tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post1857939345207987696..comments2024-03-27T15:45:49.926+04:00Comments on Life in Dubai: If only...Seabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-69169969048300574572007-09-07T11:31:00.000+04:002007-09-07T11:31:00.000+04:00The other day a car spun out of control right in f...The other day a car spun out of control right in front of me on Shk Zayed Road, there was a police car behind me at the time, he just slowed down, did the rubbernecking bit like everyone else and drove off! At least he was paying attention though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-85514381647599368712007-09-05T22:13:00.000+04:002007-09-05T22:13:00.000+04:00errr...... maybe I'm being a bit thick here, but g...errr...... maybe I'm being a bit thick here, but given that 98% of the drivers on Dubai's roads proceed in an erratic fashion guaranteed to get them pulled up in many other countries on suspicion of drunk driving, how do the police identify real drunkards from crap drivers ?<BR/><BR/>More to the point, since most of the (very few) police seem to drive in the same erratic fashion will they actually spot anyone at all ?<BR/><BR/>As is usual in Dubai, they are tackling symptoms (and please, I'm not condoning drunk driving) rather than tackling the main problem : that most of the people on the roads have absolutely no concept of safe driving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-64820407387659496002007-09-05T14:35:00.000+04:002007-09-05T14:35:00.000+04:00crossing the red is the first-step of ending our l...crossing the red is the first-step of ending our lives!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-38122998592884031012007-09-05T13:05:00.000+04:002007-09-05T13:05:00.000+04:00I never drink and drive. I never did it in my home...I never drink and drive. I never did it in my home country, so why do it here? Taxis here are realtively cheap and easily available. I know at least 15 people that regularly "boast" about how drunk they got last weekend, and how "fun" it was to drive their car home. Most of them frequent the numerous bars at Madinat Jumeirah. Have I ever seen police there? Nope. If Dubai Police were serious about this "crack down", they should simply have a road block outside the Madinat every Thursday and Friday night. They'd make dozens of arrests & fines... "Cha-Chiiing!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com