This story in the Khaleej Times newspaper states that the UAE’s drivers are getting better. According to the story, survey respondents saw an overall decrease of 3% in terms of bad driving habits such as lane swerving and tailgating. We thought it would be a good idea to write a series of open letters to […]
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List of Transferable Driving Licences
Many visitors to the UAE are able to rent a car using the driving licence issued in their home country, others can drive using an international driving licence. For people planning to live and work in the UAE long term (recipients of a Residency Visa) a UAE driving licence is required. Fortunately the UAE offers a duplication […]
Lane Discipline: The Real Issue for the UAE’s Roads
Some important comments today from the UAE Federal Traffic Council relating to the reduction of speed limits on the 311 and 611, two major roads that connect multiple emirates. The Council states that if statistics don’t show an increase in safety after a six month period has passed, the speed limit will return to 120km/h […]
Driving in Ramadan in the UAE
Ramadan is a spiritual month during which muslims able to fast do so from sunrise to sunset. In the UAE it is illegal for anyone over a certain age to eat, drink, smoke, chew gum, and so on, in public during daylight hours. Whilst arrests are very rare for those who forget and take […]
Seat Belts: A Change in UAE Law
We are staunch supporters of in-car safety but we aren’t able to make our customers wear seatbelts, although we hope they all do. Until this year it has not been mandatory for passengers in the back of the car to buckle-up. 2017 is a year of positive change, we welcome the change. This blogger has […]
