VIDEO: How to do a U-Turn, Dubai style
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Just in time for the Olympics, we have this entrant from Dubai who apparently didn't make the team for the U-turn competition was left at home to practice his talent in the streets. In diving across four lanes of traffic from a dedicated right turn lane, he gets points for elements of surprise, style, distance, grace, and follow through. We give him and his Ferrari F430 a 9.3. Follow the jump to see the video. And can anyone tell us, do they even have traffic police in Dubai? Thanks for the tip, J.D.!
Correction: We've been told from a number of readers that the location of the video above is in fact not Dubai, but Saudi Arabia.
[Source: Live Leak]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
vexx786 4:02PM (8/07/2008)
Sick!
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MKIV 6:54PM (8/07/2008)
Finally a Ferrari driver with some skills.
ABD 911 3:39AM (8/08/2008)
this is Saudi Arabia capital city, Riyadh.
I know this street and i think that the driver is Yazeed Al Rajhi .. a Rally driver from Saudi.
he is the same guy who was driviting with the white Carrera GT and it was at the same street!
Seminole 4:03PM (8/07/2008)
Great way to crash your couple hundred thousand dollar exotic. I guess they have more oil than brains there.
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Seminole 4:04PM (8/07/2008)
I should add that I thought it was cool. But not on a public road like that.
s13hybrid 4:19PM (8/07/2008)
I agree with both comments. I would have beat the guy for being so stupid and irresponsable, and then said "that was cool."
Pengwin 4:29PM (8/07/2008)
If they crash this ferrari they can buy 10 more.
Matt 5:09PM (8/07/2008)
Dubai's oil reserves will be gone by 2016 - some say 2012, which is the reason the city is building tourist attractions like crazy. I was just there; Ferraris like this are quite common; a gallon of gas is cheap, and traffic is worse than London, especially on/around Sheikh Zayed Road. And this guy's driving is actually pretty skilled - imagine for every one of these cars there are 100 others who have no skills. Just do a YouTube search for 'race' and 'Dubai.' The city and outskirts also get this weird dense fog, that hugs the road and creates massive pileups. Sounds awesome, right?
Ricky 5:54PM (8/07/2008)
Looked pretty controlled to me. Just because most Ferraris are owned by rich idiots who can not drive, I have a feeling the driver of THAT Ferrari can handle that car.
Ben 4:03PM (8/07/2008)
"Oops, wrong way..let's make a left turn."
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hamdizzo 4:05PM (8/07/2008)
They do have traffic police in Dubai, but if you can afford to buy a Ferrari, then you are basically above the law because 1) you are a citizen of UAE and 2) your dad probably knows the Sheikh and his sons and other members of the ruling family.
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Jeremiah 6:20PM (8/07/2008)
Yeah, i was gonna say, he probably owns, or could buy the traffic police.
MachinaDC5 4:04PM (8/07/2008)
Dangerous but cool. Then again, what isn't?
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MikeofLA 4:05PM (8/07/2008)
that looked unnatural. skill + super car + stupidity = awesome
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OubelhaNegra 4:11PM (8/07/2008)
I could not put it better!
Red 4:05PM (8/07/2008)
ROFL...that would've been absolutely retarded in any car other than a Lambo or Ferrari. But because it was an F430, that was automatically cool. lol
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Franz 4:05PM (8/07/2008)
Not bad... not bad at all...
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Torrent 4:19PM (8/07/2008)
That thing just took off!
Evotec 4:06PM (8/07/2008)
Dangerous or not,that guy has some skillz and money.
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Jerk Face 4:25PM (8/07/2008)
Was that skillz with a Z? Just making sure.