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Solving traffic problems in Dubai the 7days way


GAB
It is certainly NOT the white bright lights followed by the beep beep sound as onesees and hears as one is reversed over! :wink:
sharewadi Ya gotta love this newspaper. Funniest letters I've read in a long time. This one suggests a novel solution (although it's not without precedent). :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
As an aside, apparently a journalist visiting Saudi a couple of years back asked a police official (the chief of police I think) why women weren't allowed to drive. The reply was that it would be dangerous because they can't see properly through their veils. Ahah. Good point :shock: .
XRW-147 Reckon he's had any bad experiences? Chocoholic And my reply to Mr Moron, which I hope will be published is tomorrow is: Really? Then how come with a male only driving population Saudi Arabia is statistacally the worst in the world for driving on the roads with the most deaths and injuries! In view of this information - all MEN should be banned from the roads. Dubai Knight :shock: :shock: :shock: Imagine roads with all women on them! There would be no beeping at the traffic lights because the woman in the car behind was too busy doing her make-up in the rear view mirror to even notice the lights had changed...and the woman at the front of the queue wouldn't have noticed either as she would be rooting in her handbag on the passenger seat for a comb or hairbrush... There would be no need for lanes...they have no idea what the white lines are for anyway...apart from making 'all that dull black tarmac a bit brighter!' There would be lines of women stopping to ask the token visible male pedestrian for directions to this and that...because they will always ask rather than read the map or use the male's inherrent homing signals...or ability to find the bar... ...and simply hundreds of weeping, distraught girls at the side of the road screaming into their mobile phones as they broke a nail trying to change the wheel and the nail bar is fully booked and, as only women are allowed on the road, the tyre repair lady is taking a slight detour to visit the hairdressers in Abu Dhabi... :lol: :lol: :lol: Knight XRW-147
Pretty good chances you won't be the only person to point that out to Mr Dimwit choco. But props to ya. sharewadi
Well, if both proposals were implemented, the traffic jam problems would go away 8)... Dubai Knight
Then we would have camel jams, or sand jams, or even jammy dodgers...there will always be a jam of some sort on the Jam-eirah Beach Road and environs...
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Jammy Knight Chocoholic :roll: Groan - or we'd end up with all the kids rushing here and there on quad bikes. Maybe everyone could use bicycles, skateboards and rollerskates instead. arniegang Chocs Can we assume a new quad bike is not on your Crimbo list :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Chocoholic I used to have a trike, that was quite fun, but they're too dangerous and a bit of a menace. Dubai Knight
An admirable tree hugging green concept...until you have to get to Abu Dhabi in August! Look great rollerblading 150 kms down the SZR in 50 degrees!
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Knight GAB First I thought Liban wrote the letter but after reading the guy was from the UK....tut tut Arnie!! Pot stirrer number one!! :lol: I love articles like this! The guy cannot be serious as anyone who is anyone knows it is the males that use there mobiles and fail to indicate while cutting across two lanes that cause the accidents. DUH!! XRW-147 G, what's an indicator? ;) arniegang
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Dubai Knight Fear not fellow DFers, I had the ultimate solution presented to me right here in my office just last week! A man sat there and claimed in all honesty that it was the long term plan of the government of Dubai to turn the entire Sheikh Zayed Road into a pedestrian precinct and that we would commute along it in sealed bubble golf carts! I was totally convinced! ...Until the moment he claimed that he was Napoleon Bonaparte III and that his brother, Elvis Presley, shot JFK from a UFO hovering behind the Grassy Knoll with a special gun recovered from the sealed safe of the Titanic and that Lee Harvey Oswald was actually an alien in a skin suit that looked like a human and he was really a green scaly lizard underneath and was instantly teleported out when Jack Ruby, who was another lizard alien in disguise, used a spacial modifing warp link disguised as a gun... It has to be true! Honest! It'll be in 7 Days soon enough, you mark my words! :lol: :lol: :lol: Knight XRW-147 New subject at Woolongong - History 101 with DF's DK. Concord DK, I did not want to believe you at first but I ran into Elvis at the local Dunkin Dougnuts and he confirmed it. Dubai Knight
Yeah he called in at the Irish Village just afterwards riding Shergar with Lord Lucan sitting on the back...
