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Frustrated with Idiot Drivers

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:17

Argh! I have a 15 minute drive from DD's school to my office.... in the 15 minutes this morning

1. W@nker in a BMW X5 wouldn't let me into the left hand lane so I could turn left at the traffic lights, he just sped up and flashed me

2. Idiot in Nissan Armada, going too fast through the traffic lights had to brake suddenly due to traffic build up and all I could hear was skreetching tyres behind me

3. ****** in a Honda Accord who didn't look in his blind spot and nearly changed lanes into me - only realised when I hooted at him

4. Numpty in a Porsche Cayman who was speeding along in the right lane who then flashed me because I moved into the right lane to turn right... he was not turning right he was just annoyed he had to slow down and change lanes.

ARRGGHHH!!! It seems to come and go in phases and right now it seems to be a bad phase... 3 accidents on Shk Zayed rd this past week just outside English College!

It would be great if everyone just slowed down a bit and was a bit more poliet!
<em>edited by magicbeanza on 24/01/2011</em>

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 16:11
I get soooooooo frustrated with the driving styles over here, I gain a new stress line everyday from Dubai roads. Just gonna have little rant so I'm calm for the journey home: * Why don't people indicate? * When people do indicate, why do they use the wrong one? Learn your lefts to your rights !!!! * Why do people flash you for not going fast enough when you have cars infront of you that are clearly setting your speed limit? * Why do people spend ages politely queueing at traffic lights to make a turn, and then some ****hole zooms down the side and pushes infront of you so you nearly go into the back of them? (is it bad that I stubbornly refuse to let these people in) This is just for now....... I could go on!! (PS. How do you do an angry emoticon?)
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 15:21
I only asked - wasn't criticising !! I was curious because I never notice these things myself... personally i haven't found the driving here any worse than anywhere else. But that's not to say others, like the OP, don't have issues with it... I'm usually one of the first people to say I don't find driving here much different to anywhere else, but it seems people were out to attack me this morning :)
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 15:09
Argh! I have a 15 minute drive from DD's school to my office.... in the 15 minutes this morning 1. W@nker in a BMW X5 wouldn't let me into the left hand lane so I could turn left at the traffic lights, he just sped up and flashed me 2. Idiot in Nissan Armada, going too fast through the traffic lights had to brake suddenly due to traffic build up and all I could hear was skreetching tyres behind me 3. ****** in a Honda Accord who didn't look in his blind spot and nearly changed lanes into me - only realised when I hooted at him 4. Numpty in a Porsche Cayman who was speeding along in the right lane who then flashed me because I moved into the right lane to turn right... he was not turning right he was just annoyed he had to slow down and change lanes. ARRGGHHH!!! It seems to come and go in phases and right now it seems to be a bad phase... 3 accidents on Shk Zayed rd this past week just outside English College! It would be great if everyone just slowed down a bit and was a bit more poliet! edited by magicbeanza on 24/01/2011 LOL !!! How are you able to remember all the makes of car AND presumed nationality of the driver ??? If the OP is anything like me, then she can probably tell a car a mile off and therefore easily identify it. As for the identities of the bad drivers, if someone cuts me up, I'll sure as he'll give them a stare and therefore get a vague idea of their nationality albeit by no means accurate. I think everyone should give the poor OP a break. She's obviously had a stressful morning and looking for a little support. You'd be joking if you said the drivers here weren't generally bad. I have good days and then days where it's like everyone is coming at me on purposes. So give her a break and offer her some comfort rather than criticising her. There are tons of people here that don't drive for this very reason. Why is everyone today turning every thread into a b!tching session - I reckon there are a few new posters under new id's doing their best to wind things up. I only asked - wasn't criticising !! I was curious because I never notice these things myself... personally i haven't found the driving here any worse than anywhere else. But that's not to say others, like the OP, don't have issues with it...
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 13:55
She writes them down as she goes along taking the odd snap shot inbetween calls on her mobile? You're a laugh a minute. @ Sue62 - I'm good with cars and their shapes, I can tell a what car it is at night just by their headlights in my rearview mirror @ Nobbles - Don't worry HillaryC isn't bugging me :) Thanks for the defense tho :)
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 13:32
Argh! I have a 15 minute drive from DD's school to my office.... in the 15 minutes this morning 1. W@nker in a BMW X5 wouldn't let me into the left hand lane so I could turn left at the traffic lights, he just sped up and flashed me 2. Idiot in Nissan Armada, going too fast through the traffic lights had to brake suddenly due to traffic build up and all I could hear was skreetching tyres behind me 3. ****** in a Honda Accord who didn't look in his blind spot and nearly changed lanes into me - only realised when I hooted at him 4. Numpty in a Porsche Cayman who was speeding along in the right lane who then flashed me because I moved into the right lane to turn right... he was not turning right he was just annoyed he had to slow down and change lanes. ARRGGHHH!!! It seems to come and go in phases and right now it seems to be a bad phase... 3 accidents on Shk Zayed rd this past week just outside English College! It would be great if everyone just slowed down a bit and was a bit more poliet! edited by magicbeanza on 24/01/2011 LOL !!! How are you able to remember all the makes of car AND presumed nationality of the driver ??? If the OP is anything like me, then she can probably tell a car a mile off and therefore easily identify it. As for the identities of the bad drivers, if someone cuts me up, I'll sure as he'll give them a stare and therefore get a vague idea of their nationality albeit by no means accurate. I think everyone should give the poor OP a break. She's obviously had a stressful morning and looking for a little support. You'd be joking if you said the drivers here weren't generally bad. I have good days and then days where it's like everyone is coming at me on purposes. So give her a break and offer her some comfort rather than criticising her. There are tons of people here that don't drive for this very reason. Why is everyone today turning every thread into a b!tching session - I reckon there are a few new posters under new id's doing their best to wind things up.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 13:27
