there seems to be some argument about drivers in Qatar in specific, and the developingo world in general. i've been driving in cairo for 2 years now, and overall people here do not know how to drive. they are dangerous and reckless (driving too fast, driving too slow, not checking their mirrors, driving the wrong way on a highway, driving the wrong way in reverse on a highway, driving 4 cars wide on a 2 lane street, passing your car within an inch while driving at 130 kph, etc.)
road accidents are the second biggest killer of young men in the developing world, the biggest being HIV/AIDS. that means that dangerous driving kills more than TB, malaria, war, hunger, etc.
anyone who doubts this can google it.
the UN had a conference about this last week. clearly the problem is severe when it gets to the point that the UN is talking about it, instead of poverty, HIV/AIDS, war, or any of the other serious problems it deals with.
pointing out that qataris in general drive dangerously is not racist. it doesn't mean that every qatari drives dangerously, it simply means that their is a problem in general that should be addressed.
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"Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day." Withnail & I
there seems to be some argument about drivers in Qatar in specific, and the developingo world in general. i've been driving in cairo for 2 years now, and overall people here do not know how to drive. they are dangerous and reckless (driving too fast, driving too slow, not checking their mirrors, driving the wrong way on a highway, driving the wrong way in reverse on a highway, driving 4 cars wide on a 2 lane street, passing your car within an inch while driving at 130 kph, etc.)
road accidents are the second biggest killer of young men in the developing world, the biggest being HIV/AIDS. that means that dangerous driving kills more than TB, malaria, war, hunger, etc.
anyone who doubts this can google it.
the UN had a conference about this last week. clearly the problem is severe when it gets to the point that the UN is talking about it, instead of poverty, HIV/AIDS, war, or any of the other serious problems it deals with.
pointing out that qataris in general drive dangerously is not racist. it doesn't mean that every qatari drives dangerously, it simply means that their is a problem in general that should be addressed.
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"Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day." Withnail & I