I was asked by someone I know down under what it was like to drive over here.
I needed to use but one word...
Majestic.
It's actually a really good term to describe driving on the wide open roads over here.
Driving at 140-150kph on wide open roads, its something else. You become hyper aware. Driving at 90kph on open roads back home in australia sends me to sleep, but here at 120+, I'm awake, and I'm paying attention.
During the day it's beautiful to watch as the sand dances across the road blown by the wind from passing cars.
On especially windy days blown by the Shamal, it becomes like driving on silk.
You might be used to 2, 3, or even 4 lane roads in each direction near where you live. In dubai, major routes are 6 to 7 lanes in each direction. and this isn't just the main distributor for a short duration. This is 100km long stretches through regional and urban areas.
Speed limits range up to 120kph, with speed cameras set to 30kph above this.
Headed down to Abu Dhabi on Sheik Zayed Road they're set to 160kph.
What oyu find on these long commutes between dubai and abu dhabi sis
Cooperative speeding. You'll find lead cars generally in SUV's for higher viewpoints taking leads between speed cameras, with convoys lined up behind them.
As he approaches a live speed camera, not all are active, he will flash his left indicator and slow down.
Good signal for the 1-5 cars behind him to do the same. And so we will drop back to 150 for the camera, then take off again. With some of them going all the way 200+.
Getting where you need to go is fast and efficient. More so than any other city I've been in.
I needed to use but one word...
Majestic.
It's actually a really good term to describe driving on the wide open roads over here.
Driving at 140-150kph on wide open roads, its something else. You become hyper aware. Driving at 90kph on open roads back home in australia sends me to sleep, but here at 120+, I'm awake, and I'm paying attention.
During the day it's beautiful to watch as the sand dances across the road blown by the wind from passing cars.
On especially windy days blown by the Shamal, it becomes like driving on silk.
You might be used to 2, 3, or even 4 lane roads in each direction near where you live. In dubai, major routes are 6 to 7 lanes in each direction. and this isn't just the main distributor for a short duration. This is 100km long stretches through regional and urban areas.
Speed limits range up to 120kph, with speed cameras set to 30kph above this.
Headed down to Abu Dhabi on Sheik Zayed Road they're set to 160kph.
What oyu find on these long commutes between dubai and abu dhabi sis
Cooperative speeding. You'll find lead cars generally in SUV's for higher viewpoints taking leads between speed cameras, with convoys lined up behind them.
As he approaches a live speed camera, not all are active, he will flash his left indicator and slow down.
Good signal for the 1-5 cars behind him to do the same. And so we will drop back to 150 for the camera, then take off again. With some of them going all the way 200+.
Getting where you need to go is fast and efficient. More so than any other city I've been in.
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