Women Driving

Oh yeah :-)

Don't worry about this at all.

Lots of women are driving.It's normal here.

I am afraid so, they drive just like the US, talking on phone, eating, putting on makeup, checking on the kids in the back, all at the same time.

Mix that with the really bad crazy local drivers and it is a challenge.

It seems they were invented to wear with the wire dangling across your face *g*

Recent studies have proved that beer contains female hormones. To demonstrate this, scientists took two control groups of men, members of group A were made to drink 8 pints of beer each, while group B members were given a placebo.

After eight pints, ALL members without exception were incapable of driving and were found to talk complete rubbish. QED

Respect

GIASI

What's with all the male chauvinism flying around. it's as if men nrver make mistakes.....
I personally never crossed lanes with a bad female driver , but i have with male drivers.....Especially the young ones..
It's like being in a sixties movie.

Qatari, I think that was probably me!!!!Lol.........JUST KIDDING.lili.

there was just too much testosterone flying around...
Anyone who's driven in Egypt will find driving in Qatar a peice of cake....We always anticipate the ...ummm ... uhh..well just let's say miscalculations of others
.lili.

I am a woman and I drive, and I haven't caused anyone any troubles on the road. No woman has ever caused me any trouble on the roads! But men do freak me out in their Cruisers...

Well, I'd better be off buying one of those, huh? No, really, I am just keeping my fingers crossed and pray every evening that I will be accepted to that job in Ras Laffan. It would be just way cool... Would you keep yours crossed too? PLEASE? (Maybe it helps?)

If I should get there I'd also be into a 4x4, though I am usually an avid Volvo driver. But the allowance for a car wouldn't be high enough to afford a XC70 or XC90, so I'd rather buy some Toyota, Mitsubishi or a Nissan. What are you driving? (Just out of interest... We'll see. But I shouldn't be counting my chickens yet...

Rene

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think different.

I drive a Pajero, and I highly recommend getting a 4x4 in Qatar. First, it takes you everywhere, second, people will think twice before cutting in in front of you - here, the bigger car rules the road. And of course it's handy for jumping all the rumps and pavements and hidden (unmarked) speed humps - there are plenty of those here!

:^)

Women are good drivers...but In Qatar...Most of them ( I certainly dont mean all)..are too busy on the mobile..(So I said they are not perfect)..they are pretty good at crossing the lights slowly and sucessfully (busy on the mobile again)..so that those at the back can be left fuming..

Surely thats not perfection..LOL..or is it??

As opposed to the men who come barreling up behind you at 150 km/h talking on their cell phones.

Definitely, men here are more murderously aggressive than women. (And when I say "men here" I'm thinking too of some westerners I know.) But the Qatari women really do seem to have even less idea of what lane they should be in than their brothers do. The guys know about lanes, but think that keeping to them is demeaning. The gals are simply unaware of what those white lines mean. A glare and some determined place-keeping might therefore fend off an attacking male, but it'll have no effect on oblivious female.

Perhaps someone can enlighten me, but is there actually any licensing system here, driver training, etc?

I know in Canada we have a very lengthy system that people have to go through before they can get a license. Beginner's Permit, New Driver and finally a full license. This process can take two years.

I think the answer probably lies in actaully teaching Qatari's to drive, instead of handing them the keys to a Hummer 3 and saying go drive. It's like handing a child a loaded gun, and probably more deadly.