reply to post by Akutski
I can substantiate what you say, Akutski. There are accidents and crimes reported in the Dubai media, but rarely if they involve a local or a
well-off, well-connected expat and never if they involve one of the top families. The crimes that do get reported are the ones involving housemaids,
taxi-drivers and Eatern European working girls.
I've seen a burning Toyota Prado on the Sheikh Zayed Road, a Jaguar XJ6 cut in half, and any number of other horrific accidents. I understand it used
to be (and for all I know still is) the most dangerous stretch of first-class highway anywhere in the world.
And do you remember the Dubai-Sharjah road where it crosses that big wadi? The one where they have to keep replacing the fencing every week or so
because someone's gone over the side?
And the cops... Pakistani, Egyptian, Jordanian... just like everyone else, they're only in Dubai to make money.
Interesting place, eh?


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