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Thursday, April 17, 2008UNITED APATHETIC EMIRATESI'm angry. I get so angry at times, that I'm sorely tempted to take the law into my own hands. Sadly, the only thing I would achieve - apart from a minute or two of absolute satisfaction - would be to get deported. Why am I angry you ask? Well, on March 1st, a whole new heap of traffic laws were put into action, with the all new 'black points' (penalty points) system against a drivers license. Newspapers bleated on about how this system was badly needed, that the standard of driving in the UAE was so poor, blah, blah soddin' blah. Even though the new laws have only been in effect for 6wks, it really is blatantly obvious that in general, very few drivers give a toss. Every day I see drivers cutting up the inside lane approaching traffic lights, so that they block a filter lane (tough tits for drivers wanting to take the filter) simply because they're too impatient to wait in a line of traffic, like 'normal' people. In a right hand lane & want to turn left? No problem, just block 3 lanes of traffic, because you're too fucking lazy to travel another 500m to the next intersection where you can do a legit U-turn. The amount of times I've been on the bike & a cager (fuckwit behind the wheel of a car) has tried to take us out could fill pages. On a recent trip to the hospital, one idiot nearly wiped us out, because he cut across 2 lanes of traffic & did his very best to knock us off the 'Glide. We chased him, blocked his every move & finally managed to confront him. He gave us the oh-so-popular hand signal of 'patience'. He tried to kill 2 people & I must be patient?? I think not. When asked why he tried to knock us off, he said "I did not see you". I was so bloody angry that Hubs didn't have chance to get a word in. "You didn't see us? Despite trying to force us into a concrete wall with your car & us blowing the horn, you didn't see us? YOU looked at us directly, your passenger looked at us...........looked me in the eyes you were so close, but YOU didn't see us? You're a fucking liar. Watch my lips mate: YOU ARE A FUCKING LIAR! You tried to force us off the road & you cannot deny it!" What did we get? "Oh............sorry. I'm sorry OK" Like fuck was he sorry. The only thing he was sorry about was being embarrassed in front of other drivers & his family in the car. A few days ago, I photographed this vehicle.  A) It's parked on a pedestrian crossing. B) It's blocking wheelchair access on sed crossing, which also doubles as an on/off ramp to a workshop. C) The vehicle has more than the newly punishable-by-law (i.e. penalty points) 30% tint on the windows. Someone caught the attention of a passing police vehicle & pointed out the vehicle was blocking the ramp & was also (like you couldn't miss it) parked on a pedestrian crossing. The cop said "Mafi mushkela" (no problem).
If the cops can't be arsed to deal with anything other than an accident, then what the fuck is the point of bringing in new laws? With literally tens of thousands of new cars being registered each year, why hasn't the government created a special Traffic Police force, to operate totally independant from the 'normal' police force? Every day we see horrific accident reports, due mainly to drivers gabbing on bloody cell phones, speeding like there's no tomorrow & basically ignoring every traffic rule there is, because they can. Welcome to the United Apathetic Emirates. Please make sure your life insurance is up to date.  
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