Safe Driving
May 14, 2010Posted by Kanga
One of the first things we noticed when we arrived back in Dubai last August was the seemingly sudden appearance of signs on the back of commercial vans and trucks stating something along the line of “Am I driving safely? If not, please call…” These have existed in the States for a long time, but they were a new sight on Dubai streets. Why is this of interest? Because of the standard “sign phenomenon.” The first few we saw suffered from creative spelling and grammar. “Pleas” instead of “please.” “Safle” instead of “safely.” Unfortunately, I didn’t get those first few on film and then correct signs started to appear. We have, however, collected 22 (to date) showing various variations on the theme.
The signs usually give a phone number to call, but sometimes have an email address, for those of you who can send an email while driving (safely).
Some of the signs were professionally printed, but some are spray painted on with a stencil.
The corker, however, was captured by DaddyBird. The vehicle was yellow, so they simply wrote the sign on with a black marker.
To see all 22 pictures (or more if we add to them in the future), click here.
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Is my speling safe for serious dryving?