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Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 8th 2020, 10:36 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 6,075
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Traffic Fines

As we are talking about cars.

Why do people put the little badges on the end of their bonnets over here - a bit like a Rolls Royce.... but a cheap Japanese car...

Mitsubishi Pajero's are the...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 3rd 2020, 10:27 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 6,075
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Traffic Fines

Racist as it sounds. I can't tell them apart. I'm assuming he was Bedouin and local, but he could well have been another GCC. You do get a lot of Emirati Bedouin in older vehicles, although usually...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 3rd 2020, 6:35 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 6,075
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Traffic Fines

It was - not an old, old one - but a more modern version of the model you are describing. Would still be a 2012 car maybe.

What is it with the circa 2000-2010 era big Lexus cars out in the Western...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 3rd 2020, 3:24 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 6,075
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Traffic Fines

Don't get me wrong, in daylight I probably would have anticipated it, but it happened around 6.30am, so still dark. I'm fairly certain I'd have looked in my mirrors to check I had cleared the trucks,...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Feb 3rd 2020, 5:29 am
Replies: 47
Views: 6,075
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Traffic Fines

Got my first black points on Thursday. A MSPaint recreation.

https://i.ibb.co/tsjkXtC/collision.png (https://ibb.co/wWG3sX6)

Overtaking a couple of lorries somewhere about 10km from Ghayathi....
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jan 26th 2020, 6:49 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 6,075
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Traffic Fines

Most of these are as a result of being caught out, usually rural. Doing 100 in an 80, thinking it is a 100, or not noticing the speed has changed from 100 to 80.

I find the cities easier to drive...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jan 26th 2020, 6:24 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 6,075
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Traffic Fines

I read this.

Very often you find yourself, travelling at the speed limit, overtaking vehicles - with somebody (usually a Patrol/Landcruiser) right up your ****, flashing and wanting past.

Do...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jan 26th 2020, 5:56 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 6,075
Posted By JohnRFulton

Traffic Fines

In > 250,000 miles driven over 17 years in the UK, I had never had a traffic fine and never had an accident. Then I moved to the UAE.

I've been driving over here for 9 months, and thankfully not...
Forum: Middle East
Jan 26th 2020, 3:21 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 4,654
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Returning home after it not working out - tax question

Cheers for the suggestions guys.

I am keeping my suggestions open, but I do have a phone interview for a position back in the UK next week. Not sure it is my next step, but it is worth listening...
Forum: Middle East
Jan 22nd 2020, 6:15 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 4,654
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Returning home after it not working out - tax question

Yes, it is actually mental. Politics in rural areas can be difficult as rural communities generally can be a bit cynical towards change from the tried and tested. However, over here, well wow!

I...
Forum: Middle East
Jan 22nd 2020, 6:04 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 4,654
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Returning home after it not working out - tax question

I think I may of misinterpreted what backpacking has meant. :lol:

I was thinking it was more cryptic.
Forum: Middle East
Jan 22nd 2020, 5:02 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 4,654
Posted By JohnRFulton

Re: Returning home after it not working out - tax question

Thank you for the responses. I have been told to go backpacking by a few people, and I get what you mean. Does anyone have experience of backpacking and what the risk of ending up in a back packing...
Forum: Middle East
Jan 21st 2020, 10:40 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 4,654
Posted By JohnRFulton

Returning home after it not working out - tax question

I took a job in Abu Dhabi in late May 2019 paying about 14000dh a month – I knew this was low by ex-pat standards, but……. I had hit a crossroads in life, 30 something and sick of living in...
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