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- If your road map is more than a few weeks old, throw it out and get a new one.

- If you are in Al Rashidiya and your map is one day old, then it is already obsolete.

- Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Dubai has its own version of traffic rules, which can be summarized as "Hold on and pray!"

- There is no such thing as a dangerous high-speed chase in Dubai. Everyone drives like that.

- When you plan to get a new car, ask first about its acceleration from 80 to 160 Km/h (recommended: 3 seconds). Very important if you frequently use the Emirates Road.

- All directions start with Sheik Zayed Road, which has no beginning and no end.

- The morning rush hour is from 5:00 AM to noon. The evening rush hour is from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

- Thursday's rush hour starts Wednesday morning.

- If you slow down at a yellow light, you will be rear-ended and then given a ticket by the Dubai Police.

- If you are the first one at the intersection, when the light turns green ignore the car honking behind you and count to five to avoid crashing into one of the cars running the red light in cross-traffic.

- All unfamiliar sights are explained by the phrase, "Oh, we must be in Sharjah or Mirdiff!"

- Anyone in a Land Cruiser, Tuned Patrol, or Mercedes with tinted windows has the right of way. Period.

- If you are driving a Corolla, Sunny, or another small Japanese car, stay on the far right lane. No comment!

- Most roads mysteriously change names as you cross intersections.

- 18 wheeler trucks are one of the fastest vehicles in Dubai, they can do 120 Km/h on Hatta-Oman Road when fully loaded.

- The minimum acceptable speed on the Emirates Road is 160 km/h. Anything less is considered downright sissy.

- Al Khail Road is Dubai's daily version of NASCAR.

- Dubai Autodrome has a new extension: The Emirates Road.

this is the third time this has been posted.

LOL Very true! lol i agree completely!

In addition to that wonderful true points i'd like to add a few more:

You know you're driving in Dubai when:

1) You're not surprised to see a goat in the passenger seat

2) You think speed limits are only advisory

3) You expect to go to jail when a local hits your car from behind at a stop sign

4)You think the further you edge into the intersection junction, the faster the light will turn green

5) You believe that the definition of a nano-second is the time interval between the time the light turns green and the guy behind you starts blowing his horn

6) You give directions by land marks instead of by road names

7) You make left turns from the far right lane!

You make right turns from the far left lane!

9) You make U turns from any lane you want

10) You know a traffic jam on this side of the road means an accident on the other side

11) You don't expect the traffic police to stop you for a traffic offence!

12) When you think driving with your foot on the dashboard is cool

13) You think the hazard lights are fog warning lights only

14) You still buy Dubai Duty Free's lottery tickets when it would have been cheaper to pay the down payment for the BMW instead!!!
lol
but still we love our Dubai

well said zookkk.. and salman..

LOL thx ahmed