Driving In Kuwait

March 18, 2008 | Filed Under Main | 2 Comments

I’m getting much better at it. Finding the groove the locals have when they drive. This week I was working on my route to the office and back. I think I have a pretty good one now. I’ve cut my near-death experiences in half!

There is ONLY aggressive driving out here. At times there are as many lanes on a road as traffic will allow. Merging is an art form. If it looks like it should be a two-lane-to-one merge, it’s really a five lane to one merge. If your car fits – go. You haven’t lived until you are passed on the right by a guy (or girl) driving on the white line between you and the person in the other lane. If there are four lanes at a stop light, any lane can make a left hand turn… if you can make it. This is the only place I have ever seen a Hummer weave in and out across three lanes of early morning local traffic. AND they do this on their cell phones. I did – once – see a police officer pull over a car. My only assumption is that either they actually hit someone or they had porn in the car. It couldn’t be for driving.

I now understand why there is no alcohol in this country. If alcohol were legal, the population would be halved in about two weeks.

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  1. Mike March 19, 2008 9:39 am

    Just send a good NASCAR driver there and half of them would be afraid to drive ever again. Just got back from 3 days of golf in Florida, where most of the people driving can’t see over the wheel. Makes it interesting watching them from behind when you can’t see anyone in the car!!

  2. mburma March 19, 2008 11:11 am

    At least they just make slow moves in big cars. To the young, wealthy and reckless here – cars are disposable.