She writes them down as she goes along taking the odd snap shot inbetween calls on her mobile?
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 13:25
Argh! I have a 15 minute drive from DD's school to my office.... in the 15 minutes this morning 1. W@nker in a BMW X5 wouldn't let me into the left hand lane so I could turn left at the traffic lights, he just sped up and flashed me 2. Idiot in Nissan Armada, going too fast through the traffic lights had to brake suddenly due to traffic build up and all I could hear was skreetching tyres behind me 3. ****** in a Honda Accord who didn't look in his blind spot and nearly changed lanes into me - only realised when I hooted at him 4. Numpty in a Porsche Cayman who was speeding along in the right lane who then flashed me because I moved into the right lane to turn right... he was not turning right he was just annoyed he had to slow down and change lanes. ARRGGHHH!!! It seems to come and go in phases and right now it seems to be a bad phase... 3 accidents on Shk Zayed rd this past week just outside English College! It would be great if everyone just slowed down a bit and was a bit more poliet! edited by magicbeanza on 24/01/2011 LOL !!! How are you able to remember all the makes of car AND presumed nationality of the driver ???
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 12:04
I HATE going to Mirdif. I swear, the worst drivers in all of Dubai are in Mirdif. Take your life into your own hands as soon as you get off Emirates road. Innocent question: Has it anything to do with its proximity to Sharjah? WATER SUPPLY in Sharjah full of 40 tons of confiscated booze. LOL
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 12:02
I HATE going to Mirdif. I swear, the worst drivers in all of Dubai are in Mirdif. Take your life into your own hands as soon as you get off Emirates road. Innocent question: Has it anything to do with its proximity to Sharjah? WATER SUPPLY in Sharjah full of 40 tons of confiscated booze. :D
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 12:01
I HATE going to Mirdif. I swear, the worst drivers in all of Dubai are in Mirdif. Take your life into your own hands as soon as you get off Emirates road. Innocent question: Has it anything to do with its proximity to Sharjah? WATER SUPPLY in Sharjah full of 40 tons of confiscated booze.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 12:01
I HATE going to Mirdif. I swear, the worst drivers in all of Dubai are in Mirdif. Take your life into your own hands as soon as you get off Emirates road. Innocent question: Has it anything to do with its proximity to Sharjah? Oooh... you emirate'ist!!
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:59
I HATE going to Mirdif. I swear, the worst drivers in all of Dubai are in Mirdif. Take your life into your own hands as soon as you get off Emirates road. Innocent question: Has it anything to do with its proximity to Sharjah?
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:53
can't they fix the cars to not go over 50mph and if you hit 50mph and try to go over, the car stops? i think everyone should have to deal with the lesson... although this would bug the heck outa me.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:48
I alternate between driving the Boyfs small Kia Rio and my Sorento 4x4, and the attitudes form other drivers when i am in whichever car is amazingly different. However i was astounded over the weekend at the stupidity of a driver coming out of Shorooq (i was assuming a resident, although it is possible he wasnt) in a fully loaded range rover. coming from MCC and Ghoroob, as you join tripoli street the right most lane closes in...everyone and thier dog in that part of dubai knows the layout (devils advocate: he wasnt local to the area). None the less when you see the arrows painted on the blacktop in WHITE and someone indicating left and there are a good 3 or 4 car lengths space, this person starts to accelerate as you make moves to merge THEN flashes you like a neanderthal and beeps horn...you have to question the mentality. he was Western and as he decided to raise the WTF hand on his way past i simply put two fingers to my eyes and pointed them at the road with a smile and a shake of the head.....open your eyes people....drive with them and not your right foot! totally feeling your frustration magicbeanza.... i know i am no angel when someone does something stupid in front of me the red cloud decends and takes control when i should just be passive and have inshallah attitude, but its dangerous on them there roads... I HATE going to Mirdif. I swear, the worst drivers in all of Dubai are in Mirdif. Take your life into your own hands as soon as you get off Emirates road.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:45
Hillaryc must be a man with a p3nis defficiency If i was a man i would have no defficiency in that department, who does? A little crass for 11 am Freckles. Crass??? This is EW lol!!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:44
