We love our cars in the UAE. Yes, we do. The bigger and more muscular (or the sleeker and faster), the better.

A 19-year-old Emirati recently decided to show what he could do at the wheel of his 4×4, turning donuts at an open road. He then compounded his silliness by posting the road mania on Instagram.

Let’s go to the links.

Here is 16 seconds of video with the kid at the wheel. I must be an old person (or a parent) if the first thing I thought of was, “What massive damage he must be doing to his tires.”

And here is the story that relates how the kid was fined around Dh500,000 ($136,000) by a court in Dubai.

I like the quote from Dubai’s chief of police (who also reveals himself as an old person) when he said:

“We live in a civilized country and the government has paid a lot of money to ensure proper roads and infrastructure,” he said.

“What are people going to think if they see skid marks on the roads? They will think there is chaos and ignorance here.”

The kid’s fine includes the cost of repairing the road. He also lost his license and his vehicle was impounded.