In 1975, a UN delegate from Barbados claimed that diplomatic immunity extended to his pooch, who had bitten several people. Here's a case where diplomatic immunity didn't work out quite as well as a diplomat had hoped. When they refused, Dost threw his Lincoln into gear and ran the woman over, sending her to the hospital. According to the victim, her boyfriend was backing into the spot when Dost rolled up and demanded they cede the space to him because he was an Afghan diplomat.
In 1987, Dost was accused of intentionally running a woman over in order to get a parking spot during a trip to an air conditioner store in Queens. OR CLEAR A SPOT FOR YOURSELFĪ few hundred thousand unpaid tickets look like downright responsible behavior when compared to former Afghan diplomat Shah Mohammad Dost's antics behind the wheel. Russia alone was responsible for 32,000 of those fines. Back in 1996, diplomats racked up 143,508 parking summons, which would have cost them $15.8 million if not for diplomatic immunity. Just ask New Yorkers diplomats at the United Nations apparently view Manhattan as their private parking lot. The most common manifestation of this inconsiderate behavior involves diplomats' parking. Here are just a few annoying little liberties diplomats have taken. While the Vienna Conventions on International Relations of 1961 outline a series of safeguards that protect diplomats from being unfairly punished should tempers flare between their country and their host nations, more than a few diplomats have taken advantage of their privileges in an irritating way. Diplomatic immunity may be intended to keep diplomats from running afoul of local authorities while serving abroad, but some workers take it as a license to act like jerks.
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