I suppose the way the Qataris drive is that not too long ago (16 years ago when I came to this country) there were not many roads. No road signs. No speed limits. No street names. No traffic police. Qatari women were not allowed to drive either. Hardly any traffic. What you used to see, at that time, were old qataris in pick-up trucks, or even in normal cars transporting their sheep inside the cabin. Camels on trucks. And at that time you used to watch out for these people as they had absolutely no idea about traffic rules. I even wonder if they had a driving license. They were used to off-road driving, which even a lot of streets in Doha were in those days. I suppose why they drive like maniacs today is because they still have this mentality in their brains and were not brought up with proper road knowledge not the etiquette of driving.
Aisha-Taweela