
Pole Attachments
Many concrete utility poles carry small white ID plates with black numbers.
These labels show the pole’s unique code or location reference and are usually fixed at eye level.

Flag
The flag of the United Arab Emirates has four colors: red, green, white, and black.
A vertical red band sits on the left, while the rest of the flag is divided into three horizontal stripes—green on top, white in the middle, and black on the bottom

Main Road Signs - Eagle
The falcon emblem, officially the Hawk of Quraish, appears on UAE highway signs because it represents the national symbol.
Using this emblem on highways flags these routes as inter-emirate or national, helping drivers quickly identify major strategic roads.

Generation 3 white or grey/silver car
Nearly all Generation 3 in the UAE was filmed from a white or silver/grey car (sometimes with visible black roof racks)
Sometimes car is not visible
vs Oman and Qatar: No Generation 3 at all

Green Commercial License Plate
Type: Commercial
Shape: Long
Background: Green
Text: White
Additional details: A white blur in the center-bottom of the license plate

Falcon emblem on utility poles
A unique falcon emblem can be found on utility poles

Licence Plates
UAE license plates vary by emirate in their numbering, lettering, and sometimes colour, featuring distinct designs for each of the seven emirates. Private vehicle plates are typically white

Arabic + English
Signs are mostly in Arabic, but tourist areas almost always include clear English

Yellow outer lines, white centre lines
Outer lines: Yellow
Center line: White
Most common one

Chevron
Background: White
Arrows: Bold red

White pickup generation 4 blurred car
Camera: Generation 4
Car: Pickup truck
Color: White
Additional details (unique): Sometimes you can see a black antenna in the center at the front of the roof. The same applies in Oman

Plastic Bins
Household and street bins are usually large plastic wheelie bins in light green, yellow or black, often with Arabic and English labels
Usually you can find words like "General Waste" or bee'ah (with double e vs Oman with single e!)

Sign post
Shape: Cylinder
Material: Metal
Color: Black-and-white stripes

Green and Blue Direction Sign Boards
- Green boards are for local roads within an emirate
- blue boards mark national highways that connect different emirates.
Green signs often carry the Dubai castle emblem, and blue signs display the falcon symbol

Generation 4 black car with visible brake-light
Some Gen 4 coverage in the UAE comes from a black car with a visible high brake light

Metall Bins
Big and wide metal dumpsters are also common near construction sites or apartment blocks.
Sometimes they have chevrons with white background and red diagonal lines

Hazard sign
Background: Red
Arrows: White path arrows

Rifts
You can sometimes find rifts in old-generation Google panoramas

Yellow outer lines yellow centre line
Outer lines: Yellow
Center lines: Yellow
Rare (mostly white center) but possible. In Oman you can't find yellow center lines
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