DRIVING IN QATAR

Driving was one of the reasons when I left Qatar for good, I could not take it anymore, putting my kids lives in risk for some jerks.

What u lead the world... Everybody is well aware about u people... U people cant develop your own state thats Kerala..look how many IT,Telecom Co. are there in your state nothing... u even dont have good hospitals, u even dont have small factories leave corporates.. U people are just surviving bcoz of your submisive & manipulations...

+1 @phaddyboy, there was a similar thread a few days ago, slow drivers are just as bad as fast drivers

put ur racist jokes out of ql...u prick

chaddybhoy body odour yestrday, driving today.. waiting for your next anti-Indian thread.

Do you know the fact that only "fools" generalise?

@ WK,my bad,thanks mate!...

there comes the expert on lights..:)

Only one clarification, those lamps are Metal Halides not Halogens :D

@ paddybhoy,it's a figure of speech mate...when i said you & your three friends,i was referring to the small handfull of people that shared your opinion...

I wasn't talking about the little Indian in his corolla in the fast lane mate...that was/often is me,cruise control set @ 119km/h on a 120 limit road,the lunatic local tearing down on me is in his halogen flashing land cruiser is doing about 130-140kmph...

Statistics have proven that the tendency of an accident occuring is higher @ a higher driving speed,the tendency of that accident resulting in death or permanent disability is also higher...seems to me like you're enamoured by psychotic local driving 'cos it's fast & potentially fatal but the WORST drivers are Indians???...logically shouldn't the most dangerous driver's demographic also be the worst?...just asking,it's a matter of perspective i suppose...

So hopefully that's cleared up?...i was using a figure of speech is all,i apologize for calling you racist but i do want to clarify that if what you said were in fact true,i wouldn't have done so,don't get me wrong,the guy crawling in his corolla in the fast lane is a danger apart from being the incorrect way to drive,my point was that they are a close second but not the worst/most dangerous...that honour belongs to someone else...

We have more than enough of challenges on the roads of qatar, its crazy. what we need is order.

life is boring without challenges....like driving is without blinking orange lights in R/A.

i agree, they should stop flashing orange at roundabouts especially during rush hours...too many nearmisses there...

I hate the flashing orange in the roundabouts too!

but do they need it ? i haven seen this in IAE or saudia even..

mean you can cross if its all clear... almost like a yield/give way sign...

I really do hate them.... I always pray for the light to turn red or green when its my turn at the R/A, otherwise you have have idiots pushing you from behind to force you into the traffic... they don't seem to understand that when I am standing still its because there are cars coming... not just passing the time till my next tea break;-P

This has been an interesting topic for everyone, I suppose. It's good to share ideas. One funny side is how the Indian brothers started fighting among themselves...Kerala and others...So We all agree that something needs to change. Let's work hard for it.

i give an example of a worst indian driver, i was at corniche in the parking area... this guy parking his car and three of his friends at left and right guide him... and believe me he managed to park his car within half an hour... parking was that enough to park truck even!

i m neither hitting anyone nor blaming, i stated what i saw...!

Looks like lemontree already is on way to get ciggies....

You are welcome, I know the feeling :)

yes driving standards r really poor here.. i hvv jus shifted from UAE to qatar a month ago.. n in that comparison it really need to improve.. no lane markings.. traffic signals r way to long.. n on roundabout.. i dont understand that yellow light keeps on blinking...n ppl drive like crazy here.. no indicator.. they dont even give u way if u want to change the lane.. ppl here really needs to be aware of traffic rules

If you dont find any , drop by my place, I can lend you one pack on returnable basis...:)

i will go to saudi...if i have to

Too far, I only know the all night shops in Najma. You can try the petrol station next to Al Waab signal, close to your place, that should be open. If you realllllly need it, come to Najma, the shop next to Hot Bread bakery stays open till 3. That's where I am heading in a short while as I am down to my last 2.

al sad near stadium

Where do you live?

good people...am out of stock...need cigarettes, any suggestions where i find an emergency pack...Haaaaalppp

even during office hours...

i also agree with you! :0P .. i was shocked to see a policeman driving while text messaging and another using the phone.... if this is the example we are to follow we are all doomed...

policemen who are suppose to joil them, join them after office hours lol...

frugaulga you are right btw

khanan...told ya..i joined theam already lol

btw the best fighter pilots are pathans as well (concluded it after spending 20 years in airforce)

need to start jailing people for insane acts of driving, WHATEVER the nationality..word will soon spread and people will realise that it is not acceptable.

installed flashers and am now tailgaiting..

