Rules for emergency lanes in Kuwait

Noticia prestada por el blog en inglés 248am

El diario en árabe ALQABAS publica la normativa para poder utilizar los carriles de emergencia de ambos lados derecho e izquierdo.

Izquierda:  - solo en casos de emergencia

                  - solo en presencia de coches de policía

                  -45km/hr velocidad máxima

                 -6.30am a 9.00am en direccion a Kuwait City y 12.30pm a 3.30pm saliendo de Kuwait City
                 - el de la derecha solo en casos de emergencia

De todas maneras y a título personal yo no usaría jamás estos carriles laterales, he visto tantos accidentes que siempre recomiendo usar el carril del medio.

Information borrowed from 248am blog in english about Kuwait,

Alqabas newspaper published emergency lane rules a few days ago and Buzfairy was nice enough to translate them into English.

Rules for using the emergency lane in Kuwait:
– Left emergency lane only
– Only if police cars are present
– Right one still just for emergency services only
– 45KM maximum speed
– 6:30AM-9:00AM into the city and 12:30PM-3:30PM out of the city
– Specific instructions regarding our 3 main highways – King Abdulaziz: from 3rd to 6th ring roads – King Fahad (road 40): from 1st to 6th ring roads – King Faisal: from 4th to 6th ring roads

Although this does help ease congestion slightly I think they could have improved on the idea by turning the emergency lane into a carpool lane. That would have helped ease traffic even further.