Psycho Drivers in Qatar
Early morning and there are Psycho Drivers already on the Wukir road going to Religious Complex. Have you ever experience being cut by some 4x4 vehicle at 100 Km/h and suddenly they will apply the break to a full stop in front of you. I thought it was just coincidence until he accelerated and did the same to the car in front of me.
I don't know what mind set this id!0t$ have but this things have to stop. We should advocate dashboard camera's and report this incident to the police.
5 years in Qatar and it happened 3 times already mostly in Industrial Area.
Dash-cam footage ‘admissible in accident probes’ - First step now to get people to use them.
http://www.gulf-times.com/qatar/178/details/377533/dash-cam-footage-%E2%80%98admissible-in-accident-probes%E2%80%99
Rizks and I use the tuk Tuk daily and have never had any problems.
all right no problem might as well include you in my daily prayers
GERRARA why reacting? Iam telling u both to pray for all the psychos who are ruining peace in this world
boxbe why reacting? im telling RANLIV to pray for these so-called psychos...
BOXBE! :)
sure greek goddess...i will pray for u ur highness
just pray for these people and ask God to keep us safe & give them guidance as they don't know what they are doing.
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Blank stare
Ran i do support you....from my experiences...arien, BB and MM even in the slow lane you are not safe.....please read on...
just yesterday i was returning from villagio going towards al saad. i was on the slow track waiting at the signal. this guy in the black land cruiser comes behind me stops. the signal turns green. we move towards the next signal which is also red. there are cars all around us. so i cannot move left or speed up. we are flowing with the traffic. when this signal turned green the land cruiser just suddenly overtook us from the "right", by taking the right most lane for turning right at the signal, and got in front of me almost hitting the guy in the kia who was in front. this is all happening while we are in the "slow track". he overtook me from the right side, without flashing his lights, no signal or any indication. for the first time i heard expletives coming from my wife who was sitting next to me. she took photos of the land cruiser. noted the no. etc. the guy in kia got scared he swerved to the middle lane almost hitting the car there. the lc just took off straight again in the right most lane overtaking all the cars in slow track.
so now tell who are psychos??? me, the guy in the kia or the guy in the land cruiser??
another day ....another incident...this was in one of the interior roads where there are small roundabouts. i get into the round about and this guy in a gmc suv just comes in from the left side while i'm in the round about and enters in front of me without any indication of any kind. i break and i honk my horn really hard. he also stops puts down the cup of tea he is drinking while he got into the round about, tells his friend who is sitting next to him something, gets out of the car and starts shouting and hitting on my car. i ask him what are you doing that for? he says why you are pushing your horn? then i understand that there is no point arguing and i tell him my mistake i did not see you coming in the round about and suddenly i just pushed my horn. all this while there is a police car with the guy inside parked at the grocery store near the round about facing us. nothing zero zilch reaction from the police.
who is the psycho here? me or the guy in the gmc suv?
i have been here all my life...and driving here is dangerous. there are more incidents i can relate here of which i'm not at fault but these things are just ridiculous. until the govt and the police put their foot down implement the traffic rules and regulations, that they introduce, this will never improve. until then please be safe.
respect to road users is only in the talks and books here not in actions. i pity these people.
Ran .... There should be a general awareness about your surroundings .... if you feel faster cars are overtaking just reduce the speed & move to right , it's more important to be punctual for high officials ...
Sat, 30.11.2013, 11.58 hrs .
The only option is to leave the country
Molten, I don't understand you. so if your going already 20 over speed limit and I will cut you off/Pull in front of you from the other lane and hit the break from 100 km/h to dead stop , Am Still Justified? i think you are an adrenalin junkie. Their is no justification to put peoples live in danger.
They are allover.. practice defensive driving. If you prefer to drive slower than the max limit..please keep away from the fast lane too.
U r right Ran, all drivers are expected to follow road rules & discipline. You cant drive rash and cause panic to the other drivers. If you do not follow the set traffic disciplines u r a psycho no doubt.
BOXBE, Correct .... Respect for fellow road users is a must for any educated person ...
Sat, 30.11.2013, 11.13 hrs .
Ran .... After overtaking you ... What act a safe driver would do if there is another slow or texter driver is at the front ? Brakes are used to avoid hitting vehicles in your front ..... Nobody will agree with you on this ... Sat, 30.11.2013, 11.12 hrs .
yeah I agree with those dashboard cameras...
Box, read carefully will I be on the slow lane if I am running 100KM/h on an 80km/h road with a car 10 meters in front of me (keeping safe distance). He did not only do that to me but also to the car before me Successively. The title is completely valid since it is a description on the drivers attitude. Ok tell me what better adjective will we use to describe this behavior. I will be advocating dashboard cams which you can get for less than 200 QAR and report this dangerous incident to the Police. As more people use dashboard cams this behavior will change.
teach them a lesson, and cut the road of, just and for 5 mins, turn into a fast and furious driver
There are many out here
were u on speed track and they flashed u to move..but u never cared to do that..if yes then u deserved that..and ur subject saying psycho shows the way u are...Be educated in the way u address people
any ways it was not me :P we cant do anything ignore dear..
No, I'm the one in front (so how can I flash them), they will overtake you then apply the brake.
if you Flash from the back then they will do this..