Sunday, March 12, 2006

Driving Re-instruction

There seems to be a strange trend in Dubai. Drivers seem to forget how to drive right after getting their licence. No wonder traffic is like hell here. Gulf News has brought out a "Accident of the Week" feature on one of it's pages. According to the news, three accidents take place every one minute and one person dies every 36 hours. I heard that the police has brought out a small booklet on tips how to drive properly. I can just imagine what it would contain.

a. How NOT to kill yourself:

  1. Do not kill someone else with you. That incudes the innocent Nissan Sunny on the lane next to you.
  2. Do not cause a hold up on Shk. Zayed Rd. with some spectacular crash.
  3. Do not do it in front of a tourist bus.
b. How to avoid killing yourself:
  1. Do not go in the fast lane - that's 100% suicide.
  2. Stay away from black-tints. They are potentially more dangerous than the Red-back spiders which scared some residents of the Greens.
  3. Do not speed, talk on the mobile, drink before driving, you know, all the obvious stuff.
c. How to drive safely in a way that does not kill drivers near you:
  1. Do not drive over 120kmph on a quaint old road in Ghusais
  2. Do not change lanes before confirming you're not going to bang into a Toyota on your left/right.
  3. Keep a distance sufficient to accomodate a camel between you and the car in front of you.
I could go on but I didn't want to put the police out of business. And yeah, the above guide was not a joke. I hope you take it seriously to make Dubai's roads less suicidal.

posted by DubaiTeen @ 3:47 PM

2 Comments:

At 4:55 PM, Blogger samuraisam said...

I don't think many people get why people drive so badly in Dubai, it isn't because they don't know how to drive, it's because everyone is impatient, inconsiderate, idiotic, and consider themselves to be above the law, which brings me to my next point, there is no law. The police pull over less than one in a thousand offenders, if they really want to fix the traffic and driving situation in general they can start by actually handing out fines, but somehow I don't think they're going to be doing that anytime soon.

 
At 8:14 PM, Blogger * said...

Very right SAM! And a well written piece yet again dubaiteen.

 

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