Ran i do support you....from my experiences...arien, BB and MM even in the slow lane you are not safe.....please read on...
just yesterday i was returning from villagio going towards al saad. i was on the slow track waiting at the signal. this guy in the black land cruiser comes behind me stops. the signal turns green. we move towards the next signal which is also red. there are cars all around us. so i cannot move left or speed up. we are flowing with the traffic. when this signal turned green the land cruiser just suddenly overtook us from the "right", by taking the right most lane for turning right at the signal, and got in front of me almost hitting the guy in the kia who was in front. this is all happening while we are in the "slow track". he overtook me from the right side, without flashing his lights, no signal or any indication. for the first time i heard expletives coming from my wife who was sitting next to me. she took photos of the land cruiser. noted the no. etc. the guy in kia got scared he swerved to the middle lane almost hitting the car there. the lc just took off straight again in the right most lane overtaking all the cars in slow track.
so now tell who are psychos??? me, the guy in the kia or the guy in the land cruiser??
another day ....another incident...this was in one of the interior roads where there are small roundabouts. i get into the round about and this guy in a gmc suv just comes in from the left side while i'm in the round about and enters in front of me without any indication of any kind. i break and i honk my horn really hard. he also stops puts down the cup of tea he is drinking while he got into the round about, tells his friend who is sitting next to him something, gets out of the car and starts shouting and hitting on my car. i ask him what are you doing that for? he says why you are pushing your horn? then i understand that there is no point arguing and i tell him my mistake i did not see you coming in the round about and suddenly i just pushed my horn. all this while there is a police car with the guy inside parked at the grocery store near the round about facing us. nothing zero zilch reaction from the police.
who is the psycho here? me or the guy in the gmc suv?
i have been here all my life...and driving here is dangerous. there are more incidents i can relate here of which i'm not at fault but these things are just ridiculous. until the govt and the police put their foot down implement the traffic rules and regulations, that they introduce, this will never improve. until then please be safe.
respect to road users is only in the talks and books here not in actions. i pity these people.
Ran i do support you....from my experiences...arien, BB and MM even in the slow lane you are not safe.....please read on...
just yesterday i was returning from villagio going towards al saad. i was on the slow track waiting at the signal. this guy in the black land cruiser comes behind me stops. the signal turns green. we move towards the next signal which is also red. there are cars all around us. so i cannot move left or speed up. we are flowing with the traffic. when this signal turned green the land cruiser just suddenly overtook us from the "right", by taking the right most lane for turning right at the signal, and got in front of me almost hitting the guy in the kia who was in front. this is all happening while we are in the "slow track". he overtook me from the right side, without flashing his lights, no signal or any indication. for the first time i heard expletives coming from my wife who was sitting next to me. she took photos of the land cruiser. noted the no. etc. the guy in kia got scared he swerved to the middle lane almost hitting the car there. the lc just took off straight again in the right most lane overtaking all the cars in slow track.
so now tell who are psychos??? me, the guy in the kia or the guy in the land cruiser??
another day ....another incident...this was in one of the interior roads where there are small roundabouts. i get into the round about and this guy in a gmc suv just comes in from the left side while i'm in the round about and enters in front of me without any indication of any kind. i break and i honk my horn really hard. he also stops puts down the cup of tea he is drinking while he got into the round about, tells his friend who is sitting next to him something, gets out of the car and starts shouting and hitting on my car. i ask him what are you doing that for? he says why you are pushing your horn? then i understand that there is no point arguing and i tell him my mistake i did not see you coming in the round about and suddenly i just pushed my horn. all this while there is a police car with the guy inside parked at the grocery store near the round about facing us. nothing zero zilch reaction from the police.
who is the psycho here? me or the guy in the gmc suv?
i have been here all my life...and driving here is dangerous. there are more incidents i can relate here of which i'm not at fault but these things are just ridiculous. until the govt and the police put their foot down implement the traffic rules and regulations, that they introduce, this will never improve. until then please be safe.
respect to road users is only in the talks and books here not in actions. i pity these people.