I alternate between driving the Boyfs small Kia Rio and my Sorento 4x4, and the attitudes form other drivers when i am in whichever car is amazingly different. However i was astounded over the weekend at the stupidity of a driver coming out of Shorooq (i was assuming a resident, although it is possible he wasnt) in a fully loaded range rover. coming from MCC and Ghoroob, as you join tripoli street the right most lane closes in...everyone and thier dog in that part of dubai knows the layout (devils advocate: he wasnt local to the area). None the less when you see the arrows painted on the blacktop in WHITE and someone indicating left and there are a good 3 or 4 car lengths space, this person starts to accelerate as you make moves to merge THEN flashes you like a neanderthal and beeps horn...you have to question the mentality. he was Western and as he decided to raise the WTF hand on his way past i simply put two fingers to my eyes and pointed them at the road with a smile and a shake of the head.....open your eyes people....drive with them and not your right foot! totally feeling your frustration magicbeanza.... i know i am no angel when someone does something stupid in front of me the red cloud decends and takes control when i should just be passive and have inshallah attitude, but its dangerous on them there roads...
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:42
OK, so enough bashing Hilaryc. Back to the topic. My pet peeve is people who speed up to pass me on the Springs roads - only to slam on their brakes and inch over the speed bumps. I've nearly gotten into so many accidents that way!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:39
When every other driver on the road has a problem you have to question the odds? Umm perhaps if I only came across those 4 cars, but seeing as there must have been over 100 cars on the road this morning that I didn't have issues with I'm going to say that those 4 are the ones with the problem :)
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:38
Hillaryc must be a man with a p3nis defficiency If i was a man i would have no defficiency in that department, who does? A little crass for 11 am Freckles.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:36
When every other driver on the road has a problem you have to question the odds?
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EW GURU
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:33
Hillaryc must be a man with a p3nis defficiency
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:32
I think HillaryC wants to twist things to start an argument, Maybe!!!!
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:32
Argh! I have a 15 minute drive from DD's school to my office.... in the 15 minutes this morning 1. W@nker in a BMW X5 wouldn't let me into the left hand lane so I could turn left at the traffic lights, he just sped up and flashed me 2. Idiot in Nissan Armada, going too fast through the traffic lights had to brake suddenly due to traffic build up and all I could hear was skreetching tyres behind me 3. ****** in a Honda Accord who didn't look in his blind spot and nearly changed lanes into me - only realised when I hooted at him 4. Numpty in a Porsche Cayman who was speeding along in the right lane who then flashed me because I moved into the right lane to turn right... he was not turning right he was just annoyed he had to slow down and change lanes. ARRGGHHH!!! It seems to come and go in phases and right now it seems to be a bad phase... 3 accidents on Shk Zayed rd this past week just outside English College! It would be great if everyone just slowed down a bit and was a bit more poliet! edited by magicbeanza on 24/01/2011 Are you sure it's the other drivers who have the problem? lol
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:32
Are you sure it's the other drivers who have the problem? Are you one of the other drivers? Is that why you're taking offence?
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EW GURU
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:30
uncalled for hillaryc
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:29
Argh! I have a 15 minute drive from DD's school to my office.... in the 15 minutes this morning 1. W@nker in a BMW X5 wouldn't let me into the left hand lane so I could turn left at the traffic lights, he just sped up and flashed me 2. Idiot in Nissan Armada, going too fast through the traffic lights had to brake suddenly due to traffic build up and all I could hear was skreetching tyres behind me 3. ****** in a Honda Accord who didn't look in his blind spot and nearly changed lanes into me - only realised when I hooted at him 4. Numpty in a Porsche Cayman who was speeding along in the right lane who then flashed me because I moved into the right lane to turn right... he was not turning right he was just annoyed he had to slow down and change lanes. ARRGGHHH!!! It seems to come and go in phases and right now it seems to be a bad phase... 3 accidents on Shk Zayed rd this past week just outside English College! It would be great if everyone just slowed down a bit and was a bit more poliet! edited by magicbeanza on 24/01/2011 Are you sure it's the other drivers who have the problem?
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EW GURU
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:25
Nothing annoys me more (except some EW posters!) than a western expat riding my bumper or flashing etc. Big car / small w1lly syndrome
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:25
The best thing majority of cars on the road are driven by expats arent they!!!!!!!!!!!! Indeed. The BMW guy was a westerner The Nissan Armada was a western woman The Honda was Filapino Porsche didn't get a good look but highly doubt he was Indian or Filapino and would have noticed if he was a local so that doesn't leave much else except a westerner. Ive spoken to friends and their moto is "If you cant beat them join em" not sure its the way to go, this is why I wont drive here.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:23
The best thing majority of cars on the road are driven by expats arent they!!!!!!!!!!!! Indeed. The BMW guy was a westerner The Nissan Armada was a western woman The Honda was Filapino Porsche didn't get a good look but highly doubt he was Indian or Filapino and would have noticed if he was a local so that doesn't leave much else except a westerner.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 11:21
I hear car breaking all the time, cant believe what goes on out there, cars driving up the wrong way, doing U turns on dual carriage ways, motorbikes mounting curbs so they do have to drive down to the next exit. The list can go on!!!!!!!!!!! The best thing majority of cars on the road are driven by expats arent they!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 

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