What do you think? Did you make an error writing down your details? And do you think the RTA made no errors at all when entering data from 600,000 handwritten applications into their computer system?
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RTA blames inaccurate data for delayed SMS
By a staff reporter
15 August 2007
DUBAI — The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has said that the delays in SMS confirmations on Salik owe to inaccurate information filled in the application forms such as wrong mobile or vehicle number and registering more than one car in the same application. RTA has appealed to the people to write down all the information and details in a proper way in the Salik registration forms. RTA officials have announced that more than 600,000 cards had been sold till now since Salik was introduced on July 1.
Salah Mohammed Al Marzouqi, director of Intelligent Traffic Systems Manager said, “the SMS delays that occurred at the beginning of the launch of Salik were due to the large number of subscribers. Delays occurring now are due to inaccurate information written in the application forms. We have received a lot of application forms without mobile numbers or wrong numbers. We continue to remind motorists to write down the correct mobile number, including the operator code, to show if it is Etisalat or du, including the international code for motorists from outside the UAE.”