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Why are some locals psychos???


KeithL
Homophobe ! :shock:
jag So why are some locals here bloody psychos??? Was happily on the way to Madinat for a beer with a mate today early afternoon. Was on a two lane road with my mate in his car. There was a blacked out new lexus in front of us. He was going like 40-50 km/hr max. My mate waited a bit, then gave him a flash to move over. Nothing. Then my mate honked and gave another flash. This psycho local then slams on the brakes. We had to slam pretty hard to avoid hitting him too. Then I told me mate forget it. So we picked upa little speed and the jerk slammed again. So we had to as well. I told mate just go on the other lane and overtake him and leave him be. So we tried, but this mentally retarded guy swerves left and right infront of us not letting us pass. So then we take a side lane and merged up again upfront somewhere... So what the hell is wrong with these people man. Its their country, but does that give you the right to be a fukin retard?? Well, anyways, I took his plate down and we proceeded to the police station to lodge a complaint. They called they guy down to the station and he came in 1/2 hour. Then ofcourse, they chatted a bit in arabic, the cop offered him a glass of tea!!! Ok, so then this guy says in village english, whats your fukin problem blah blah blah. My friend says you acted like a crazy person, and wanted an apology otherwise he would press charges with me as the witness. Then the guy says do you know who I am blah blah. At that point my local friend (CID and influential) showed up (I called him earlier) and starting talking to the guy in Arabic, basically saying whats your problem, do YOU know who I am, and some other stuff (possibly threatening him). Then the local pyscho murmurs something that sounds like a sorry and I say ok lets leave. The CID guy and they local guy exchanged some heated words, and the CID guy tells him to watch it and get lost. And then we leave. CID guy just told me after next time just leave things alone. He says I know its bloody hard but best to leave it. he said some of these people are really vengeful and messed up in the head (first time i hear a local speaking that way of another) and will try and come after you and your wife, family etc if you complain against them. So our day was ruined for a good few hours. My mate is still so peeved over the whole thing. He just wanted to bash that locals head into the ground. I did too to be honest. One of the cons of living here I guess. Lot of bad karma will eventually take some of these animals out I'm hoping. Sorry for the long rant. END :evil: G True Arnie......best thing to do is to just accept that there are idiots on the road, relax and give allow yourselves an extra 5 minutes per journey. It's not worth getting stressed over these feckers!! Saying that, I'm terrible at chilling mysefl but it's something that I'm really trying to work on otherwise I'll end up getting myself into some serious trouble!!! :wink: bsorc They are all spoiled brats! more! jag
Seriously! I think they need some President Bush treatment to set them straight!
[/i] Kel I was there a couple of weeks ago for a week and saw loads of road rage! Its a totally different way of driving from the UK. It'll take alot of getting used to. arniegang Whats new?? in the UK and US the serious road ragers just get out the car and stab you or smash your face to a pulp. A few words in a police station seems quite civilised :lol: :lol: :lol: jag
Yeah it is civilized. If it actually ends there and the local mofo doesnt hound you after! arniegang never be intimidated or fear Jag, they rely on this as a tool - the reality is just bollox really. KeithL
this question is relevant to any country Jag !... i think the way the cops got the guy to show up at the station so quickly was very commendable

