'UAE motorists behave better on the roads than their Qatari counterparts.'

 i have lived in the uae for 13 years and can attest to the correctness of the statement above.

first thing i noticed on the road when i arrived here in doha in 2001 is the horrible way motorists use the roundabouts.

motorists use the outer lanes of roundabouts here to park their vehicles. they dont do it in the uae,it's against the traffic law and for obvious reasons.

motorists here wait for their turn inside the roundabouts instead of waiting from the designated solid line just outside of it.

motorists here tends to speed up on approaching the roundabouts instead of slowing down

filtering lines here(no idea if some motorists here know what im talking about) are treated as a joke. 

i have had far too many road nearmisses (lost count already) here in doha in my 6 years of stay here than in the 13 years of my stay in uae (can count them with my fingers no joke).

bottom line, the uae motorists (dubai in particular)are better trained than their counterparts here in doha