The Riyadh city chief of police reported there were 12,000 observed traffic violations by his police during the previous 24 hours.
12,000
The way they drive here I can’t believe the count was that low!
Apparently one of the most prevalent offences was driving whilst using a mobile phone. Actually everyone seems to do it and I therefore thought it wasn’t an offence! I’ve worked out another reason why four lanes of traffic turns to 6 or 7 at traffic lights. The cars on the left all some intend to turn left across the traffic coming from the opposite direction. So they “create” 3 extra lanes to bypass those vehicles queuing to turn left. Unfortunately some vehicles on the right also decide to turn left. Consequentially an enormous traffic jam occurs when the lights turn green whilst cars on the right wanting to turn left weave their way across the middle lanes wanting to go straight ahead. And of course the clock it ticking for the lights to change. Headlights flash and horns sound from drivers further back in the queue. Oh what fun!
Eventually we arrive at the office. I’m usually one of the first to arrive and find myself spending the entire day sitting in my office on an empty floor banging away on the keyboard. All the documentation is gradually being downloaded from my head onto the hard drive.
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