Please do not use the word driving with what we see everyday on the roads here.
Driving schools are set up here, however the instructors from what I have seen are either pakistani or indian, have you ever been to these countries where the roads are crowded and bad judgement maneouvres are made.
However, we cannot judge the incoming flood of new lunatics behind the wheel by these standards as everyone picks up their own bad habits after years of driving (I know I have).
As for Arabs being skillful drivers, er NOPE, my father was resident in this beloved dust bowl over 20 years ago, he was hit from behind by a drunk Qatari (sorry but it was confirmed he was drunk and was a QATARI) and my father was subsequently put in jail overnight and then had to pay for the damage to both cars.
This statement may be slightly politically incorrect however, how can a nation and surrounding nations be such skillful drivers if they have only had cars etc for about 40 years (maximum), or did camels have steering wheels??
Being an avid fan of Moto GP and attending the past few years at the Losail circuit events the difference between the local team and the pro riders (even the 125 class) is hugely different, the skill is just NOT there!
As for kids hanging out of windows, sun roofs, sat on plastic chairs in the boot of 4x4's to me shows a lack of love for their siblings, in an accident the first thing to break the glass of the car will be the children flying through it, terrible thought but oh so true!
You're born, you take s**t. You get out in the world, you take more s**t. You climb a little higher, you take less s**t. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what s**t even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son.
Please do not use the word driving with what we see everyday on the roads here.
Driving schools are set up here, however the instructors from what I have seen are either pakistani or indian, have you ever been to these countries where the roads are crowded and bad judgement maneouvres are made.
However, we cannot judge the incoming flood of new lunatics behind the wheel by these standards as everyone picks up their own bad habits after years of driving (I know I have).
As for Arabs being skillful drivers, er NOPE, my father was resident in this beloved dust bowl over 20 years ago, he was hit from behind by a drunk Qatari (sorry but it was confirmed he was drunk and was a QATARI) and my father was subsequently put in jail overnight and then had to pay for the damage to both cars.
This statement may be slightly politically incorrect however, how can a nation and surrounding nations be such skillful drivers if they have only had cars etc for about 40 years (maximum), or did camels have steering wheels??
Being an avid fan of Moto GP and attending the past few years at the Losail circuit events the difference between the local team and the pro riders (even the 125 class) is hugely different, the skill is just NOT there!
As for kids hanging out of windows, sun roofs, sat on plastic chairs in the boot of 4x4's to me shows a lack of love for their siblings, in an accident the first thing to break the glass of the car will be the children flying through it, terrible thought but oh so true!
You're born, you take s**t. You get out in the world, you take more s**t. You climb a little higher, you take less s**t. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what s**t even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son.