You wait...7 Days is waiting for the scoop!
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Knight
sharewadi
Very good :mrgreen: .
There're those foot long black rods you see along the side of SZR - people toss them out the window of the car they just bought because they get in the way when you want to put your foot on the dashboard. XRW-147 :lol: Actually, this talk of indicator reminds me of my friend's driving test in AD. 1) She was doing speed limit (60) in the test and the examiner told her "faster, faster, no one infront, must do 100!" 2) She was indicating for each turn - "no need to indicate, waste time, just brake and turn" This same examiner also passed a local girl who managed to find herself driving on the wrong side of the road and broke down in tears as a result. XRW-147
:lol: the_zooter
Please tell me that this is not true! And people wonder why driving standards in the UAE are so poor!!
They don't need to ban women - just ban the bad drivers! Dubai Knight
If that were the case Zoot...the roads would be empty of Taxis, driving instructors, truck drivers...in fact about 90% of the road users! Yeah, you are right, it would solve the problem.
"And there goes Chocs down the middle lane of the SZR...on her rollerblades!"
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Knight arniegang I bet 100 Dhs that Chocs really does have rollerblades or a skateboard put away somewhere. :lol: :lol: :lol: GAB I've seen an attractive woman roller blade around here....on the road and she really moves fast!! :shock: XRW-147 If it was Choc's u would mistake her for The Flash. Dubai Knight
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Chocs? Flashing? On Rollerblades?
WOW!!!! Now there is a fantasy image to keep you awake at night!!!
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Knight XRW-147 U never read comics DK? And I thought u're into sci-fi :P cadmus i went to abu dhabi yesterday....driver was jordanian guy....he scared the hell out of me....bugger was driving with coffee glass in one hand sandwich in other hand at a speed of 180....when i asked hihm to be careful he said dont worry habibi i drive here everyday....i will better drive myself from next time onwards Dubai Knight
Fear not! Yes I am a huge comics fan too and very familiar with The Flash. Originally into the original Commando series mags and the work of a guy call Ed Mcbain and Ron Embleton (Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire).Was totally into Spidey and the Fantastic Four, particularly the artwork, but moved onto the work of Mort Drucker (Mad Magazine) and Ralph Bellamy. Any Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers fans out there?
Mags rock!
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Knight GAB Geez you must be old. Commando has a different meaning to me than comic books!! :D :D :D Dubai Knight
Still means the same to me too sweetie!
But the Commando comic books were a currency all of their own...mind you we are talking when you were a mere twinkle in yer Dads eye!!!
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Knight alexandra THIS IS THE MOST STUPID THING THAT I EVER HEARED IN MY LIFE! and the one who wrote this article is the greatest looser on EARTh. :evil: "we should ban women from driving" WE? who the hell he thinks he is? GOD?, i bet his looser AS$ that his blind 90 y mother drives batter than him :twisted: arniegang
Gabsy
shame on you :wink:
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It was a letter, not an article. Perhaps my topic title was a bit misleading.
Anyway, as was pointed out, that's what they do in Saudi. Imagine how much worse their accident statistics would be if these reckless females were let loose on the roads there...
Saw your letter C the next day - presume it was yours. Very good :). Chocoholic Male drivers are rubbish! DK, off topic did you ever read the book, 'The death and life of Superman'? It was awsome! Dubai Knight
Book awesome! Male drivers are even more awesome...name me one female Formula 1 driver? Actually, name me one lady Formula 2, 3 or any other formula?
Louise Aitken Walker has given up rallying so there are currently NO female top drivers...apart from one girl in Karts in the US...
