In a car accident -

Hi Jazzy,

Thanks for sharing your accident experience with us and thanks for the detailed description ... Felt like I was there

I would say that you have done an excellent job ... Well Done

Well, in certain situations the police officer should arrive to the accident scene ... But in most of the cases when you phone them and explain what happened and they feel that its simple accident they ask you to go to the nearest police station for reporting and formalities.

Normally both cars have to stay at the scene of accident without moving them till the police officer arrive for inspection but since you were told to go to the police station then there is no problems.  I think going to the police station is much much better than staying at the scene of accident waiting for the police officer to come and cause a massive traffic jam.

You don't have to keep witnesses at the scene of accident, usually the police officers are fair, they treat people equally and have enough experience to decide on who's fault... this is as far as I have seen during my short stay in Bahrain to date.

Yes ... If someone hits you from the back its automatically his fault unless you acknowledge that its your fault.

Stay Safe and Take Care while driving in Bahrain

Regards,

Hi VidoDido,
Thank-you for your reply and appreciate your comments.
Have you been involved in an accident yourself here in Bahrain?

I am at present, in touch with the insurance company and the car repair shop. Will post up the process as soon as its completed..
But for now, its a case of chasing the relevant parties to do what they are supposed to do, which is a pain most of the time!

Jaz

Hi Jaz,

Yes indeed, have been involved in one but luckily it was a very minor one and my car had nothing at all ... only the other guy had some minor dents.

We went to the police station and since it was my fault I had to pay something like 10 BD and that's it from my side ... The other guy had to get the accident report to repair his car but don't know what has happened to him after that.

You are right, the difficult part is what you are doing right now, chasing everyone to get things done ... Time factor in Bahrain is quite unknown

Thanks for sharing the process and your experience with us as that may help other people having the same situation however I hope that it won't happen to anyone and hope that everyone stays careful as much as possible to avoid such incidents

Best Regards,

Hi Jazzy,

Sorry to hear about your accident but thanks for sharing !

Welcome to the crazy roads of Bahrain :p

Cheers

Olivier

It's better than the crazy streets of France

Naif99 wrote:

It's better than the crazy streets of France

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So not true ! There is one exception : Paris.
Besides it, driving is not too crazy in France. You will hardly see someone driving at full speed on the emergency lane because they don't wanna wait, or people taking the wrong lane before inserting themselves by force in yours because if you are to stupid to wait, well they are not !
As I said, Bahraini people are real cool people, quiet, open minded etc... but my goodness... give them a steer wheel and you turn them into crazy angry dangerous fierce mass murderers !
And the ladies are not the quietest !!!

But don't worry, as soon as I step out of my car, I love them again :p

Cheers

Olivier

I've had quite a number of them during my past years. One which was major that led to the scrapping of my car.

VidoDido explained well.

The basic rule is that if someone hits you from behind it is considered automatically their fault- they were following too closely without sufficient distance.

Trying to call the traffic police here is quite the task! You call the 199 number and it's either nobody answers or it's always busy. Finally when you get an answer it's a policeman who's not really satisfied with his job judging by his tone. He'll ask you if it's a big or small accident. In your case he'd tell you to come to the station with the other party.

In my case after I talked the police I'd also let the other party talk. I also wrote down the other party's number and license plate.

When an accident happens and you are able to move and step out of the car to inspect it and the other party's, you can ask if the other party is alright but never say I'm sorry, even if it's your fault. You let that for the police to decide. Also recommended if you can take a picture of the scene before you move the cars.

I'd suggest that if it's a small accident for anyone to move their cars aside no avoid creating a traffic jam. Once at the station in which like you said everything is in Arabic, the policeman will finally speak to you and ask you to explain the situation, the same with the other party, sometimes he'll ask you to illustrate this on a white board. After that all of you will go out to inspect the cars.

Once the ordeal is done, it's now up to the insurance company to do their work. You don't really have to call the other party yourself, though it'll take some time to get everything finalized before you can have your car put in the garage of your choice. The other party's insurance will always want to put your car in a local garage and you'll have to be firm with it.

It's lucky that you faced a minor accident that you could quickly deal with it or else you'd have to sit there in the summer heat.

Very not ideal to get into a car accident in the summer and especially during Ramadan. In Ramadan, it is a PAIN to process insurance paperwork to the garage and takes about a month to repair.

It's amazing like how Olivier said, the people here are nice, friendly, hospitable. But when it comes to driving all hell breaks loose. So aggressive and fast. Wish some applied that their work, also ministries.

i Guess they are better than SAUDI drivers
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Olivier-France wrote:

Naif99 wrote:

It's better than the crazy streets of France

ô_Ô

So not true ! There is one exception : Paris.
Besides it, driving is not too crazy in France. You will hardly see someone driving at full speed on the emergency lane because they don't wanna wait, or people taking the wrong lane before inserting themselves by force in yours because if you are to stupid to wait, well they are not !
As I said, Bahraini people are real cool people, quiet, open minded etc... but my goodness... give them a steer wheel and you turn them into crazy angry dangerous fierce mass murderers !
And the ladies are not the quietest !!!

But don't worry, as soon as I step out of my car, I love them again :p

Cheers

Olivier

I my car has been  hit on its back by another car  (Bahraini National) and he asked me to go to Isa Town Trafic Police and left just ignoring my request to stay. I could just note down his number. I went to the Isa Town Police Traffic and the Police Man gracefully registered the case and asked my to come after 4 days. When I sent after 4 days, they asked me to report at Nabi Salah PS. I am not able to do proceed and what can I do. The car repair is going to cost me a lot!

Sorry to hear about your unfortunate situation, but where did the accident happen? was it under riffa police station limits? try going to nabih saleh police station as directed by the policemen and explain them the situation, that's the only thing you can do right now to get a case registered, if possible take a Arab speaking person who can assist you.

T&R

Hi guys need some info my girlfriend accidentally bumped into the back of someone after they slammed on at some lights near the hamala fly over my girlfriend had to pay 10BD at the police station and the guy who she bumped said everythings fine now ill take it from here.

So thats great and all but is that it? Am i going to get smashed this charges from my insurance or anything like that apparently you dont but i need help please if anyone knows anything.