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Has anyone been involved in a car accident? Are the police always called?

nope not involved..touchwood...

you need the paper given by a cop to get the insurance...

yes and yes

Yes.

And depends on your fault or not, the Color of the accident report sheet given to you is Green or Red. Green, the other party or their insurance pays for your and the other car's damage. Red, you or your insurance pays for your and the other car's damage.

and also WHITE..

white paper is given, when the fault is unknown..

Oh... I've never seen that. When would a fault be unknown? (Unless you are talking about the incompetence of the cops! )

lol..that's not about incompetence...

in a situation., someone bumped your car in your absence while parked...this gets you white paper from the cop....

..and who covers for the repair in the absence of a comprehensive insurance? The owner of the car that got bumped, I'm sure. And there goes the no-accident clause.

certainly...the owner's insurance covers..,

In the instance of a white copy, you normally have to pay the insurance excess if you actually claim. The white copy allows you to get the car repaired without claiming (to protect your no claims bonus) as all garages need an accident report before making a repair.

The rules are all different in Sharjah!



Knight

Are they better or worse than Dubai? the rules...

Kyoto wrote:Are they better or worse than Dubai? the rules...

More 'basic'.

The policeman has the final say.
If a local hits you, its your fault.
If you hit a local, its your fault.
If you are Indian and you hit anyone, its your fault.



Knight

Dubai Knight wrote:

Kyoto wrote:Are they better or worse than Dubai? the rules...

More 'basic'.

The policeman has the final say.
If a local hits you, its your fault.
If you hit a local, its your fault.
If you are Indian and you hit anyone, its your fault.



Knight

is that only in sharjah?

Dubai Knight wrote:

Kyoto wrote:Are they better or worse than Dubai? the rules...

More 'basic'.

The policeman has the final say.
If a local hits you, its your fault.
If you hit a local, its your fault.
If you are Indian and you hit anyone, its your fault.



Knight

awww come on not all of those rules are true dk.

They used to be true all over the UAE sadly. Better now though.

The one that made me open my eyes was the local who, when taken to court by the expat who he had hit, said:
"It is my country, if you had not come here, I would not have hit you!"
I think he won!



Knight

sharfraz wrote:lol..that's not about incompetence...

in a situation., someone bumped your car in your absence while parked...this gets you white paper from the cop....

this happened to me and I got the green piece

Dubai Knight wrote:The one that made me open my eyes was the local who, when taken to court by the expat who he had hit, said:
"It is my country, if you had not come here, I would not have hit you!"
I think he won!



Knight

may i inject some humor

did he say in arabic or english?

firefly wrote:

sharfraz wrote:lol..that's not about incompetence...

in a situation., someone bumped your car in your absence while parked...this gets you white paper from the cop....

this happened to me and I got the green piece

lucky you!! that sorts out.

sharfraz wrote:

Dubai Knight wrote:The one that made me open my eyes was the local who, when taken to court by the expat who he had hit, said:
"It is my country, if you had not come here, I would not have hit you!"
I think he won!



Knight

may i inject some humor

did he say in arabic or english?.

Read up there, just on the second line, along a bit, after 'the' and before 'who'...the little 'L' word?

What do you think?



Knight

that doesnt answer,.thats a question again...,

sharfraz wrote:that doesnt answer,.thats a question again...,

'L' for?



Knight

Dubai Knight wrote:

sharfraz wrote:that doesnt answer,.thats a question again...,

'L' for?



Knight

local language.....

Have you guys noticed those skid marks along the inner-most lane of SZR? You won't miss them.. there's one every few meters and most of them leads to the center island. Amazing.

On average, how many road accidents do you witness in a day? I guess for me I see around 2-4 along SZR from DIC to Deira.

pinoy1 wrote:On average, how many road accidents do you witness in a day? I guess for me I see around 2-4 along SZR from DIC to Deira.

Why? Do you cause them???



Knight

Dubai Knight wrote:

pinoy1 wrote:On average, how many road accidents do you witness in a day? I guess for me I see around 2-4 along SZR from DIC to Deira.

Why? Do you cause them???



Knight

Hah! No I don't. Neither does my driver.

pinoy1 wrote:

Dubai Knight wrote:

pinoy1 wrote:On average, how many road accidents do you witness in a day? I guess for me I see around 2-4 along SZR from DIC to Deira.

Why? Do you cause them???



Knight

Hah! No I don't. Neither does my driver.

Driver? Posh ain't we!



Knight

Driver? Shocked Posh ain't we!

Perhaps not, maybe his "driver" is driving one of those biege minibuses

Scratcher

Scratcher wrote:

Driver? Shocked Posh ain't we!

Perhaps not, maybe his "driver" is driving one of those biege minibuses

Scratcher

The ones with the big wiggly shock absorber in the middle?



Knight

Well after finally arriving and being here now 4 days... I understand why so many do have a driver now LOL. I was considering one myself. One of my husband's friends had his driver pick us up to go out and it was great! Didn't have to drive and face the terror of the roundabouts or the DUI after we closed the club

yeah, in al ain you have a lot of roundabouts but the traffic is very less.,
jebel hafeet would be cold right now.., its a nice place there.,