963 road deaths a year..

963 road deaths a year, 80% attributed to speeding. That works out to be roughly 3 people a day, in a population of ~4.5m. That's quite similar to Malaysia, where there were ~6000 deaths in 2007 with a total population of 26.6m. That's pretty similar stats, but it just feels alot scarier here, as most people live in Abu Dhabi or Dubai, and I hear about accidents every other day.

I was driving home yesterday from Dubai on the fast lane going at 140k/ph and in my rear view mirror saw this huge ass hummer barrelling his way down my lane. He wasn't slowing down and there was no way I could move to the next lane without crashing into the car next to me. He did not even slow down as he got closer and all I could do is move a little to the other lane while he proceeded to whizz by me using the side emergency lane at about 200k/ph. NUTS.