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The solution is very simple. Enforce EQUALLY strict driving license tests and enforce traffic laws for everyone. There's no point having strict tests for truck drivers if well-connected 18 year olds can walk in and buy a license. Similarly, no point in deporting truck drivers for overspeeding if som...

The funny thing is that 95% of Pakistani drivers come from an ethnic group that is probably 20% of Pakistan's populations. That group also dominates the transport industry in Pakistan, and is notorious for being short-tempered, though with generally good driving reflexes..... Similarly, the Sunny do...

The lane thing is quite straightforward..... Dont occupy the fast lane, but often situations arise where one has to keep changing lanes. I like doing 160 on the AUH-Dubai highway, but i cant do the 2nd lane, because cars often cruise at 110-120 there. On the other hand, you have ppl racing at 180+ i...

Dont blame the reporters; for many spokespeople/officials, questioning any of their statements is seen as offensive. Few months after Salik's launch, we heard traffic had fallen by 40% or 50% , even though every person I spoke to swore it had very little effect. GN published the actual quote because...

I have noticed many Lebs have this vision that a BMW is the safest car ever, and that no one ever dies in a BMW, which is why many of them would rather drive run down 3 series Beemers than a new Lexus or an Avalon

I've been here three years and had only one anti-emirati comment made to me and that was from a lebanese woman not a westerner. I'm not surprised - Lebbo identity crisis. A lot Lebanese spend too much time saying, 'we're not really Arabs,' and try to behave/appear western. Well they are Arabs (Keln...

Agree with the above poster. Generalizations arent pretty but there's not much you can do when 80% drivers from a particular place drive in a similar way. Arab expats are very prone to jumping red signals (even more than locals). South Indians are quite panicky, while some Canadians are safety-obses...

Most banks are thieves and people like Calum Mclure make their living like scavenging jackels by helping the banks..... The sad part is many debt collectors take advantage of laws in 3rd world countries by threatening to kill family members of the debtor etc. I understand that people not paying back...

gtmash wrote:How does police boycott a company? If the company is getting robbed or is burning down, the cops won't show up?

It means if Al-Futtaim lays off nationals, police will stop buying LandCruisers

hack88 wrote:

IS THIS A PRIDE TO YOU AS WELL BENGLADESHIMUSLIM LIKE SMACKING UP YOUR WIVES

While MB is a troll, what does he have to do with this article? Maybe you are a troll as well ?

The Japnese Contractor, ranked as the 16th biggest Global contractor by ENR is cancelling all its Contracts on Palm Jebel Ali and laying off all employees. The current contracts include Piling for patforms for waterhomes, trunk-spine bridge, spine infratructure and the tunnel. They ran out of cash,...

There is a very heated debate going on in arabianbusiness on this same topic. What surprised me are comments saying Nationals are suffering and oppressed due to expats, and that they should be entitled to jobs for life in private companies etc etc. Natives are advantaged here and nothing wrong with ...

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Traffic_and_Transport/10280338.html Pakistanis are the most dangerous drivers in Dubai, police data shows Emirati drivers know how to drive very well but they like to speed and do crazy driving because we are bedwens, It is genetic, we are not scared, we come proudly ...

I have said it elsewhere. Nakheel needs to pay its debts ,along with Dubai. They cannot expect international companies to wait MONTHS for their money. Why on Earth did Emaar and Nakheel EMBARK ON SO MANY HUGE PROJECTS??? T Many of us raised similar questions 2 years back, we were told we were unamb...

What was worrying was the number ofpeople who felt he should be set free because "its his country"

What was worrying was the number ofpeople who felt he should be set free because "its his country" Yeah, I've had that before! got into a bit of an argument with a national, who was driving like a maniac....His response was you should not be on "my" road and either dissappear or...

Nice to see people from the other side of the coin of MB....

Some poster are just using MB as an excuse to vent their hatred and spiteful attitude towards others. Just keep in mind that there are plenty of stereotypes about your country as well.

Nissan cars are reputed for being most stylish and faster than their toyota counterparts. However when it comes to Sunny and Corolla, it surprising how almost all Sunny drivers drive slowly, are Keralites and moustached at that I call them "Sunnymen", and everytime I overtake one of them, ...

The drivers are South Indians, and yes I have been overtaken at 160 kph by a 1.3l Echo, but never a Sunny......

i have never really understood why developers' predictions should be considered by anyone, given that they are liley to be very biased ! I mean when was the last time you heard a developer predicting prices to nto increase? Last October, they were all about how Dubai property market will be the only...

The problem is that when a normal person kills a child or innocent woman or man in a normal country, he is considered a criminal. What happened in Iraq is that soldiers doing the same thing (killing innocents) are considered heroes inspite of the fact that they are nothing more than criminals . That...

RobbyG wrote:The soldiers already had their share of war. Now they come home and want a fair welcome.

So they killed innocent people like cowards, and now they want a welcome for being murderers? Some people have a screwed up way of thinking.....

The article sounds like a satirical piece from the Onion... particualrly the bit about Dubai being "pretty", and people being jealous of its success. Would it haev hurt to say "Yes, there are economic problems, but we will get over them" rather than the current quotes which sound...

Got flashed days back on SZR doing 130kph at 2 am; staying under 120 in 6 lane SZR seems like the toughest thing to do specially when its late and near deserted....

uaekid wrote:all am saying is " would you as a manger of any kind create more panic in your work place in a crisis time or reduce it by any means ?"

Reduice it by means.

But some of Dubai's actions are: "to deny the problem exists at all,"

Prices are as high or even higher than first world properties

Build quality is lower

Labor is much much cheaper

So where does the difference go? Probably to developers, where senior employees feel they are entitled to a 911, a Cayenne and a 745i at the same time !

The radars flash at 121+ till the end of Dubai Marina.
When you see the first sign saying the speed limit is 120, they flash at 139+

sage & onion wrote:
I wasn't comparing the USA with here, just mentioned the stats, if you had taken time to follow the link you will have seen what I was talking about.

Where do you think I got my numbers from? The same link, so yes, I did go there...

benwj wrote:If she had consensual s.ex with the boyfriend as widely reported, she broke the law and should be charged. Sorry but thats the law.
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Isnt the law also that s.. with a hooker is wrong ?

Does the law specify anywhere that men fornicating is less criminal than women doing the same ?

One youtube comment says people criticising the reckless drivers are just envious they cant do the same.......

I also read that one of the 4wds has 5k + worth of unpaid fines.