Driving in the U.A.E is a kin to driving in the whacky races

Mr_amp_Mrs_Inquirer

The six million dollar question

Have all the vehicles in the U.A.E owned by the locals had their indicator stalks removed from their steering columns or is it that they are all to busy drinking tea and using mobiles to indicate which direction they want to travel in 🙂

Zapata

Dont give driving lessons in the Gulf. Adjust.

arniegang

The six million dollar question

Have all the vehicles in the U.A.E owned by the locals had their indicator stalks removed from their steering columns or is it that they are all to busy drinking tea and using mobiles to indicate which direction they want to travel in 🙂

thats how it is, love it or hate it

😕 😕

Chocoholic

Dont give driving lessons in the Gulf. Adjust.

Wrong answer! If people were educated and taught how to drive properly, there would be less accidents, injuries and deaths on the roads. Sadly we're not all mind readers and can't guess where people are going to go, hence the need to use indicators - geez another brainless idiot!

Zapata

Well, ya perhaps not the "right" answer but certainly the most practical one. If I bothered to care about how others drive here I would have smashed in someones face by now.

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With all respect to your opinions....

Yes, They might be doing that, but i don't think this is the cause of the accidents.

Check statistics, rarely locals are involved in accidents.

But i do agree on :

Dont give driving lessons in the Gulf. Adjust.

It is this way, don't like it. go drive somewhere else..

Stop nagging about Dubai.

Mr_amp_Mrs_Inquirer

Well well we do have some funny views on here

The Police in the UAE should get of their back sides and start doing their jobs correctly by making the roads SAFE again and stopping all the clowns from using cell phones, drinking tea & coffee which is an offence known as reckless driving because when the road users of the UAE are shown on T.V net works around the world it makes the UAE road users look very very silly indeed and totally back ward

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Read about some celeb who were caught by radar speeding, and the photo showed her doing her make up in the car's mirror.

Saw this yesterday here, and guess what, she wasn't a local lady 😉

Mr_amp_Mrs_Inquirer

QUOTE;Read about some celeb that were caught by radar speeding, and the photo showed her doing her make up in the car's mirror.

What a very strange story especially when speeding radar cameras are targeting the rear registration plates of vehicles

People need to get real; the state of the driving by uae nationals is very poor
They all so need to remove head gear and start to paying attention to the road also darkened front end glass should be from vehicles to in crease all round vision and in crease road safety

fayz

What a very strange story especially when speeding radar cameras are targeting the rear registration plates of vehicles

Okay you tool, have you ever even been to Dubai, ALL cameras in Dubai take pictures of the front plate. 🙄:roll::roll::roll:

Mr_amp_Mrs_Inquirer

Your rules only apply to you we have road angles and 210mph vehicel 😉

Chocoholic

What a very strange story especially when speeding radar cameras are targeting the rear registration plates of vehicles

Okay you tool, have you ever even been to Dubai, ALL cameras in Dubai take pictures of the front plate. 🙄:roll::roll::roll:

Not on the way to Abu Dhabi they don't - they're all rear facing on the fast stretch of road.

And Yshimy, with regards to locals driving, they are the worst. They cause the accidents then naff off which is what has happened to several people I know. With their recklessness they cause accidents and then just drive off!

Plus your attitude of 'if you don't like it go away' is nothing short of pathetic and narrow minded. I'm sorry but I'd like to see people driving and safe guarding others lives, not having a total disgregard for the lives of others!

According to a new report the UAE has the third most deadliest roads in the world, behind Saudi Arabia and Oman - hardly a record to be proud of is it?

Plus all you men out there, the fact that Saudi is top, proves that men are crap drivers, seeing as women aren't allowed to drive - nah nah nanana!

fayz

What a very strange story especially when speeding radar cameras are targeting the rear registration plates of vehicles

Okay you tool, have you ever even been to Dubai, ALL cameras in Dubai take pictures of the front plate. 🙄:roll::roll::roll:

Not on the way to Abu Dhabi they don't - they're all rear facing on the fast stretch of road.

If i'm not mistaken the rear facing ones are when you are in Abu Dhabi, remember the Abu Dhabi border is only 5-10 mins from Jebal Ali.

Chocoholic

True. But it means you have to watch your arse - hehehe.

ilfab

Ho please lads !

don't give me that like it or leave stuff... that's what the Front national (racist party) argument is toward foreigners in France when they complain (most of the time about racism, low wage etc...)

You don't want justify everything that goes wrong by the fact that people should leave if they don't like it?

If everyone complains enough about those kind of problem, it might become a national concern and attract the attention of the Government.

I agree that "nagging" will not change those behaviour straight away, but on the other hand, if we sit on our arses and don't say a word there is about 99.99% that nothing will change.

So keep complaining, even if that doesn't change things, at least it feels good !!!!!

GAB

The trouble is here that everyone-except me :angel4: and of course Chocoholic :angel13: -adopts that "when in Rome" attitude. I know expats who don't even belt their kids in-that is just sooooooo stupid when they come from countries that show the dire consequences of that sort of irresponsibility on ads on TV. The fact that you know you can get away with something doesn't make it right, it just makes that person ignorant and stupid.

arniegang

ahhhhh hemmmmmmmm

excuse me Gabs - i think you are being just a bit biased and selective Gabs and Choc the driving angels indeed

😂 😂

kanelli

There are fewer locals getting into accidents on the roads because there are hardly any locals in this country 😂 😉

ilfab

lol !!! :blob5:

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exactly, thank you kanelli

Fayz, i don't know why poeple when get stuck with their back to the corner, just give a laugh and don't comment...
Like this MR& MRs Smith about Back plates Radars..!!!!

Some people here just like to through everything on "Locals" they can't just face the reality...

For me i expect "not sure and just sharing with you" that accidents happen because most people here are "Right hand drivers" and come here "left hand driving" and when someone do mistake, the reflexes are different. i belive in emergencies you don't like think, it just reflexes....

Anyway, Drive safe everyone...

BTW.. what pisses me off about all this nagging about "dangerous roads" is that someday we will wake up with speed limit of 90 km on sheikh zayed and main roads and trip to work will get longer

Also... i never believe that speed is the cause of accidents, it is even stupidity, carlessness, or drivers who can't act on emergencies.