Jeez, sounds like a right backwards place, despite all the oil revenue and wealth of a few elite families. I’m not sure if there was any licensing laws over there such as HGV classes etc but from your description, doesn’t seem so. Looks like you were very lucky to avoid getting tangled up in any of this. Looking at some of the pictures Merlin has posted, and the number of them, truck driving was a very risky job to be doing. Looks like a destruction derby. Doesn’t appear to be much in the way of street lighting so I’m guessing night driving would have been even worse.
Thanks for the post, always fascinating to hear people’s accounts and memories. There is a guy I correspond with on another site who posted some pictures of his DAF. On the side of the tractor is a sticker which says Caravan Trucking. Does this name ring any bells with you?
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