Driving in Kuwait!
Apparently, getting a driver’s license in any of the GCC countries is terribly frustrating for the Asian community, the day u get it, u need to celebrate your freedom!! It feels kinda awkward after coming from India where u don’t even need to appear for a driver license test and you get the license in your hand, though a handful of money goes into the wallets of couple of people.
All said and done, I got my Driver’s license for the State of Kuwait in March 07. Now-a- days they give a GCC DL wherein you can drive on the Kuwait license within the GCC, so it is a relief that if u visit Dubai or Bahrain on the
weekend, you can just rent a car and save on the huge transport cost of taxis or a chauffeur driven rental.
Another clause in the Q8 DL is the 3 month probation, if u hit ur car / have an accident within the first 3 months of the DL being procured by you, bang!! they take away yr license!! My better half was thoroughly terrified, he bought me a brand new sedan, and I wanted to drive it on my own, just the day we bought it!! But he was unfaltering: accompanied driving or no driving at all!! Sometimes life can be difficult, but then it is for u to understand how it could be in yr best benefit!
Driving in Kuwait is as I call is like evading the road terrorists! U need to be on the lookout at all times, the roads and traffic is very much regularized and you don’t find any traffic policemen on the roads for sure, but you have to be extra careful, one wrong clip can cost a life or maybe more! The normal speeds are 110 kms / hr and if you drive slower say at 80 kms / hr, u have all the reasons to get bumped! Kuwait has the highest accident rate in the GCC!!
Initially when I drove to work, I felt very overwhelmed by the fact, I reached safe and coming back home, I would thank God for His mercies, how so much u take life for granted and don’t really see that God really makes a lot of effort, keeping ur life risk free!
It humbles me.
Apparently, getting a driver’s license in any of the GCC countries is terribly frustrating for the Asian community, the day u get it, u need to celebrate your freedom!! It feels kinda awkward after coming from India where u don’t even need to appear for a driver license test and you get the license in your hand, though a handful of money goes into the wallets of couple of people.
All said and done, I got my Driver’s license for the State of Kuwait in March 07. Now-a- days they give a GCC DL wherein you can drive on the Kuwait license within the GCC, so it is a relief that if u visit Dubai or Bahrain on the
weekend, you can just rent a car and save on the huge transport cost of taxis or a chauffeur driven rental.Another clause in the Q8 DL is the 3 month probation, if u hit ur car / have an accident within the first 3 months of the DL being procured by you, bang!! they take away yr license!! My better half was thoroughly terrified, he bought me a brand new sedan, and I wanted to drive it on my own, just the day we bought it!! But he was unfaltering: accompanied driving or no driving at all!! Sometimes life can be difficult, but then it is for u to understand how it could be in yr best benefit!
Driving in Kuwait is as I call is like evading the road terrorists! U need to be on the lookout at all times, the roads and traffic is very much regularized and you don’t find any traffic policemen on the roads for sure, but you have to be extra careful, one wrong clip can cost a life or maybe more! The normal speeds are 110 kms / hr and if you drive slower say at 80 kms / hr, u have all the reasons to get bumped! Kuwait has the highest accident rate in the GCC!!
Initially when I drove to work, I felt very overwhelmed by the fact, I reached safe and coming back home, I would thank God for His mercies, how so much u take life for granted and don’t really see that God really makes a lot of effort, keeping ur life risk free!
It humbles me.
