Sunday, November 13, 2005

Speed Demons..

What is it about people and time on roads? It's like if they're not somewhere a minute or two earlier the whole universe will collapse. And they speed like they have their asses on fire or something.

Jeez.

Accident rate ratios may have gone down but the mentality of people on the road has suffered enormously. Monkeys can drive better (provided they are taught the rules).

Ever since they installed the new radar systems on most of the roads of Oman, people have frantically upped their speed in a bid to challenge the law and the saftey of pedsitrians and automobilers alike.

They may not get tickets much these days, but rather put the metal to the pedal when a radar is not in sight. And when it is in distance, they simply grind their brakes against their wheel rims just so they have time enough to make a smiley gesture at the camera positioned in case they get caught.

And what's more annoying is the fact that everytime I am on the road (and I am talking about a general 'I', here), I risk my life putting my car, and the safety of the road between the hands of those lunatics.

They'll push way up you'll be coughing them up from your throat. They'll tag-tail you 'til you've got no other choice than to side-step them and continue with your life.

I'd like to take a nice stroll in my car for once on the highway without the worrie that I would be caught in that kind of nerve-breaking tension.

The ROP has a policy of handing over driving licenses to only people who are aged 18 and above; they should definitely change it to 21 and above. Kids are driving 4 wheel drives these days.

Insurance companies have no a negotiation policy towards customers who want to own their own sports car to people who own a valid driving license and are under the age of 25. And so they should. Half the cars that have smashed in front of me are Mustangs; old & new.

Want some good advice? Next time someone makes a pass of something like the above at you with their car, call up the Police and report their license plate and car model. It will do you no good chasing them down yourself, nor flashing or horning the person when they are 5 lamposts a distance away from you.

Be safe, people..

3 comments:

Kay said...


I fail to see how issuing driving licenses to whose 21 and above would make any sense or help the cause. why should others be treated guilty of a crime they haven’t committed yet?? when u go to school there r buses u can take, but after high school, what about the thousands that study in the public and private collages how exactly are they supposed to get around during the day???? Not everyone can afford to get a driver.

You raise some good points and i agree partly. but u provided no solution. the part about the age limit makes no sense. i think there should be a point system where u start off with for example 20 points and for every offence, minor or major, u get points Deducted. Once u hit 5 or zero or minus u get ur licenses taken away or some sort of punishment. Issuing tickets and radars aren’t the only way to prevent speeding and will never be enough.


Sleepless In Muscat said...

wicked:

i don't see how i didn't provide a solution to the problem.

the age barrier issue is meant that people aged 21 and above will have a better understanding of the road system, even though there is still the matter of how that comes in - I do give you that..

but i brought it up because it is a measure where some GCC countries uptake to lower car accidents in their neighborhoods..

as for the points system, that existed in the past, and was considered 'too cruel' for the society..

the moral of having the law implemented on everyone is to eradicate who even THINK about doing such a thing..

ps: your tone makes it seem as if you're taking it too seriously. i hope i am making the wrong assumption..

Sleepless In Muscat said...

lol...

just so you know kaza..ALL the radars are now operational..

during ramadhan and eid time, only 3 were..

that's the inside information i have..