Driving in Qatar

xxc..lame, very lame.

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... wreckless??? u got hypermetropia eyes? put ur glasses on :P

well, its like that everywhere. reckless drivers are everywhere. but again what is the definition of reckless drivers? this might varies from one person to another. i just cannot drive like an old nanny. its not my fault that i love adrenaline rush in my blood.

xxc, a "wreckless driver" does not exist. A RECKless driver does.

The definition : It is usually a more serious offense than careless driving, improper driving, or driving without due care and attention and is often punishable by fines, imprisonment, and/or driver's license suspension or revocation.

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They should introduce a points system like we have in England 3 points if you speed 6 points no insurance and a court fine on top of points - once you are up to 12 points you lose your licence and are given a ban for up to 2 years. Fines don't work here, people have too much money.

not moving out of way..

Qatar is so boring that nobody's afraid to die, its not only the drivers but the road as well. And the city planners dont have style,,, Is this really the RICHEST NATION IN THE WORLD?

lol Missteacher !

if a person has lost a thought then anger sets in

Gees Peace!!! :P

will not allow a person to see others right on / off road.

because cyclist was not moving to side.....few days back in UK.

who reufuse to learn will never improve..driving.

self explainatory

@MM - Yeah bored of your posts, as they never made sense...even when I explained to you.

Forum topic...no, thats awesome...obviously ;)

some use reading glass for driving as well a very very dangerous trend recently... to change lanes they need a month.

ask any 'small car' ;)

some were bored yesterday & are stll here .........

ask any 'Land Cruiser'

I have obviously already read your whole post @Prisim. If you think it has been done to death then fair enough, have your opinion. I personally don't agree.

So move on to another forum if your bored. simple

some fail to start journey early & are unaware of the traffic conditions around and need to be woken up by what ...'honk'....

@MM

anyone who comes in the world of driving first time, normally finds fault with the system or people who were doing fine already.

correction #1 - anyone who comes in the 'Qatar' world of driving....

#2 - People are certainly NOT doing 'fine'...

MT, pl. read the third sentence...:)

how ignorant are some people, who just forget the scores of kind gestuers of other fellows in daily life, definitly on road as well.

passing lane. So better stay away from it unless you are overtaking, that's the unwritten rule.

I don't agree with people staying on it and when someone wants to pass, will not budge. Worst come to worst, you lost.

As long as the right lane is open, we need to be on it and use the left lane for overtaking ONLY! That's defensive driving!

anyone who comes in the world of driving first time, normally finds fault with the system or people who were doing fine already.

Please search what?

I believe.

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This thread would be closed. Please search before posting. This topic has been discussed to death.

:)

If you have only 2 wheeler license then u can drive 4 wheeler as shown in pict in any GCC!!. This arabi guy have only 2 wheeler license so struggling to drive a 4 wheeler..so sad..

one way to get these guys is to have video cams pointed at the front and back... and if you're with a passenger, have that person film the road...

/-a-t-/ FlyingAce, should have caught that guy on camera and showed it to the police... wonder what the police would do... thinking of probably trying to fix a cam in the car to record those speed demons...

Driving in qatar is extremely stressful. people here are probably the worst drivers in the world.

I try yo avoid it as much as I can when im there, absolute morons on the roads most of the time.

Twat! some have eventually changed lane, undertake me and nearly take the nose off the front my car.

Not exactly the example of a 'good' person...etc...without bringing my forum off take onto a new topic!

The worst thing that has happened with me is, Was driving from Wakra going towards the Airport, Land Cruiser Constantly keep Flashing Lights as usual i didn't gave way , What he does is Touch his Front Bumper with my car's back bumper, changed lane and Started Laughing.....

@FlyingAce...same for me as like I said before, no one is King of the road!

For me, High Speed lane and if Land Cruiser or Some Fancy Car starts Flashing lights, won't change the lane, He cannot do anything at all except change lane him self...

Apology accepted MM :)

Yeah they taught me that and I passed my driving test. You are talking about speeding in order not to miss a green light so I doubt you don't dodge undertaking in the wrong lane.

Mt, the focus of debate is lost, so I stop here.

I say sorry if I asked you too much for clarity.

Never meant to disturb you or anyone.

@Missteacher three lanes, indicators and over taking..I am talking about people driving slow in the fast lane..did they not teach you that overtaking from right is not allowed?

What is wrong with you???? seriously???

:O

Mt, no assurance will definitly be disappointing.

I am asking you to update it.

bored.com

Mt, if I do not understand you that is still fine, but I fully understood your principle, toppling down ....

because there is 'no assurance' of getting respect back, as per your principle......

oh dear....

no matter how much I explain it to you, it seems you will never understand me.

