tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post114275950770191056..comments2024-03-27T15:45:49.926+04:00Comments on Life in Dubai: Another one.Seabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-1142857867985895282006-03-20T16:31:00.000+04:002006-03-20T16:31:00.000+04:00A daily story really, especially on SZR and Emirat...A daily story really, especially on SZR and Emirates Road. This ain't the place for nervous drivers!Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-1142850962925160272006-03-20T14:36:00.000+04:002006-03-20T14:36:00.000+04:00Exactly.It just gives them more room to continue d...Exactly.<BR/><BR/>It just gives them more room to continue driving like lunatics!<BR/><BR/>About a month ago coming home on SZR at night between Interchanges 3 and 4, I was in Lane 2 (from left) and looked into my mirror to see 2 Range Rovers low flying up behind me in the same lane. I stayed where I was, knowing that if I moved lanes that we would be history. These guys switched into the 3rd lane, cut between me and another car to come back into the 2nd lane before disappearing out of sight. <BR/><BR/>I've never before seen 2 cars travelling so fast in traffic and playing dodgems - they were easily at the 200kph mark - it was very scary.<BR/><BR/>It totally freaked out J as she didn't have the liberty of seeing in the mirror and had no idea of what was happening.<BR/><BR/>I was happy that it was me driving though - she freaks out at the slightest thing, and the first thing she would have done would have been to slam on the brakes. (and then yell at me because somehow it would have been my fault! lol)nzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-1142842394587699932006-03-20T12:13:00.000+04:002006-03-20T12:13:00.000+04:00The roads around us, Marina/Knowledge Village/Medi...The roads around us, Marina/Knowledge Village/Media-Internet City, have suddenly become much less congested since the Al Sufoh Road and new interchanges have opened. But it obviously hasn't changed the lunatics' habits, that has nothing to do with the roads they're driving on. Freeway or goat track, they'll still drive like the lunatics they are.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21258644.post-1142800168717216082006-03-20T00:29:00.000+04:002006-03-20T00:29:00.000+04:00Check out this article about RTA in Dubai producin...Check out <A HREF="http://www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?m=politics&id=197281&lang=en" REL="nofollow"><B>this article</B></A> about RTA in Dubai producing a traffic and road usage guide with the aim of "reducing congestion" on the roads.<BR/><BR/>The best bit comes at the bottom with the quote from Belhasa's Adam Kechil who says: "Most of the driving instructors here don't know how to teach. They themselves need to go on training course before they are allowed to teach."<BR/><BR/>Unbelieveable! The whole system is screwed.nzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160346268566279764noreply@blogger.com