I was in Saudi Arabia in the late 70's on a Natural Gas Project and found
some interesting aspects of local highway driving. I was told the Muslim
drivers would pass on hills and curves and leave their continued existance
in the hands of Allah - don't know if true of not but I saw a *lot* of
passing on hills and curves. Also was told there was a lot of eye disease
among the indigent people that came from all the sand flying all the time
(which was not in doubt) so a lot of drivers did not have great eyesight -
especially at night. Another common story was the locals believed the
right-of-way was bestowed on who ever had the largest vehicle. Hence the
locals liked to drive the big trucks so they'd have the maximum
right-of-way. Interesting concept.
We also heard about foreigners always getting blamed for all accidents
because if they hadn't been there the accident would not have occurred - so
naturally it was the foreigners fault. There was also a story of a
Westerner stopping at an accident and upon seeing a Saudi woman not
breathing he removed her from the car and applied resusitation which aved
her life. The story went that he was arrested and taken to jail for
assaulting a Saudi woman. Seems hard to believe but after seeing hands
hanging in the middle of the main town square (as a warning to potential
theives) some things became easier to believe.
One thing I found interesting was passing little "settlements" for lack of a
better word out in the desert - there's be a dozen or so large wodden
shipping containers like those large equipment was shipped in with doors and
windows cut into them and TV antennas attached and a MB or Chev. Suburban
(remember the big vehicle and right-of-way thing?) out front - never any
Fords because they believed Ford was owned by Jewish investors. Seems they
aren't aware of the publicly owned business concept. ;-)
Lots of other things went on - but they have nothing to do with Mercedes.
;-)
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Potter, Tom E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] worst place on earth to drive - was: OM617 head
Man, does Jeff have it right! I drove in Cairo for a month and almost
had heart failure every day. The streets did not even have lanes
marked--not that it would matter anyway. It was every man for himself.
There is nothing in the U.S. that remotely compares to it.
Tom Potter (Who takes Houston traffic with a smile)
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:41 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] worst place on earth to drive - was: OM617 head
I agree with Hendrik....none of those "bad" drivers would last ten
seconds in Cairo or Tehran. In Tehran, not only do they not bother with
lanes or stoplight colours, they don't even care what SIDE of the road
they use! Not to mention the sidewalks!
Ever feeling suicidal, try crossing the roads there as a pedestrian.
lol
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
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