Road Rage

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Anyone Heard about Air Rage....

This road rage should come as no surprise as we all know how certain people drive here in Qatar during non fasting months. The lack of respect and consideration for others during the holy month does not diminish. Level of IQ or education? You choose.  It is what it is and we should keep that in mind and have good situation awareness every time we get behind the wheel.

Personally i like Saudi's IdeaBan on Women Driving

dnt take it personally

my colleague is filipino and he tld me this or else being an indian hw can i argue with u with regard to tagalog :)

anyway u mst be rite

JP goodluck!

I had experiance on the way home with a karwa driver who was driving like a maniac, he was beeping his horn at cars to get out of his way, when the traffic lights where on red, he added ten minute shortcut to my usual five minute journey and did not stop on entering roundabout (i prayed to my god, as the front grills of a land cruiser where heading straight to my window!!) when i question his decision to go this way, he burst out in to a tryant of abuse at how i should not be speaking as he is fasting!! and this was only 2pm so god only knows how he was by 4.30 i am new to the culture and respect the reason why they are fasting but when they put my safety at risk it is my right to give back the abuse he gave !! today i think i will try my luck against the sun and walk  

you are an Indian, you know more tagalog than me?

sorry bisiro is for cow & goat

the tension, then report it, but if you eevr think of getting a positive response, then better talk to the tree! Lol!

"kabayo" is horse.  Donkey, it is called "bisiro"!

With all these road madness syndrome apparently we are all experiencing, guess only thing we can do is of course to be patient on the road and just give way. It pissed me off tousand times but its safer. I'm also a lady driver but being expat sure does experience road bullying either by covered ladies or some arrogant men trying to show off. Tried to report incident once but since I dont talk arabic, it was just a waste of time. What I learnt here is that if you have car which can match their crazy driving speed apart from road limits.. I just drive faster than they can if I'm in such rush. Otherwise when im tired, fuming and not so ready for road fights I just stay on slower lanes calming myself and give some crazy screwed up heads the benefit of taking, cutting my way including those in front who drives slower than lazy a sigh...(swearwords in all languages). After all just wanna reach destination safely like all the rest.    

yeh you can report it but i hardly think they would do anything when my ex boyfriends car was stollen we reported it they didnt find so good luck with that!!

Go easy Suhail - I totally get your inner rage but as you well know, there is only going to be one winner and unfortunately loser ............. personnally, I believe that NO Qatari below the age of 25 should be allowed to drive any vehicle with an engine size in excess of 1.6 litre.

Btw the problem with Qatari lady drivers starts at the driving test ground when the accompanying Father has a quiet word with the testers ....................

no prob it happens :)

but kabayu is correct or not

what eva guys.. still we can use it for them :)you want to learn more... you should take some classes...;)

Pappu - Ok..Spelling mistake.lol.

sorry to interrupt its hamaar not homar :)

and i thnk it is kabayu in tagalog

 I had a similar experience a few months ago. One early morning, I was driving down the Shamal highway, on the left lane, minding the 100 km/h speed limit. A young local in a pickup was tailgating me, flickering his headlights and blowing his horn to give him right of way. Which I did once my right lane was empty. But apparently, I did not move fast enough for him. He literally tried to hit my car and tried to push me off my lane to hit other cars.  I lost it, I started chasing him, trying to stop him. Had I succeeded, I would have definitely beaten him, regardless of the consequences. I chased him for 3 more exits, missed my exit and came to work late and enraged. I would still kick his a$$ if I ever see him again.   

TC, I strongly suggest your friend go to the authorities.  Whether they decide to pursue this or not, your friend or someone else may not be so lucky next time.  I was in a similar position last year but unforunately it resulted in an accident. I have to agree about the lady drivers in Doha, I'm not sure they realise they have to actually stop at the roundabout.  To be fair to them, it must be difficult for them to see with their face pretty much fully covered and then huge sunglasses to ensure they can't see at all!

Satya_Sai - Enroll in Osama's class ok?

Homar is Arabic of Donkey..:p Call it funny but I don't even know the tagalog of Donkey.LOL. I'm not from Manila,I'm from another city using another dialect which is mostly spanish..

OK Tinker, I did not say that Khanan said that you will be hit one day..:)

Exactly,I'm lucky he never stopped bec.he might turn the story around and say that my umbrella hit his side mirror & I was so embarrassed at the same time,they laughed at me bec.I'm bringing umbrella..it seems like they've seen a mickey mouse having a show.but one thing is for sure..I will never ever bring umbrella again..

