Tell ya driving in Saudi is a different experience, stuff like the video is an everyday thing. Had a kid that was maybe 11 pass us on the right in a Mazda SR5(?) micro truck balls to the wall with a full grown camel stuffed in the back with a look of terror on it's face.
That is the one and only time I have ever felt sorry for a camel.
Two days later we had a suburban pass us doing warp factor nine. Just at the horizon we could see a cloud of dust and what looked like an explosion (later we figured out that they did what the guy in the video did at about 100 mph. There were 12 people stuffed in that thing and every single one of them was ejected from the vehicle. Found one guy about twenty feet from the suv that was DRFT, one guy was pinned by his arm under the suburban which had landed on its side, one guy removed himself from the gene pool, but was still alive (think Lorena Bobbit and you will get the idea). The rest were scattered all over the place in piles of carnage looking like drunk contortionist, but still alive. Messed up thing is when the "ambulance" got there they just threw the people in the back of the van. Literally, 2 (I called them recovery specialists) workers, one at the head one at the feet picked up the people and carried, dropped, carried again to the van, dropped again to open the doors, and then heaved them into the back. No stretchers, medical equipment or anything else in the back of that thing. It was just an empty cargo van with fancy decals and lights. Put all 12 in there stacked like a cord of wood and than took off.
Tell ya if this is how the rest of the country drives, it's no wonder they don't let the women try and drive.
That is the one and only time I have ever felt sorry for a camel. Two days later we had a suburban pass us doing warp factor nine. Just at the horizon we could see a cloud of dust and what looked like an explosion (later we figured out that they did what the guy in the video did at about 100 mph. There were 12 people stuffed in that thing and every single one of them was ejected from the vehicle. Found one guy about twenty feet from the suv that was DRFT, one guy was pinned by his arm under the suburban which had landed on its side, one guy removed himself from the gene pool, but was still alive (think Lorena Bobbit and you will get the idea). The rest were scattered all over the place in piles of carnage looking like drunk contortionist, but still alive. Messed up thing is when the "ambulance" got there they just threw the people in the back of the van. Literally, 2 (I called them recovery specialists) workers, one at the head one at the feet picked up the people and carried, dropped, carried again to the van, dropped again to open the doors, and then heaved them into the back. No stretchers, medical equipment or anything else in the back of that thing. It was just an empty cargo van with fancy decals and lights. Put all 12 in there stacked like a cord of wood and than took off.
Tell ya if this is how the rest of the country drives, it's no wonder they don't let the women try and drive.
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Looks like the perfect place for an entrepreneur to set up some driver education schools!Tell ya driving in Saudi is a different experience, stuff like the video is an everyday thing. Had a kid that was maybe 11 pass us on the right in a Mazda SR5(?) micro truck balls to the wall with a full grown camel stuffed in the back with a look of terror on it's face.
Two days later we had a suburban pass us doing warp factor nine. Just at the horizon we could see a cloud of dust and what looked like an explosion (later we figured out that they did what the guy in the video did at about 100 mph. There were 12 people stuffed in that thing and every single one of them was ejected from the vehicle. Found one guy about twenty feet from the suv that was DRFT, one guy was pinned by his arm under the suburban which had landed on its side, one guy removed himself from the gene pool, but was still alive (think Lorena Bobbit and you will get the idea). The rest were scattered all over the place in piles of carnage looking like drunk contortionist, but still alive. Messed up thing is when the "ambulance" got there they just threw the people in the back of the van. Literally, 2 (I called them recovery specialists) workers, one at the head one at the feet picked up the people and carried, dropped, carried again to the van, dropped again to open the doors, and then heaved them into the back. No stretchers, medical equipment or anything else in the back of that thing. It was just an empty cargo van with fancy decals and lights. Put all 12 in there stacked like a cord of wood and than took off.
Tell ya if this is how the rest of the country drives, it's no wonder they don't let the women try and drive.
A pretty good skit for seat belts
Totally different minds over there. My coworker was just back from the UAE. He related the Arab mindset to me.
If you as a non Arab parked a car legally in a parking lot, and an Arab jumps the curb and hits your legally parked unattended car, it's your fault. You aren't an Arab and therefore should not have been there.
If two Arabs get into an accident the police are called. The police listen to both sides, decide who's at fault, then go to that guy and tell him to pay the other driver damages they determine on the spot for the car or go to jail.
He related a lot of things but the funniest was they would buy a Rolls and drive it until it ran out of gas or the ashtray was full then abandon it and buy another one.
If you as a non Arab parked a car legally in a parking lot, and an Arab jumps the curb and hits your legally parked unattended car, it's your fault. You aren't an Arab and therefore should not have been there.
If two Arabs get into an accident the police are called. The police listen to both sides, decide who's at fault, then go to that guy and tell him to pay the other driver damages they determine on the spot for the car or go to jail.
He related a lot of things but the funniest was they would buy a Rolls and drive it until it ran out of gas or the ashtray was full then abandon it and buy another one.
Had a gang banger teenager that came in as a trauma once that had blown one of his nuts off, by appendix carrying without a holster. Tried to claim it was a drive by. Was a half Darwin award since he still had the other one.