LT..beware of Pathans :P

i have joined the league of tailgating after being tailgeted ofr six months...cant beat them join them and enjoy

There are hardly any rules followed here. Nobody understands what lanes are for, changing lanes without any indicator, tailgating is normal, overspeeding if no cameras around then suddenly dropping from 120 to 60 in front of a camera though the speed limit is 80 or 100 throughout. Everybody is breaking the rules.

kbaisi we already hav enough rules in qatar for driving... d police dept will only increase d fine rate.. which nobody likes :P

I agree with whyte knight, the issue is also with those issuing the licenses. Plus the police should step up their game and start enforcing the rules.

I agree some indians are nt gud at driving, especially the mallu's who are over cautious... but if in case any1 noticed, mallus don't consider them as indians.... if you eva ask a mallu "where are you from"? pat comes the reply... KERALA(but not india) :-(

yea right...

are we talking about skills or ethics

most skillful: qataris and pathans

no ethics: qataris and pathans

Yea Indians are the best drivers

they will drive at 60 in the fast lane.

they will press the full break at once in the middle of the road even if the car driver just put a foot on the brake paddle even 100m ahead

if you can assure me the the person rammed into your car was indian I'll stop driving.. because they cannot drive fast.

The driver who hits me from behind is bad and the driver whom i hit from behind is also bad...only I am a good driver so what if I get hit from all sides.

its past your bedtime wacko.

Philippines are too short in body length also.. so thir legs cant reach the brake pedal properly.. its also a reson for accedents about Philippines.. am i true??(jocking)

@jeevitham - yes, Philippines are more dangerous...so be careful..

I also thought small eyes see less. When I wake up, I have small eyes, then after rubbing my eyes I can see all things around me clearly.

Koreans have the smalles eyes. They can only see the bulls eye. That's why they are so good at archery in the olympics.

small eyes causes poor vision??? Thats a big information you are sharing.....nonsense

i think Philippines are more dangerous, because they have small eyes like chinees.. so the vision is also poor.. ha ha ha....

nobody cant blame indians ok.. if indians not here qatar never devolep like this.. indians also did alot hardwork for qatar.. qataries never forget that.. about driving, nobody cant blame only indians...

I don't want to name any nationality but I think most of "THEM" are constipated when on the road - lots of flashing from the back, lots of overtaking, cutting, never ending continuous beeping of horns, cars almost touching the back of your car, etc. etc. etc.

Seriously, they don't have to do that since they're not the only ones with appointments or whatever it is that lets them rush.

YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT MALYALIES !!! SHUT YOUR MOUTH, WE ARE THE ONE LEADING INDIAN PEOPLE IN ALL OVER THE WORLD

DO NOT BLAME ONE PARTICULAR NATIONAAL.

But aren't those who are issuing licenses equally stupid if not more for issing them a DL?

All Indian Mallus (Indian Kerlaites) really they dont know driving... they are really stupid... they dont know how drive on roadss. they are simply pathetic and dumb..

Its high time they should learn proper driving....

i blame the incompetent driving instructors who's only after the learner's money and the authorities for not being strict on enforcing the traffic rules...

Indians are safe drivers though very smelly. Pakistanis are their competitors. right ghazalz?

PaddyBhoy, I've given the answer of your other question already it's destruction in nature...not in nation

got their driving license here in Gulf. Few others who are drivers by profession got their license back home and its very easy there. My son got International DL from India which we tried to swap with Qatari DL,thank God it was not accepted here, he went on complaining in UK its ok to drive, Qatar is just making fuss.

No, pathans is not an offensive word at all...you may have seen here they are very hard working & honest people :)

PaddyBhoy, Don't mess with Gadarene. Lately we both were voted as Mr. QL and Miss QL.

If you wanna see gadarene in action.. yes? see this:

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/892920

Indians are the majority here so by default they have the highest number of bad drivers as well. I see a lot of other nationalities driving like morons as well.