Khanan are you hitting on Tinker..:)

good to see you after so long!

from personal experience, i have noticed that most of the time, the women drivers dont have control over their cars, especially the cruisers and patrols, and are not able to even stay in the lane or manage the roundabouts. they keep applying breaks on empty roads.

if she was driving parallel to our german friend, and unable to control her car, it would appear as if she is trying to ram into his car. add to this, her fasting, as well as her speed, and she is an accident waiting to happen on the road.

If your german friend doesnt speak arabic, then its better to take someone along who can speak arabic. Its worth approcahing the police and checking what they think of the whole issue.

rizks, you should advice him.. thats not good...

no, i will not advise....:(

PS count yourself lucky he did not stop and abuse you for damaging his side mirror :)Best policy do not carry umbrella unless its raining..hehe

RofL PS !

You are not saved!! You will be hit :)

Tinker - Even if you're not driving u could become their victim.

I was once walking in the street bringing an umbrella,when a speeding Landcruiser's side mirror hit my umbrella,I became a spinning coin..and was out of balance..I have nothing more to say but "Homar (Donkey)..I promise myself never to take umbrellas again. :(

or her cars petrols indicator has touched below the 'E' and was rushing to the nearest Petrol station ?

Perhaps it was the wrong time of the month or she had had an argument with her partner .. :O(

I'm not muslim, but I know this month is very holy and i guess it's time for kindness and a full surrender of one's self to Allah.. not hitting somebody else's car for whatever reason..

@Revan,  camels are more dangerious on the road than a land cruiser.....lol..

"oh,i'm sorry i was just so hungry and in a hurry to prepare food for iftar..I'm sorry for hitting u repeatedly.." -Is that something we want her to tell the police?

If she's in a hurry she won't bother hitting other person's car repeatedly. This only shows she wants to show that she's powerful and maybe one of the people who are above the law which Qatar Traffic Law claimed that "NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED FOR EVERYONE".. They deserve a standing ovation for that with trumphets being played..

Good point Khanan, yes that time is a very dangerous time to be on the Road..:)

Good Khanan... salutes... some months back i did same with one arsehole :)well i think nothing will happen if **** is a qatari... but at least try, so that he don't regret in end.. GoOD Morning and Subah Al Khair Friends :)

Rizks when fasting the bladder should be empty especially late in the afternoon.Maybe she had other problems that she and God only knows. I don't normally say this but I feel sorry for this poor german chap who had to endure this Rage from a local lady..

 you are right but they use fasting as excuse for the over-speeding and road rage.

Avoid roads in Ramadan from 5:45-6:10.Its the  most dangerous time and you will see alot of road rage and madness. was witness to few while doing the iftar drive at Ramada Jucntion

MBK, I like your socratic irony!

My friend is also thinking on same lines.

MBK my slippery head friend, how can one control the Piss if the bladder is about to explode ?

Maybe she was in a hurry and wanted to drive fast while fasting..:)Does Fasting make one drive fast? Does one lose their patience more when they are fasting. I thought fasting was all about control and being patience?

nopes!, he is german, no arabic!

In this case,I hope he can at least understand arabic so he can defend himself.Even if that local woman knows English,in this case I'm pretty sure she'll be talking in Arabic.. He can report it and I just hope something will be done. 

He can report this incidence, and they will check on the other party as well. since he has no evidence, its just his word against her's, and it might not get registered as an official compalint. but they may call  both to the police station to sort this matter out amicably.

He needs to report it at the traffic police, in the area where this happened.

Oh, I do hope he speaks some arabic.

but nothing can b done but all the best if your friend is trying to do something

Well done Khanan. Should not let them get away with it..:)

take the cars off these muppets and give them their camels back...safer for all of us...

Yes he can report it to the local police department nearest that location.  He should write down as many details as he can before even leaving to make the report.  As long as the woman isn't a Qatari national then something may get done, or at least a report on that vehicle's history will get a black mark.  If she is a national, then nothing is usually done.  Keep in mind that if something can be done, at least it is worth trying to remove such an inelegant driver from the roads. 

I also experienced yesterday when some ba$tard want to overtake me from right side through a parking bay near the VIP R/A. I taught him a lesson for life and he did apologise in the end.