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Dubai Knight wrote:

benwj wrote:Could be a thing of the past soon.

I heard something about bus lanes today. These could be used by emergency services also, but not tailgating aholes.

They are already painted on the roads in Bur Dubai. It won't make the traffic move any faster as has been proven in every other country in the world.

Traffic in Paris, Rome and London actually moves faster on the days when the public transport workers go on strike!



Knight

RobbyG wrote:Its already a marvel that he came this far with learning english language, right Jonesy?

Bora Bora wrote:

Tom Jones wrote:

Dubai Knight wrote:Tonight I witness the most blatant disregard for the rules of the road and common sense!

Sheikh Zayed Road was moving slowly (as it always seems to do in the evening rush hour) due to an accident that had been posted on the overhead illuminated signs.

In my mirrors, I catch the glitter of blue flashing lights and see an ambulance weaving its way, half on the median hard shoulder trying to get past the traffic and get to the scene of the accident. I, and the cars around me, duly pull over and make a hole to assist. As it goes past...there is a convoy of 5 local drivers in 4x4's tailgating the ambulance and dodging through the traffic in its wake!

Sorry, but that is just plain arrogant, stupid, irresponsible and dumb dumb dumb! I wish I had been able to get their numbers; Inspector Knacker at Bur Dubai HQ would have thrown every book in the station at them and probably impounded their gas guzzling V8 mobile shisha palaces for eternity!

Someone try and tell me they were being 'responsible locals'? Yes UAEKid, they were local I saw every single one of them and can recognise a UAE kandurah very well at that distance.

I hope their God siezes up their engines and dries out their brake fluid in his wrath!!!



Knight

This is for the uaekid:

DK claimed above that the 5 a-holes who were running behind the ambulance were indeed locals, and he challenged you to dispute that.

I prepared a reply below from you to him. You can just "copy and paste" it when you make your reply:


"How can u say that U dum brit. how u kno they waring kandoora. Mybe they waring wite shirt. U cant see all kandoora frm yr car. If not also waring gutra and egal then they not lokal. Kandoora only not enuf u dum brit. Mybe they ware stpid brits or indyans.

Get alife mate."

Too funny Tom. How are you coming along on the accent???

uaekid wrote:it was funny i ll give him that , the dam brit stole my line

wishmaster wrote:

Dubai Knight wrote:Tonight I witness the most blatant disregard for the rules of the road and common sense!

Sheikh Zayed Road was moving slowly (as it always seems to do in the evening rush hour) due to an accident that had been posted on the overhead illuminated signs.

In my mirrors, I catch the glitter of blue flashing lights and see an ambulance weaving its way, half on the median hard shoulder trying to get past the traffic and get to the scene of the accident. I, and the cars around me, duly pull over and make a hole to assist. As it goes past...there is a convoy of 5 local drivers in 4x4's tailgating the ambulance and dodging through the traffic in its wake!

Sorry, but that is just plain arrogant, stupid, irresponsible and dumb dumb dumb! I wish I had been able to get their numbers; Inspector Knacker at Bur Dubai HQ would have thrown every book in the station at them and probably impounded their gas guzzling V8 mobile shisha palaces for eternity!

Someone try and tell me they were being 'responsible locals'? Yes UAEKid, they were local I saw every single one of them and can recognise a UAE kandurah very well at that distance.

I hope their God siezes up their engines and dries out their brake fluid in his wrath!!!



Knight

In which country you don't find people like this? just name one country...

BlackburnRovers wrote:I dont know about tailgating ambulances; but there is one category of drivers who dont hesitate to blatantly jump red lights; some locals and some Arab expats. The signal turns red, and then a flat 3 seconds later they jump it, even honking at cars going through their green signal. I have seen it thrice in the last 3 months.

Its just political correctness to pretend some things; yes 70% of Keralites are panickiy drivers, many locals do things expats wouldnt simply because they will talk/complain their way out of any police measures against them.
Many Arab expats break rules because they will try to k*** a*** out of a punishment, but often doesnt work!
Its much more likely to find a Brit in DUI than many other nationalities, and so on.

Tom Jones wrote:

uaekid wrote:it was funny i ll give him that , the dam brit stole my line

You’re such a good sport kid…. That’s why we like to kid you….(no pun intended. Do you know what that means??)

uaekid wrote:

Tom Jones wrote:

uaekid wrote:it was funny i ll give him that , the dam brit stole my line

You’re such a good sport kid…. That’s why we like to kid you….(no pun intended. Do you know what that means??)

nop LOL but any way life is too short to spend it frustrating on a daily bases , which reminds me to plan my summer vacation to Malaysia this time .. but I like seeing you doing so so you wont get too comfortable living here

desertdudeshj wrote:oh that happens everyday on the Ad-Dxb highway. Where the radar doesn't snap you till 160.
I did read something that they were thinking of reducing the seating capacity + limiting the speed on thoses things. At first I didn't think that was such a good idea, but from what I see nowadays ..........

smoggie wrote:Was almost wiped out by a bus this morning in Deira. He was on-coming and decided he was going to turn the corner in front of me. Guess what: He was on the phone!!! I wound down the window and screamed at the m*****F*****....He just looked at me as though I was in the wrong! This place needs a bit of natural law....Road rage if you like to make people think about their actions.... sad to say that but the police here are not up to the job!

bossman wrote:BMreformed , my next step is to get a harley . After i get my M licence.