I didn't laugh at them...I was just being sacarstic. The guy pinpointed Pathans (Pakistanis) as being among the worst drivers and I thought the use of the word Pathans was funny. Got it? Satisfied? Now tell me if Indians are the worst drivers or not. No hard nationalistic sentiments...just be honest.

By the way I hope 'Pathans' is not an offensive word. If it is then let me know. ta

and I want to know why did you laughed at pathans?

Gadarene, I'm still waiting for yur answer.You called me racist and I want to know my 'other racist' friends.

It's the character of the people which is displayed in their way of driving. Aggressive, dumb, that's the kinds who cause accidents.

Yeah it's dumb nature...not dumb nation

its not the nationality, its the way of thinking of each particullar person. how they drive, reflects the way of their mind.when you see 1 driver drives dumb in the streets. means to say that driver is a dumb one. excluding the new drivers that is still learning from the streets, some drivers even though they ware driving for 10 years or more , and still drives like dumb. then he or she is that kind of a person, "dumb" Some times its nature, Ha Ha Ha, dumb nature it is!!!

As someone who has driven all over the Gulf and in many other countries, Qatar is not too bad. Kuwait and Saudi are far worse. As for Italy, India and Pakistan .. what can I say....

Ecosavvy...Yeah, the driving school over here is terrible. I didn't have to go through it though, due to my nationality. Just swapped mine. It takes close to 6 months and 1 yr for people to get their licence in my country...Theory test (Objectives and Hazard Perception Video Tests) and the practical test proper.

You forgot the other ones, Oryx.

Lincoln Pirate...Yeah, MS is the best..on record. I think he is struggling now though. With new guys like Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Jenson Button, Seb Vettel, MS is struggling to cope.

Gadarene...Why talk about the Qataris and their style of driving? If you get stuck in the overtaking lane at a speed of say 70kmph in yur little Corolla when you are supposed to be doing close to 100kmph on a 120kmph road, why blame them for flashing their lights? Just use the slow lane and you are free.

And by the way, who are my other 'racist' friends? When you add up Slow but dangerous Indian drivers and Fast and aggresive Qataris, what do you get? Accidents every now and then.

There are more Indians here than any other race so obviously there are more indian drivers...

having been to India the driving is truly awful there.

Really crap drivers by race:

1. Indians

2. Lebanese

3. Naughty little Qatari boys

you get license within one month of driving does it happen in any other developed countries?

I took one of my Qatari friends to Germany. I drove from Duesseldorf to Munich maintaining a speed of 250 km/h most of the time. He was lying in the backseat whining and begging me to slow down.

@ paddybhoy,so you THINK Indians are the worst drivers in Qatar but you don't THINK the local chav bearing down on you @ 140kmph,halogens flashing manically in his almost 2 ton landcruiser has a MUCH higher chance of killing you than the bad Indian driver in his little corolla???...so yes in answer to your question,no you're not the ONLY one who THINKS Indians are the worst breed of drivers,there's you & your three other racist friends as well...so ya,you're a bit of a minority...to put it very mildly...

The highest class of driving without doubt is Formula 1. And who is the 7 time world champion? Michael Schumacher. And where is he from? Germany. So, Germans are the best drivers.

So Indians are the best of drivers in town and everyone else is the problem? You've made my day. Thanks for this post. I think everyone will understand the great point you've just made.

Rubbish Indian's are the best drivers in Qatar. Its everyone else who has the problem;-) Oh and by the way pigs can also fly

Why Haha-Pathans? They can handle heavy vehicle tactfully & believe me they are expert of their field!

Looks like you are hiding your identity and you coment on Indians style of driving,they are every where here from top to bottom ranks,you know prety well.

Probably you were dreaming some thing on road and realise that some one is back of you and tell you were about to be killed.

Only God knows when to take a person from here.

That's funny! Pathans...I know them, big man. They drive the old Cresida cars!

how long have you been driving here my friend...have you not seen the pathans and the locals here while driving?

I didn't say Indians are the worst drivers. I said 'I THINK they are' the worst drivers.

It's based on what I've seen so far. Maybe another breed/race of people are yet to catch my eyes.

Yes, Exiled I agree, must be a zionist conspiracy!

what a senseless generalisation..

No, nobody here in Qatar thinks that.Ever.

Exiledsaint, You mean an Israeli agent was sent to finish me off on that day?

I blame the Israelis.

just Indians --- all nationalities drive like idiots!