UAE | Traffic and Transport
Bad roads are reducing vehicle life - motorists
Motorists cannot dodge a large four-inch deep pothole as they enter the main Al Ittihad Road from the inside right lane and go cursing and crashing through it.
- By Mahmood Saberi, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:00 March 23, 2007
- Image Credit: Mahmood Saberi/Gulf News
- The pothole is on a main road and just a few metres away from the Ajman Municipality and Planning Department.
Ajman: Motorists cannot dodge a large four-inch deep pothole as they enter the main Al Ittihad Road from the inside right lane and go cursing and crashing through it.
"This hole has been here for some time now," said Ayoob, a taxi driver from Afghanistan.
Al Ittihad is the main street of this emirate and ironically the pothole is just a few metres away from the Ajman Municipality and Planning Department.
It is early afternoon siesta time, so there are not many vehicles on the road. It gets very crowded as the sun sets and many motorists cannot see the pothole till they go through it banging their shock absorbers.
"The roads are killing my tyres," said one motorist. On the other carriageway, heavy trucks lumber on and their heavy loads have made deep ruts into the street which are slowly breaking apart.
"Drive further to the Industrial Area," says another taxi driver. "It's like an obstacle course. Look at my car," he said.
"We spend a lot of money on spare parts," said the taxi driver.
Only a few main roads in Ajman, such as the Corniche Road, are properly paved and side roads usually become "slippery lakes of mud" every time it rains here.
Elsewhere, there is a traffic safety campaign going on and a signboard reads: "Pay attention when driving. Watch out for surprises on the roads," an unwitting comment on the sorry state of the streets.
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