So as a follow-up point to this, in Qatar, even if you physically damage your own vehicle on accident (back into a lamp post, get too close to the pole, etc. etc.), you have to go get a police certificate to have the damage fixed? I'm not saying OP damaged their own car, but just curious.

I didn't think the 2/10 laws coming in changed accident procedures in that way. I thought it was traffic safety stuff which got changed. Or that's how it sounded in the newspaper, anyway.