“I’m only a stickler for guidelines,” says Zainudeen PB
Regardless of driving for greater than 25 years and masking over 1,000,000 kilometres in that point, Dubai-based Zainudeen PB has by no means obtained a single visitors nice.
Zainudeen, the group government director of Hotpack Packaging, arrived within the UAE in 1996, a couple of months after his brother arrange the corporate.
“At first, it was simply three of us,” he mentioned. “My brother, me and a driver. I might drive a whole lot of kilometres every single day to fulfill clients and persuade them to purchase from us. These have been the times of hustling.”
He obtained his driver’s licence in 1997 on his third strive. “It took 1.5 years as a result of in these days, you needed to wait months to get a date for a take a look at,” he mentioned.
Although the corporate has grown into a company that staff 3,300 folks, one factor stays unchanged: Zainudeen’s ardour and love for driving.
“I drive round 3,500km each month,” he mentioned. “Now we have processing items in each emirate and about eight throughout Dubai. I drive to every one among them a minimum of a few instances a month. I do know I don’t have to personally go to every of them, however I like to guide by instance.”
Talking about his driving file of zero fines, Zainudeen mentioned: “I’m only a stickler for the principles,” he mentioned. “Each time I’ve to get to a gathering, I at all times wish to be early. I by no means exceed the velocity limits and every time I’m in visitors, I by no means change lanes unnecessarily.”
He added: “Probably the most troublesome half is the parking. I used to dwell and work across the Naif and Abu Hail areas. Discovering a parking there’s like profitable the lottery. There have been days after I needed to go for a gathering, however I couldn’t attend it as a result of I couldn’t discover parking.”
Zainudeen’s first automotive in Dubai was the Nissan Bluebird. And although he drives a Mercedes Maybach at this time, he says his driving fashion stays unchanged.
“I’m ever so cautious. Additionally, I feel I’ve been extremely fortunate to not have been concerned in any accident and even get a scratch on my automotive,” he mentioned. “I feel my largest pet peeve on the roads of the UAE is these 10 per cent of people that don’t respect the legal guidelines of the highway and endanger the lives of the remaining 90 per cent who drive safely. I get very irritated to see individuals who attempt to lower into lanes forward of a protracted line of individuals. That’s extremely disrespectful.”
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Zainuddeen additionally had a couple of phrases of recommendation for younger drivers: “Be affected person and by no means lose your cool on the highway. Additionally, don’t velocity. Dashing can prevent most likely 5 or 10 minutes however these minutes will not be price risking your life for.”