegal driving practices in Saudi Arabia. And, it\u2019s a good bet their car insurance won\u2019t save […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[695],"tags":[188,538],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}