I know what I mean...& hope others do.

you are saying that there is no guarantee of getting respect even after compulsorily giving it , is that true ?

Because the 'must' word is missing from the first half of your phrase !!??

This is why I'm not surprise if I see cars parked on road side with heavy damage. I sometimes wonder if there is no road accident happened in Shamal Road during my everyday trip for almost four years driving. Pity to the other driver that care too much but was involved on accidents caused by reckless drivers.

Lol im not too sure im really getting you @MM lol

I just mean to get respect yourself, you need to give respect to everyone.

@ Zain79 -For the last time....I don't drive slow.

Anyway, missing a few green lights is better than losing a few lives, in my opinion of course.

Also that's what over taking is for, why we have 3 lanes and we also have something called INDICATORS :)

I think the key to safely driving here is to keep your cool at all times. Just go with the flow. Just let the speeders go, it's better to avoid them. I also listen to David Choi's albums while driving as it helps me keep my cool. :)

I can't believe I'm saying this now but I actually enjoy driving. (I've hated it in the past.) I learned driving for the first time here, and now I can drive freely on the roads as traffic is actually minimal here in our area except for rush hours.

BTW, I'm actually having fun speeding up in places where there are no cameras. :p

Mt, Because of the imbalanced statement or truth of my doubt,

Why is it not like ''Respect - To get it 'must', you must give it...'' ?

Or why is it not like ''Respect - To get it , you give it'' ?

When I got here four years ago, my colleagues said I drove like an old lady. Now they say I drive like an Arab. Is that good or bad? There is sort of a mad logic to it. I used to get honked at all the time, but now almost never. And my response has always been to simply ignore any honks. Usually they do it to irritate you, like, "get out of the way." If you ignore them and follow the normal traffic pattern, it will stress THEM out.

I find slow drivers to be more of an issue..if you really want to drive below 80 then please move to second or third lane..I have missed a green signal several times just because some smart ass wanted to drive below 80 in the first lane..and then these people jump all over QL if flashed or honked upon..the irony

Why do you doubt the principle?

I live by it!

Mt, Ok, buy a new ''little over size'' sunglasses & wear them when you drive to see the positive result..a suggestion !

[ Let me add ] I doubt the principle of ''Respect - To get it, you must give..................''

I see you take pleasure in arguing with everything I say MM.

Call it what you please; Hummer, life destroyer, maniac mobile.

Fill yer boots!! ;)

MT, when you say big jeep , I consider it a HUMMER.

Or do you drive a micro car ?

again, you need to read Farhang's comment if you want to avoid stress, but I made out by now , you are not serious to resolve your own concern...

MissTeacher, you have to develop that, and then you will enjoy the driving,

Well i saw many who can't drive properly, changing lanes entering R/A's during R/A's while talking on the phone, and then honking on you also.. that you are coming in their way..

They will see that you turned on the Signal, and still they will come right behind you, and if you press the brakes, they will starts Horns and flashing, My response to them is always showing Middle Finger, that F.U,..... ;)

Actually 90% don't know how to drive, but luckily they got the licence - don't know how.

Well how can we expect quality drivers from these Instructors??? who them selves don't know how to drive!!

For me, I just ignore them and listen to my MP3s in the car. If I'm on the speed limit, if the other person wanted to pass me and speed up, I won't budge, irritates the heck out of them (whenever I feel like becoming an irritating S*B for those n***skulls).

But better be careful at night, there are government vehicles that are dark colored with minimum markings to distinguish them from others. Saw one sedan who sped past a black govt vehicle (SUV) with just a circular logo on the driver and passenger doors (SUV was coming out of service road). Also had an experience with one dark-colored pickup with minimal govt logo at night. He was coming from behind me so I didn't know it was a govt car, flashed me twice. Good thing no one was in front of me (another car was on my right - middle lane - though) so had to speed up.

LOL!

YOu are right I have no patience for nutters behind the wheel

Ma bad!

For sure nobody takes any serious driving lessons here. Let those idiots kill themselves, it is a matter of time.

MT when was the last time you sent a naughty boy to stand in the corner?

Then the only thing is to ignore em completely, just give a damn, use double indicators in such case also... let him do flashing/horn/cry/shout/stop... what ever he want...

timebandit, What is more irritable then QBS?

if one can listen to QBS, he/she can ignore everything then, I want to develop more patience in our teacher. :)

"Just Listen to the QBS radio while you drive"

That is what the guy flashing his lights and beeping is horn is listening to. QBS irritates me so much I think I would drive aggressively if I was listening to it.

