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KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Foreigners in oil-rich Kuwait must be university graduates and draw a salary of not less than 1,370 dollars a month in order to obtain a driver's licence. That would be a start, but what to do about the locals? |
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Donga Wrote: The article starts: KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Foreigners in oil-rich Kuwait must be university graduates and draw a salary of not less than 1,370 dollars a month in order to obtain a driver's licence. That would be a start, but what to do about the locals? Same, maybe! -- PiledHigher |
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Donga wrote
That would be a start, but what to do about the locals? PiledHigher wrote: Same, maybe! I've got this mental image of wheelbarrow lanes for all the tradies. And chucking stubbies at them from my bike. Donga |
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PiledHigher wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/7vehw edit: looks like I put that one through long url! "Foreigners in oil-rich Kuwait must be university graduates and draw a salary of not less than 1,370 dollars a month in order to obtain a driver's licence. A number of professionals like doctors, teachers, judges and accountants are exempt from some of the conditions." I wonder whether they won't need degrees or do doctors, lawyers and accountants in Kuwait earn less than $350 per week? P -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA |
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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:38:55 +1100, PiledHigher wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/7vehw That reminds me of what someone once told me about the high cost barrier to private driving in Singapore. He said that it kept the numbers down, but those who /could/ afford it were even more arrogant on the road than the average here. -- Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw |
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"Peter McCallum" wrote in message
news:1h6l501.1paqpm51p1xy68N%p5m8.REMOVETHIS@yahoo .com.au... PiledHigher wrote: http://tinyurl.com/7vehw edit: looks like I put that one through long url! "Foreigners in oil-rich Kuwait must be university graduates and draw a salary of not less than 1,370 dollars a month in order to obtain a driver's licence. A number of professionals like doctors, teachers, judges and accountants are exempt from some of the conditions." I was in Kuwait earlier this year and, funnily enough, they let us drive on the roads!!!! It is pretty well chaos on the roads there and over half of the vehicles are giant Chevvy Suburbans, Chevvy Blazers, or Ford F Trucks (fuel is pretty cheap over there). Also would see the occasional Commodore (Chev Lumina), Statesman (Chev something), or Magna...... that was pretty weird. The road that we mainly travelled on was a freeway with about 4 lanes going each way and a speed limit of 120km/h. We would be overtaking in the left hand lane at 120km/h and then someone would scream past us in the parking lane on the left (between us and the barriers) at about 150km/h. Use of indicators seemed to be pretty much a novel concept that hadn't quite caught on yet. Didn't see any locals riding pushbikes although each of the US bases had a whole heap of el-cheapo "Jeep" dual suspension mtbs in desert cam colours. Not surprised really given that it was at least 50 degrees C for pretty well the whole time I was there. It was weird at car parks as the cars were fitted with a system that allowed the keys to be removed but the engine to keep running to keep the air con going!!!! Needless to say, was glad to leave the place. Ride On, Gags |
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Gags gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au wrote:
The road that we mainly travelled on was a freeway with about 4 lanes going each way and a speed limit of 120km/h. We would be overtaking in the left hand lane at 120km/h and then someone would scream past us in the parking lane on the left (between us and the barriers) at about 150km/h. Use of indicators seemed to be pretty much a novel concept that hadn't quite caught on yet. George Negus' book on Islam has a good insight into driving in Dubai, which sounds similar. He says most drivers believe that it is God's will whether they arrive safely, so it doesn't matter how you drive. Peter -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA |
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