i don't think that anyone denies the fact that their are idiot drivers in the west. i'm from canada, and i'll readily tell anyone listening that some people in canada shouldn't be allowed to drive.

but there is a difference between the relatively small percentage of people in the west who drive like a$$es and the relatively large percentage of people in doha that drive like a$$es.

this isn't attacking a culture, it is stating a fact.

google UN and bad driving, and you will discover some interesting facts. fatalities caused by cars is the second biggest killer in the developing world, the biggest being HIV/AIDS. that means that road accidents kill more people than war, or famine, or anything else except HIV/AIDs. do you not find that shocking? i find it mind blowingly shocking - car accidents kill more people than war. that is a shameful waste of life. it is such a huge problem that the UN is now getting involved.

this is not an attack, it is a statement of fact. now, surely some people go too far and do attack the culture here. but i think most people don't do that, and even if they did it wouldn't change the fact that there is a huge problem here, and indeed in many other places.

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