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Bora Bora wrote:

Captain Australia wrote:Hey, I saw my first live accident today. Guess what? It was caused by an idiot driver who thought they were invincible.

I was on SZR towards dubai almost into Dubai when this idiot tries to sneak through a gap between my car and the car in front and the next lane to me. He obviously misjudged it and when he realised there was no gap he ended up smashing into the car in front of me.

We were doing probably 120-130 and he was probably going 160+. He did end up hitting the car fairly square on so luckily the car he hit was able to just stop safely. But the idiot in the other car swerved back into the fast lane and started fishtailing very close to the barrier. It was a miracle he didn't hit it. There was not much traffic so he manage to stop safely too.

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If could just image if he had tried for the gap and taken out the front of my car and the back corner of the other one.

What an idiot. I hope he gets charged with reckless driving. I gave the guy he hit my phone number in case he needs a witness or anything.

Not many people would stop to give a number and volunteer to make a statement. I saw a car go through a red light and hit a taxi and you can see that the taxi driver thought it was all over for him. I went back to where to accident happened, waited with taxi driver for about 1/2 hour, no police, so gave him my number with the driver who caused the accident standing near us and told the driver to make sure he told the truth because the taxi driver could call me as a witness.

Red Chief wrote:It sounds like culture clash.

In Germany to change the lane you need to turn on an indicator only.
Imediately after that the car besides you is slowing down and you change the lane. If some foreigner (like me ) don't give the way after indicator, German is getting angry and anyway is trying to change the lane.

Probably your guy was a tourist who just arrived to Dubai.

Red Chief wrote:As for me I always give way people on any pedestrian crossing and a car that wants to change lane. For impatient motorist, who horns behind me in these cases, I always have my middle finger up.

Chocoholic wrote:If I was driving my old car, built a bit like a tank, I would just slam on the brakes and let the tail gaters hit the back of me, teach them a lesson. But not in my shiny new car.

Maybe I could come up with some sort of pie throwing device, that launches custard pies onto their windscreen instead.

Misery Called Life wrote:Well Desert Dude a recent survey counducted had made it rather clear that the bulk of the accidents were caused by Indians, Pakistanis and Arabs.

According to the stats, apart from the Brits, Westerners are quite ok on the road.

Getting hassled on the road thankfully has been a rarity for me. Although the above mentioned incident was a first. And I wasn't pleased at the very least.

I don't think it's right to keep blaming nationalities for accidents.....It's individuals. And with globalisation and the way the world is becoming flat, to keep blaming nationalities for everything is just gonna get retarded!