Re: [MBZ] worst place on earth to drive - was: OM617 head
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) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - 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- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Zedic 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 Hendriknone 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006
Re: [MBZ] worst place on earth to drive - was: OM617 head
LarryT wrote: Another common story was the locals believed the right-of-way was bestowed on who ever had the largest vehicle. I read in a motorcycle magazine that the fastest moving vehicle gets the ROW in Italy. Factory test riders from Bimota pass wherever they want. If there's oncoming traffic, it can just move into the ditch. You can't pay me enough to get me to set foot in a Wahhabi hellhole, especially Saudi Arabia. I'd sooner visit England. Unfortunately, their international charitable works include muslim education, so the worst of the Wahhabi attitudes are spreading fast, even in America. It seems like Saudi Arabia produces more Imams than Israel produces Rabbis. http://www.lauramansfield.com/j/smalltownusa.asp Mitch.
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geez TimothyPilgrim wrote: I doubt there is anywhere in North America (don't know about Mexico though) that has traffic half as bad as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg9f93gpfbo Tim 1982 300TD Moby 1991 300TE 4Matic Beulah ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 420SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL #2, 86 300SDL, 84 380SE, 84 190D 2.2, 84 190D 2.2 #2, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net
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How ironic, since Henry Ford was an enthusiastic anti-semite... On 9/25/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: geez TimothyPilgrim wrote: I doubt there is anywhere in North America (don't know about Mexico though) that has traffic half as bad as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg9f93gpfbo Tim 1982 300TD Moby 1991 300TE 4Matic Beulah ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 420SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL #2, 86 300SDL, 84 380SE, 84 190D 2.2, 84 190D 2.2 #2, 81 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.striplin.net ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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TimothyPilgrim wrote: I doubt there is anywhere in North America (don't know about Mexico though) that has traffic half as bad as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg9f93gpfbo At least there's some skill in evidence there...unlike in this video from Moscow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKGuOi8Waw
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That bus driver sure had somebody looking over his shoulder! On Sep 26, 2006, at 9:57 AM, David Brodbeck wrote: At least there's some skill in evidence there...unlike in this video from Moscow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKGuOi8Waw
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The MA states (MD and Mass.) have the worst drivers - no contest. Nobody even comes close. Check out the insurance rates. On 9/24/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw an article on the worst drivers by State last week. Most were clustered in the NE, though my fellow Okies managed to only score 35th or so. This was based on the results of a test - of the rules, driving habits, etc. I wonder if there are statistics available rating the States on accidents per mile driven, or something similar. I've also wondered if there are studies that correlate personal injury per automobile brand, or something similar. Or, are our Mercedes statistically as safe as we feel they are? On 9/24/06, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its funny, all this time I've spent thinking MA was the worst place on earth to drive and you guys are always working to dispel these ideas of mine. Heck I've driven in L.A. and thought it was NOTHING compared to Boston, at least none of the streets are one way... So anyway I could count on one hand the number of times I got honked at merging onto the highway with my 240D. I've never been honked at with my 190D and the weekend I had my friend's 300SD it felt like I was driving a rocket! -Curt -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives. Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I know this may come as a shock to you nice people in the US of A but there are motorists outside of the USA. Perhaps the title of the post should be worst place in the US to drive. Then again perhaps it is right. Hendrik who just made a mental note not to drive in the states, seeing they got the worst drivers in the world - Original Message - From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:32 AM Subject: [MBZ] worst place on earth to drive - was: OM617 head I saw an article on the worst drivers by State last week. Most were clustered in the NE, though my fellow Okies managed to only score 35th or so. This was based on the results of a test - of the rules, driving habits, etc. I wonder if there are statistics available rating the States on accidents per mile driven, or something similar. I've also wondered if there are studies that correlate personal injury per automobile brand, or something similar. Or, are our Mercedes statistically as safe as we feel they are?
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I agree with Hendriknone 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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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- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Zedic 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 Hendriknone 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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No Kidding, Many years ago I drove a bus in Los Angeles, I thought that was a hectic as it could get, but I used to see a buddy regularly and he always looked like he was on vacation, turned out he had spent 15 years doing local delivery in a semi...in Mexico City! LA traffic really was a vacation for him. That said after driving commercially nationwide, Albuquerque NM has definitely got the worst drivers in the country, not only technically bad but crazy at the same time. Kansas City is by far the most relaxed place in the country to drive, even in rush hour, everyone drives consistent speed and roads are well marked at regular intervals making finding your way simple. NYC is the most fun, the drivers are aggressive, but very skilled. Remarkably few accidents and rarely more than 2 vehicles involved when it happens. I used to actually enjoy driving through there in an oversized semi! Traffic lights and lines in the road mean nothing, sidewalks are fair game, the only rule is to get from point A to point B without hitting anything :-) You haven't lived until you've run that racecourse in something 75 ft long and 8.5 ft wide in morning rush hour. Short track racing is an adrenalin let down after that. -Robert Jeff Zedic wrote: I agree with Hendriknone 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 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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oh no no no - that video must have been taken a few years ago. because now, the traffic doesn't move at ALL in bangalore. On 9/25/06, TimothyPilgrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I doubt there is anywhere in North America (don't know about Mexico though) that has traffic half as bad as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg9f93gpfbo Tim 1982 300TD Moby 1991 300TE 4Matic Beulah ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Sunil Hari 1992 300D 2.5T - 286Kmi. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 513-205-7474
