Lea and I meet at least once a week with some expat Mommies for some coffee and chit chat. I usually come out of these get togethers with some new information about this country and yesterday's lunch was no different.
So I've learned from Mom's who have been here many years that;
1) If you hit a camel on the road (camels here are on the side of the road when you drive into the desert, kind of like deer in Canada) you go to jail as the camel is the national animal of the UAE.
2) When you get car insurance you have to make sure that the insurance covers blood money which is compensation of 200 000 DHS that will be paid to the family of a person you may kill in a car accident. Weather your fault or not you have to pay the blood money if the other person involved in the accident dies. Saying that it has been known that people run across high ways to comit suicide because they know that this blood money will be sent to their families back home. Even if it's not your fault you still go to jail for at least a couple of days.
3) When you get into a car accident with an Emirati you are automatically at fault! In order not to be in more trouble just take the blame and move on.
I think that we should start talking about other things cause all these horror stories about the hidden rules are starting to freak me out.
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