For the simple reason that you are not driving in Qatar yet, I won't get on your case too much.
It's not just Qatar, it's everywhere (as you said), but one thing IS for sure. I have spent most of my life in the Middle East, and I can guarantee that Xena's comment is more than correct.
So many people on this forum know what it's like to drive here, and for the simple reason of wanting to be politically correct, they don't let 'all' of their frustrations out. It is not an open attack on the local population here, but the driving conditions and experiences to be had on the road here speak for themselves.
Sure, let's all be politically correct and NOT say anything. Let's all shut up and just keep on getting cut off, almost run over; have obnoxious drivers harass you.......AND let's all NOT say anything, and NOT flip them off with a finger (because then we'll get thrown in jail)..... and let's all NOT get upset, at the fact that we have our kids in the car, and some idiot is 2cm from your bumper trying to run a red light........ and lets all just turn a blind eye.
I REALLY wish that people would stop defending how so many people drive here. It doesn't matter where the driver is from.......THERE ARE RULES! THESE RULES SAVE LIVES! And if someone wants to go and get themselves killed, then do it on your own time, somewhere out in the desert, but not on the streets.
People drive like idiots all over the world, so no place is exempt. The glaring difference is that here, people feel immune to justice and in their arrogant ignorance, may just end up killing someone.
So, yes LET'S ALL be politically correct!
..........And the sad reality is that a person can only take so much, before becoming just as obnoxious on the roads themselves.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi
For the simple reason that you are not driving in Qatar yet, I won't get on your case too much.
It's not just Qatar, it's everywhere (as you said), but one thing IS for sure. I have spent most of my life in the Middle East, and I can guarantee that Xena's comment is more than correct.
So many people on this forum know what it's like to drive here, and for the simple reason of wanting to be politically correct, they don't let 'all' of their frustrations out. It is not an open attack on the local population here, but the driving conditions and experiences to be had on the road here speak for themselves.
Sure, let's all be politically correct and NOT say anything. Let's all shut up and just keep on getting cut off, almost run over; have obnoxious drivers harass you.......AND let's all NOT say anything, and NOT flip them off with a finger (because then we'll get thrown in jail)..... and let's all NOT get upset, at the fact that we have our kids in the car, and some idiot is 2cm from your bumper trying to run a red light........ and lets all just turn a blind eye.
I REALLY wish that people would stop defending how so many people drive here. It doesn't matter where the driver is from.......THERE ARE RULES! THESE RULES SAVE LIVES! And if someone wants to go and get themselves killed, then do it on your own time, somewhere out in the desert, but not on the streets.
People drive like idiots all over the world, so no place is exempt. The glaring difference is that here, people feel immune to justice and in their arrogant ignorance, may just end up killing someone.
So, yes LET'S ALL be politically correct!
..........And the sad reality is that a person can only take so much, before becoming just as obnoxious on the roads themselves.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi