Friday in the UAE is the first day of the weekend, and as far as the roads are concerned, up until early afternoon, they are very quiet. My apartment overlooks one of the busiest roads in AD and it is busy virtually all of the time, apart from a Friday morning.
AD's road system is based on a grid, very similar to Milton Keynes but with traffic lights at most junctions not roundabouts! The main roads are about 3 lanes wide each way, so pretty wide and plenty of space. On Friday lunchtime a pal and I were popping over to some friends from work in a taxi, and were driving along these quite wide roads. As we approached a set of lights, we noticed, just over the lights, a very congested road, with cars stationary in 2 of the three lanes. Our immediate thought was there has been yet another accident on the UAE roads. However as we approached this "traffic" and drove past, we realised all the cars were empty. They were outside a mosque and as the car park was full, the worshippers literally just parked and double parked their cars outside and went in for Friday prayers. No one would ever complain, and rightly so! It was considerate parking, they did after all leave their hazard lights on!
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