Out of Control: Catastrophic Traffic Accidents in the Gulf

When it comes to crazy driving, the folks in the Gulf appear to take a backseat to no one.

Eight Kuwaiti youths were killed and 14 others injured, seven in critical condition, when several cars collided during an unofficial car race, a security source and witnesses said Tuesday... Illegal car races are common in this affluent Gulf state where car ownership is very high. There are around 1.4 million registered vehicles in Kuwait which has 1.1 million citizens and 2.3 million foreign residents... [and around] 400 people die of road accidents and thousands are injured or maimed every year in the oil-rich emirate.


In an effort to combat the scourge, the following images were among those released by police in the UAE to scare drivers straight...
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Steve - 2/17/2010 11:39:48 PM

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That "multimillion dollar sports car" bears a striking resemblance to the side blade of an Audi R8. Blessed are The Media for delivering the facts... and their buddies and followers for perpetuating them.

Type707 - 2/18/2010 12:24:39 AM

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What a waste...the car...not the idiotic people who arent capable of handling its speed.

LexSucks - 2/18/2010 11:51:17 AM

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Badgewhore,

What so cheap about the R8? Can you be more specific? Please.

mpls - 2/18/2010 4:45:29 AM

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They named the named the Toyota bu tdid they named the Audi R8 ?

JUGNU - 2/18/2010 6:29:24 AM

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Agree with whatever said. Driving standards here in Middle east are very poor. People drive too fast and don't care much if at all about safety.
I see accidents almost daily and that kind of accidents as shown in picture is not a rare sight to many here.
Governments should do something serious about these things especially UAE Government which seems to be very ignorant about these things.

JUGNU

theman - 2/18/2010 9:12:30 AM

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it's because of all the indians..

LexSucks - 2/18/2010 9:40:47 AM

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Where are the blood and gore pics?

pennfootball - 2/18/2010 9:44:51 AM

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First of all people in Abu Dhabi are not Indians they are A-Rab's! Get it right! lol I don't care if these idiots hurt themselves but if they are hurting other people car companies should limit the camelpower of these cars to about 65!

theman - 2/18/2010 11:23:39 AM

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You dont know what your talking, I have lived there most of my life..Indians are the predominant nationality in the UAE..Perhaps as high as 60% of the population is south asian..And indians are atrocious drivers, insecure, clumsy and either very slow or very fast...And its not A-Rab you fool, its Arab..

pennfootball - 2/18/2010 11:35:27 AM

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Oh I thought it was A-Rab Sorry about it, it is now Arab! Still You say potato I say Patato lol

LACMAN - 2/18/2010 11:15:17 AM

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Poor R8. Road looks very slick in those pics. (SMH) Dumb*ss driver. Isn't the R8 rear engined? I'll take the motor if its still any good.

dhkss2002 - 2/18/2010 11:58:20 AM

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Jeez, I wonder where you guys hide your sheets and lighter fluid?

TheDepressingTruth - 2/18/2010 6:21:43 PM

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Natural Selection at Work

Eyecarehawaii - 2/19/2010 3:30:58 PM

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You want to get rid of your teenager? Just give him the keys to your sportscar and money for booze. In all seriousness my condolences go out to the families of these teens. You can replace cars but not lives.