Kuwait Law Enforcement
Kuwait is one of the countries that has a high mortality rate due to fatal traffic accidents. I've lived here for a little over a year and it's just the past couple of days that I've actually seen patrol cars stop vehicles which amazes me. There is only one reason I can think of why this is happening. The Minister of Interior is new and hopefully will make a difference. The old Minister of Interior resigned because of police corruption...at least that's what I read in the papers. In any rate, I was telling myself, "It's about time someone does something" until this morning.I was going to work and we were right behind a cop car on the middle lane going 120 kph which is the max speed limit. All of a sudden this truck on the fast lane passed the patrol car and tailgated the car in front of him. These two cars must be going at least 160 kph and this went on a few kilometers. The patrol car in front of us never did anything.
Just when I had hoped that things would change for the better, something like this happened. Am I surprised? Not the least; however, I still have hope that some things in this country will change for the better...maybe not anytime soon but in the near future.
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and heaven forbid those who dont flash their brake lights befor a ped-crossing ....a parti
You must come and see what happens on the roads of Bulgaria!
We do it in our country................see here....>
I started a comment earlier today but decided not to post it. I thought about this more today.
Basically, the officials don't give enough value to the lives of their citizens and visitors. They allow reckless/dangerous behavior by some to endanger the safety of others and consider the consequences to be acceptable. I'm thankful that this isn't true where I live.
The only other reason for this would be that they do not have the resources for enough safety enforcement ... and this doesn't appear to be the case.
People drive "stupid" everywhere. For myself, I chose my routes and my driving time with safety as a consideration. If possible, I avoid the more dangerous places to be.
Good luck!
It's part due to cultural behave (drivers don't respect norms, speed limits, etc) and part due to lack of investment by the government (routes from 50/60 years ago, few highways,etc)