...and she crashed and is out for the rest of the season!
Statistics speak for themselves!
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Knight Chocoholic That's not proper everyday driving though is it. It's just my balls are bigger and hairier than yours guy contests. GAB :lol: You are the best Choc!! :lol: :lol: :lol: sharewadi
You're joking right? We are supposed to drive like that here? Aren't we :? ? Uh oh... the_zooter
DK - I have to kind of agree with you there. Certainly there are no top female racing drivers - but why is that?
Ok, It is obvious that men and women cannot compete equally and fairly at sports such as tennis, football and golf. A man's stronger physical build gives quite an advantage is sports such as those. But Motor Racing? I would have thought its one of those sports where the physical demands are such that men and women could compete - because its as much about brain power as any physical movements (though my dad always tells me that the very top drivers have something missing in their brains - the bit which stops them if it looks like they are driving into oblivion!). Surely this is the same with sports like Pool/Snooker, Darts etc - but yet they are all dominated by men too. Any ideas why anyone?? Dubai Knight
Just like Dubai then!
Possibly the most skilful driving technique is rallying where you have to negotiate slippery corners at high speed, jump over stuff and generally tear-arse around the countryside whilst listening to a constant stream of commentary from the person in the passenger seat telling you what to do even though they are not in control of the car...
So rallying=a trip to Spinneys with the other half!!!
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Knight GAB " you have to negotiate slippery corners at high speed, jump over stuff and generally tear-arse around the countryside whilst listening to a constant stream of commentary from the person in the passenger seat telling you what to do even though they are not in control" :lol: :lol: :lol: Sounds like a night of s.e.x. for you DK! :lol: the_zooter
You see, I have to disagree with you there.
Driving is a skill - and those guys in Formula One are the most skilled at it - its more than just driving as fast as you can - its about instincts. Its about reactions - and how quick you can react to rapidly changing circumstances in front of you. A racing driver whose reactions are quick enough to perceive how to avoid an incident ahead, is going to be the one still out on the track - and those same principles can be transfered to driving out on the roads - all drivers need to react quickly to avoid incidents - we all do it probably hundreds of times a day - just that some are better at it than others (note I didn't say that men or women are better!). Dubai Knight
Have you been talking to that Arnie again? I was trying to work out how the quote referred to my s.e.x life as I am trying recall the last time I was 'in flagrante delecto' in a car...ah yes it had wooden wheels and there was a little man walking in front with a red flag!
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Knight Concord You only need to do one thing in order to be an excellent driver: PAY ATTENTION! the_zooter
If you don't mind me saying - that's utter rubbish!! You need more than just being able to pay attention! You need to be able to take in and respond to what is happening around you. Just paying attention doesn't cover that! Concord
Unless you are paying attention you cannot respond! Having the fastest known response time won't do you squat if you are not paying attention (thus no opportunity to respond). Just pay attention and all will be fine. arniegang Ignore Zooter Conc, He's just bein a smartarse cos he got the best parking time. :lol: :lol: :lol: Concord
Ya mon. I thought he sounded like a Valet. the_zooter :o :o :o :o :o :o arniegang Ah ah Conc I think you hit the nail on the head. Zoots didnt get the job when he came over. I reckon he ran over a dog or cat on his parking exam. That explains all now. No doubt Mall of the Emirates will give him another go now that he has "honed" his parking skills. :lol: :lol: :lol: the_zooter
Ha bloody ha!!
You can go off people ya know!! :roll: arniegang I hated you the moment you got such a fekin high score, buddy no more haaaaaaaaaaaa :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: the_zooter
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Correction - balls need to be smaller to minimize weight and hairless to reduce drag coefficient. GAB
Spoken like a true rev head! :lol: XRW-147
;) Unresolved I think all malbaris should be banned from the roads .. you wont be having idiots driving infront of you on the speed of 60 on the fast lane!! bloody hell



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