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Old 12 March 2008, 11:40 AM
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Gulfnews: Horrific accident on Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway near Ghantoot
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Old 12 March 2008, 11:43 AM
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Now thats messy !
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Old 12 March 2008, 11:44 AM
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better phone my sis and see if shes ok.
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Old 12 March 2008, 11:46 AM
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"three people were killed and nearly 350 injured in a horrific 60 vehicle pile-up"

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Old 12 March 2008, 11:48 AM
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Blimey, know that road well, driven it more times that i care to mention.

'enshalla' springs to mind, how the Arabs drive, God willing i will be OK.

Usual form when the weather is like this is to continue on at 90mph 2 foot from the car infront on your mobile - but to put your lights on. Sad but true.

It is a big old road though and i have never seen huge amounts of traffic on it at any times of the day or night. yes ther are other vehicles but it is more like the M45 (God's forgotten motorway) than the M25.
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Old 12 March 2008, 11:50 AM
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ouch that looks really bad
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Old 12 March 2008, 12:01 PM
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Hmmm 60 vehicle pile-up and they re-open the road in 5 hours. If there is more than one car here, the roads are all fooked for 24.
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Old 12 March 2008, 12:14 PM
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That's because over here Mick the accident investigation team have to determine the cause. Over there, they already know it, have you seen the way Arabs drive
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Looking at some of the photos I'm surprised that the death toll is currently only 3......
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Old 12 March 2008, 01:31 PM
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350 injured in a 60 car pile up thats 5.8 people per car!!!

Looks bad though.
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Old 12 March 2008, 01:44 PM
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from my experience driving in this region, if they had anywhere near the volume of traffic we have itd be daily carnage...that said, if there was that much traffic they probably wouldnt be able to go fast enough to cause any damage...!!!
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Old 12 March 2008, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by PaulC72
350 injured in a 60 car pile up thats 5.8 people per car!!!

Looks bad though.
Looking at the photos, it looks like there were some buses involved.
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Originally Posted by SirFozzalot
Looking at the photos, it looks like there were some buses involved.

Crew busses by the looks of it, they ferry the Indian & Pakistani labourers from their camps to the work sites and back.
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smash !!!! looks bad
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Old 12 March 2008, 04:33 PM
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5 dead in a 60 car pile-up is a bloody miracle considering the two car smash in Gloucester last weekend wiped out 7
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Originally Posted by SirFozzalot
"three people were killed and nearly 350 injured in a horrific 60 vehicle pile-up"

But they had the road open again after only 5 hours.

Here they would have kept it closed for at least 2 bluddy days!
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Originally Posted by nooobyscoooby
But they had the road open again after only 5 hours.

Here they would have kept it closed for at least 2 bluddy days!

To quote Clarkson: Bloody Wombles!
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