If I dont like it...I'm not going to do it to another driver!

Just Listen to the QBS radio while you drive, so that you don't hear any noise - Horns

and when anyone flashing at you, You start the same thing with the car in front of you, This will give some relief to the driver behind you.. :)

MM...the big Jeep guy is BEHIND me beeping and flashing when there is a car in front of me and by the sounds of it I can imagine that you are one of the schumacher wannabes with your annoying comments.

Driving since November; last time I checked, since its nearly March, is more than 20 days. I have driven for 6 years in the UK ...the land of the sensible, courteous, non - psychotic drivers :D

...and before some numb skull suggests it...no I won't just go back to 'my' own country - learn how to drive properly!

MT, you should be free of stress now. Your driving is fine. You said, there are cars in front of you & someone still flashes & beeps from behind..then why you take this on you !!?? It is for people in front of you, smile now.

but...after driving barely 20 days & you are having a view on others' driving is still amusing me..

Never had any problems driving in Qatar !

exactly @timebandit!!

Flashing lights and beeping horn behind me... If I am stuck behind someone else... I am staying where I am. If there was nothing in front of me, I would (because I use my mirrors) have seen him coming and got out of his way before he would ever need to flash me. There could be 12 cars in front of me and still they flash. Well they can get as excited as they like, if they hit me from behind it's automatically their fault. Oh... and just in case you think I am a slow driver, I am not... promise ;)

I don't drive a snail's pace and I do drive in the right lanes. What I don't appreciate is when there are cars in front of me on the left lane and the big Jeep guy expects me to move out of the way...so starts beeping and flashing lights, like he is King of the road.

I am a very courteous driver...use your indicators and I will let you in. Don't start flashing your lights and beeping your horn and I will decide I will let you past if I am not going a speed which is consistent with flow of traffic.

wow! people even have excuses for reckless, life-threatening driving and try to blame it on the good sensible, law abiding drivers!

What I thought was very interesting was that for the last two months, there have been police at every intersection on Al Waab from Forusiya to Al Saad. Their presence have made traffic so much better.

BUT, when local kids had school off these past two weeks, the police were not at the intersections. Why? I'm guessing they know who the culprits are.....

MT, compare yourself with Farhang's comments above. You should be thoughtful to other road users' patience as well. Move out of the way of others, people will appreciate you.

Thank goodness the red light fines are so high. Those are large enough to hurt even high earners.

Speed limits are only for those who cannot afford the fines.

@Captain_Lost - I was just looking to put a funny pic of crazy driving and came across this on good old Google.

@Molten Metal-What on earth are you on about? I have no clue what you mean? please explain??????

How do you know I need practice going in the right lane? Have you been following me??

LOL ... MT .. before i comment on the topic.. i like to make a liiiiiiitelle correction here.. the car in the pic you posted has UAE number plate.. not Qatari.. No biggie anyway :)

Yes, there are around 5 - 6 learning schools here.. may be you havent noticed a learner vehicle coz they all are painted fancy..

For the rest of questions.. Driving in Qatar is more like an art of Self defense... So always drive and stay safe... :)

Mt, you need a lot of practice of moving to right lane because vehicles behind you need to drive ahead !? people need to reach some where, it is you who is causing delay by obstructing the smooth flow of traffic...

If you need to drive and survive in Qatar, then you need to be calm on the road.

At the end no one is taking the stress but you.

That's how I've been driving here since last 20 years :)

How you accomplish that is totally upto you.

Hopefully we can start a chain reaction with that and then it will really be pleasant for everyone on the road in our time :)

Have a nice Day :)

Did u saw mercedes G55 driving on two wheels now that's crazyy

MT, you will find driving schools giving their lessons in the areas the company is situated in.

They very seldom leave those areas, hence the reason you probably have never seen a "Learner" driver.

If you live near E-Ring, you will see Gulf Driving School cars all over Thumama and airport road, but never out of that area.

Few rules while driving in Qatar.

1st Lane = Speed Limit+20 ( Slow down when you see radar)

2nd Lane = Speed Limit+ ( Slow down when you see radar)

3rd Lane = Speed Limit-10

Overtaking is allowed from both sides in some areas, especially when police is not around.

while near to Roundabout, decide on which side you have to go, and then select the proper lane.

The Gulf, including Qatar, is one of the last resorts for driving like hell. Anywhere else these people would be in jail! Enjoy it while you can. In 20 years this will all be different.

I only started driving here in November.

As per your profile you are a member of QL for almost two years and it is strange that you are posting about driving in Qatar now.