Well, what can you do? Nothing. It took a while, but we got used to the idea of having to pay a speeding ticket next time we go renew our car registration.
But then we met a bunch of friends for breakfast on Saturday - much the same group that had been at Dreamland, in fact. Jeremy and our friend Joe were talking and somehow it came up that we got a speeding ticket in Omm al-Qawain. That's when Joe put his head in his hands and said sadly that no, that was HIS speeding ticket. Jeremy and I immediately turned to each other and high-fived in spectacular fashion.
You see, over a year ago when Joe moved here, he borrowed one of our cell phones and listed it as his number at a few places. When he got his own phone, he changed companies' records where he could but even I have no idea how you go about changing the phone number on file with the police. So when we got a speeding ticket in Omm al-Qawain on our way to Dreamland, it was actually Joe getting a speeding ticket in Omm al-Qawain on HIS way to Omm al-Qawain. Also, it was TWO speeding tickets - one on the way there and one on the way back. (Jeremy had received a second text alert about a speeding ticket but since the date was the same, he thought the police were just being jerks about the one ticket.)
It feels so good to NOT have received a speeding ticket (or two), of course just 'cuz, but also because we were so cautious in obeying the speed limit that day. Hooray for undone speeding tickets!