een heer in het verkeer
Door: Tanja Oldenziel
21 September 2004 | Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, Dubai
Eigenlijk zou Cor dit stukje schrijven. Tenminste dat stelde ik hem voor, zodat hij zelf kon vertellen over zijn nieuwe aanwinst. Echter ik wilde jullie de volgende 'verkeersregels in Dubai' niet onthouden. Deze vond ik op de website van expatmums.com.
Later zal Cor zijn nieuws aan dit stukje aan toevoegen inclusief foto.
Rules of the Road in Dubai:
- It is against the law to talk on a mobile phone without a hands-free device.
- It is against the law to let children under 10 years of age travel in the front seat.
- It is against the law to drive a dirty car!
- A certain amount of arrogance is necessary on the road. Indecisiveness will get you
into trouble.
- Cars are usually driven on the right hand side of the road.
- Bicycles are driven in any direction, usually with no lights.
- The hard shoulder is often considered a lane for very fast moving vehicles.
- Trucks are only allowed to travel in the slow lane (right hand lane).
- U-turns are necessary to get where you want to go because you can not turn left into a block.
- A U-turn is one of the few manoeuvres that involve the use of the indicators.
- Keep in mind that there are a lot of very powerful cars on the road.
- Although the speed limit is usually 60 KPH, a good number of vehicles travel at least 20 KPH faster. There are speed cameras around; you will quickly locate these, as cars will suddenly brake in front of you.
- The bigger the car that you drive and the better your visibility the more likely you are of staying out of trouble.
- When approaching an orange traffic light, check to see what is behind you before braking. A number of accidents occur when ‘sensible drivers’ stop for an orange light, when the car behind has other ideas.
- At large intersections chose your lane carefully. If you want to go straight stay in the slow lane. Cars wanting to turn left will do so from any other lane.
- Roundabouts are tricky things. Often other drivers have difficulty with the concept of lanes.
- Try and stay out of the fast lane, check your rear view mirrors regularly as you will be amazed at how quickly something can appear behind you.
- Remember horns are for hooting. A millisecond is the time it takes for the lights to turn green and the car behind you to hoot.
Later zal Cor zijn nieuws aan dit stukje aan toevoegen inclusief foto.
Rules of the Road in Dubai:
- It is against the law to talk on a mobile phone without a hands-free device.
- It is against the law to let children under 10 years of age travel in the front seat.
- It is against the law to drive a dirty car!
- A certain amount of arrogance is necessary on the road. Indecisiveness will get you
into trouble.
- Cars are usually driven on the right hand side of the road.
- Bicycles are driven in any direction, usually with no lights.
- The hard shoulder is often considered a lane for very fast moving vehicles.
- Trucks are only allowed to travel in the slow lane (right hand lane).
- U-turns are necessary to get where you want to go because you can not turn left into a block.
- A U-turn is one of the few manoeuvres that involve the use of the indicators.
- Keep in mind that there are a lot of very powerful cars on the road.
- Although the speed limit is usually 60 KPH, a good number of vehicles travel at least 20 KPH faster. There are speed cameras around; you will quickly locate these, as cars will suddenly brake in front of you.
- The bigger the car that you drive and the better your visibility the more likely you are of staying out of trouble.
- When approaching an orange traffic light, check to see what is behind you before braking. A number of accidents occur when ‘sensible drivers’ stop for an orange light, when the car behind has other ideas.
- At large intersections chose your lane carefully. If you want to go straight stay in the slow lane. Cars wanting to turn left will do so from any other lane.
- Roundabouts are tricky things. Often other drivers have difficulty with the concept of lanes.
- Try and stay out of the fast lane, check your rear view mirrors regularly as you will be amazed at how quickly something can appear behind you.
- Remember horns are for hooting. A millisecond is the time it takes for the lights to turn green and the car behind you to hoot.
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