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jag
True, but huging/kissing and offering him tea wasnt!! :? sgt_noodles
Interesting story man, I'm not surprised at all that this happened. You were fortunate that you knew a local guy with the CID, otherwise this Lexus dude would have lodged a police case against you as well, ridiculous as it may sound. Having said that, the UAE is not the only place where idiots ply on the road. I have driven in the US for quite a few years and there are some serious characters hanging out on the roads over there too. sage & onion Hey Jag, It's a nightmare man, but you were lucky you had a local CID man. Stay cool man. Hey Arnie, You see my point now :?: cheap_Deal sorry for the noob question but what is a CID man???? Nick81
Criminal Investigation Division jag
Dude, didnt mean it that way.. I was ticked at the fact that the cops greet and offer tea to the locals while they look at you like criminals :roll: KeithL
I know :wink: ...i was taking the piss too jag
Hehe, thought so.. feeling better now.. I tell you man, these guys AHHHHHH so annoying and they are pretty much primates!! bushra21 not all of us are :'( I have the same problem with some locals as well at first though because when I speak in arabic i usually speak in the lebanese/palestinian dialect since i grew up speaking that. well a couple days ago this guy decides to hit my car so he can give me his number. i was soooo angry. and i started yelling at him using profanity and what not, he just looks at me and tells me that i, the cheap lebanese hooker has no say in HIS country and that i better mind my business and when the cops come to tell them it was my fault. well, i shut my mouth and was like ok , calm down. I waited until the cops came gave them my liscense and registration and began speaking with one of them in the local accent telling him what happened and how that shit head was being arrogant with me and what not and how he was trying to pull the you dont know who i am. the cop laughed and was like ok well handle. the cop called the other driver over and asked him who he was. turns out he was a friend of one of the sheikhs in dubai. the cop just looked at him and said ok. well this cheap lebanese girl that your talking so bad too is actually a local and is from one of the most respected families in Dubai; after saying that he looked at me and was like do you want to press charges.....ha! the other guy almost fainted. i just ended up taking the paper to fix my car and left for my house. but, not all locals are primates....sorry for such a long story btw, i just felt like sharing :oops:
jag
Hey thanks for sharing! No, I didnt mean all of them are, just a few bad apples.. but are they bad!!! Sorry to hear about your ordeal! Glad everythings ok though :) Chocoholic Scary veg man. Some people are just nutters, what to say, they'll never learn unless they come up against another nutter who gives them a taste of their own medicine. As I've said so many times before, a bit of anarchy would frighten these people into behaving. gtmash
Be glad you haven't come across any. FeiPo I would slam my break too if some idots driving behind me and flashing me with it's lights when the traffic is busy, and I am on the fast lane doing the road limits (or a bit above) and some idots driving like the fomula one, flashing the lights and beeping me. I beliieve the fast lane is not for some stupid people driving 180km per hours and create accidents. jag
The left lane is a passing lane for your info, not a lane to cruise in. Nor is it a lane to do 180 km/hr in or drive recklessly in.
Secondly, this guys was going at 40 km/hr on a 80 km/hr road, do you not read the posts?? Idiots like that braking and then driving like a maniac cuz they are going pathetically slow, talking on the phone, or jacking off.. and getting pissed when someone wants to pass them... well.... gtmash
I think your friend honking set that psycho off. I never honk, but I do pass from the right a lot of the time, as long as it is safe. Some people never budge from the fast lane even when they are driving too slowly.
But I never budge if I am doing 130, with traffic ahead, and the moron behind still insists on tailgating. One of these days, I will slam the brakes. KeithL
Nooooooooooooooooo
Dont damage your beautiful 190 :shock: sage & onion
Their is really no point in slamming the brakes, doing that at 130k, at the wrong time when the idiot behind is distracted and then waht, you can end up dead, for what?, control the road rage and get out of the idiots way, they just are not worth it. Chocoholic It's not worth it, if they're being dicks, just whip out your digital camera, put it on video record moe and record them being morons and take it to the police station. They can't argue with video footage can they! freza jag, I think you and your friend did the right thing in reporting the psycho. These kind of people need to learn that if they act stupid they might at the very least face being called up to the police station. I still think that the reason why there are so many selfish and dangerous drivers on Dubai roads is because the traffic laws are lax and people know that they can get away with driving recklessly. Most traffic fines are no biggy either. I also think that there aren't enough police cruisers patrolling the roads. Sheikh Zayed Rd should be inundated with a visible and deterrent police cruiser presence at all times, but unfortunately that's not the case. Chocoholic Yes, they did the right thing and that the guy might think twice about doing it again if he's incovenienced. However, what the CID guys said is also right, some of these guys can be really evil and if they decide to take revenge on you, it's not worth it. A local guy threatened to shoot the family of a friend, who wouldn't accept a cheque for a car sale as they'd agreed cash. After a crappy call from the guys brother, saying he was being disrespectful etc etc and talking to the police he reluctantly accepted the cheque, and what happened? It bounced leaving them out of pocket. What some of these guys get away with is amazing. Concord
I'm neither a local nor a psycho (as far as I can tell) and would have done the same thing as the "local".
Think it over, someone in front of you is going slower (for whatever reason) and you are behing (in no rush or emergency) situation. Was there a need to flash or honk (i doubt it), could you have overtaken him (before you began flashing, etc.) I would guess there was opportunity to do so (particulary if he was going 40-50 kms).
As I read it the whole incident would not have happened had your friend not flashed, honked, etc. Hope the beers were worth the aggrevation. jag
No, there was not really an easy opportunity to take him over easily as there were other idiots driving weirdly in the right lane. There is no reason to go half the speed limit in a lane that is meant for passing!
The whole incident would not have happened if the idiot was driving like he should. And we honked lightly and flashed him once or twice.. hardly anything compared to what some locals do with multiple flashing and tail gating now is it?
So you would do the exact same thing eh? Brake hard and swerve like a maniac. Glad there arent too many people like you around on the roads bloody hell!! And maybe the person you do it with wont be so nice and will get out and do not so nice things to you.. good luck! :roll: Chocoholic The police will actually tell you that it's the people going slow in the left hand 'over-taking' lane and the second lane that cause the most problems, as they force people to go around them. Every lane left of the slow lane is an overtaking lane - period! fayz Bushra, Chocs Those are both brutal stories, that is just F'd up. Driving in from the burbs every morning I notice a lot of people just parking in the left lane on SZR, it isn't right and mostly the people in the cars are expats not locals. there are A$$es from all walks of life. the thing that people don't realize is then people who choose to drive faster just start overtaking on the right, i guess technically undertaking and that is 100% more dangerous. i second Freza's comments. fayz Choco is a faster typer than I, hehehehe, I echo her statements, these people that just go slow in the left lane are a huge problem. sage & onion
But Jag,
The problem is their are many people like this on the roads of the UAE, I have no idea what kind of complex they suffer from, however I would like to see them drive in Europe like that, the reactions would certainly be different. Chocoholic Yeah you'd get a baseball bat through your windscreen, have your tyres slashed or be beaten about the head with a tyre iron. sage & onion
Is this the voice of experience Chocs?? jag Yknow what, it is true.. there are just too many idiotic drivers on the roads in the UAE. Probability is more likely than not, you will run into one of these maniacs sooner or later. :( Guess you just have to ignore them or get sucked into the possible dangerous aftermath. I just told my mate later on, look do you want to spend a good portion of your life in the (shudder) UAE prisions? Is it worth it? Fact is, many of them are really vengeful and will go out of their way to screw you over. I can completely relate to Chocs and Bushra's stories... and these kind of things in the UAE are not uncommon. Hell, just yesterday wife was driving to the mall by herself (day time) and another local weirdo starts following her and trying to cut in lanes. What is wrong with them?? So she just finally pulled over near a restaurant with other cars double parked and the psycho slowed down and went away. She took a pic of his plate too, maybe that did it, who knows. You guys wanna see some shit that really happens here, go to . Its blocked here though, but if you have access in certain areas without proxy, check it out... now that is some SCARY shit. zam those bad drivers should not be given a driver's license. :? sage & onion
Fine idea Zam, but how to do it?.
Going back to some of the previous stuff where you get the age old line;
"Do you know who I am"?
Who is going to control it when many of these guys are more powerful than the police?



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