tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post978370157697951637..comments2024-03-06T14:12:03.858+04:00Comments on Susan Al Shahri سوسن الشحري: Maniacs GaloreSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509378404066967124noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-12723494397062986822011-12-02T20:00:37.051+04:002011-12-02T20:00:37.051+04:00Can't believe the number of maniac drivers on ...Can't believe the number of maniac drivers on the crowded beach in Salalah today! One nearly hit one of my kids. Why are 4x4 cars even ALLOWED on the beach here. Don't the drivers care about the innocent kids that are at risk? <br /><br />When is Oman going to wake up and do something about these reckless divers?Travelallergyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201624525565688899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-6828285741513958402011-11-03T16:18:29.377+04:002011-11-03T16:18:29.377+04:00Everyone is in God's hands indeed - that's...Everyone is in God's hands indeed - that's why he's given you a brake and a seatbelt. What he cannot do is force you to use them....blewynhttp://blewog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-76364110991247066942011-11-03T01:47:19.733+04:002011-11-03T01:47:19.733+04:00Oman needs to scrap it's current driving instr...Oman needs to scrap it's current driving instructor methods and implement one similar to the UK. No one should be able just to wander into the Ministry, pay the fee, install dual controls and then be a driving instructor. There should be a course, proper certification, etc.<br /><br />The driving laws also need to be ramped up with more coppers on the roads and more people being fined with heavy fines, not silly little things. Perhaps even bring in a points system similar to UK (not Dubai) and actually take their licenses away from them. If you catch them on the streets with no license/insurance then take their car off of them. If the car is not roadworthy or being driven in an insane manner, do the person for wreckless driving and repossess the car. Pictures obviously arn't working, so get families of car crash victims in to Schools to talk to the kids about it, maybe even do a bit of theatrics with an old car-crash and some mannequins...<br /><br />Simples!Driver mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-63066013465009213962011-11-01T00:46:04.856+04:002011-11-01T00:46:04.856+04:00the biggest problem is the backwards mindset that ...the biggest problem is the backwards mindset that everything is in god's hands...the worst maniac drivers are mutawwas...sickeningabdalah pressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-90794737512541077902011-10-30T23:18:05.973+04:002011-10-30T23:18:05.973+04:00Nothing will happen to the bus driver till someome...Nothing will happen to the bus driver till someome is killed or seriously injured. Good luck with the cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-61274326930850627772011-10-30T18:13:09.630+04:002011-10-30T18:13:09.630+04:00I live in Salalah and am in the car 2 hrs a day dr...I live in Salalah and am in the car 2 hrs a day driving my kids to and from school. Your example of the school bus is a scene I see every single day, multiple times a day. I drop my kids off at school in Dahariz where there are 2 other schools. Not only the bus drivers drive like maniacs but also the parents. <br />You know what, even though I see at least 1 car accident/ day I'm actually amazed that I've never seen anyone get killed! <br /><br />My question is: Why don't the police do anything about it????? They are on the road too. They see what happens but just leave it as it is. WHY?????Travelallergyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201624525565688899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-17696221825803237242011-10-30T15:15:58.998+04:002011-10-30T15:15:58.998+04:00Have seen a steady increase in these kinds of acci...Have seen a steady increase in these kinds of accidents where the one and only villain is recklessness and "need for speed". Btw-Love your way of writing and the emotions that it conveys.Kudos and keep it up.<br />Regards..Niteshhttp://teachernn.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-8328369679405296872011-10-30T02:10:40.950+04:002011-10-30T02:10:40.950+04:00Scooters, motor bikes, fast cars, quad bikes - all...Scooters, motor bikes, fast cars, quad bikes - all bought by irresponsible parents. Why can't these children be rounded up, vehicles impounded and dear baba spend 6 months in jail. If the child has got someone to guarantee the loan, then child can go to jail, car impounded and the fool who guaranteed the loan can pay off the money. It would stop the problem in a matter of weeks. It's the same with school bus drivers - cameras on school routes, bus impounded and driver jailed.Living in hopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-87668570738920674492011-10-26T15:06:48.059+04:002011-10-26T15:06:48.059+04:00I couldn't agree more Susan. We keep hearing a...I couldn't agree more Susan. We keep hearing about road safety awareness campaigns, but there also need to be consequences for driving badly. I completely agree that a points system should be introduced so that drivers will eventually lose their licence if they continue to break the law. I never see drivers pulled over by the police for their reckless behaviour. It seems like everyone is free to do what they like. It is so selfish as they are endangering not only themselves but other innocent people. I've lost count of how many times some idiot has been driving about an inch behind me at a crazy speed. I can't go faster because there's traffic in front of me. Where the hell do they want me to go? It's terrifying. If I had to brake they would smash into the back of me. Do people have no regard for their lives or do they just assume that it will be OK (inshallah!). How overused that word is when it comes to things like this. Take some responsibility for yourselves and for your children!!!Anokhinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-9177262458928111762011-10-25T21:19:13.384+04:002011-10-25T21:19:13.384+04:00The accident of the young man must have been a sho...The accident of the young man must have been a shocking thing to see.<br />Road safety needs to be taught from a young age. In Muscat, for example, young children ride motor bikes that dont look roadworthy. They often have two people on them. They zip in and out of traffic. The riders do not wear crash helmets, they dont have licences or insurance and probably have never been taught how to drive (all of which are required to drive legally in Oman) .<br />They have to be not only a danger to themselves but of course to other road users. <br />The money to buy the motor bikes came from their parents.<br />The children are learning at a young age that road safety is unimportant and that lesson is difficult to unlearn later on in life; and like that young man it may never be learnt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com