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Old Sep 14th 2005, 12:26 pm
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Today I Picked up the Gulf Times Newspaper in Qatar and on the front page right hand side column I read the headline "Women to blame for Qatar gridlock" intrigued, I read on...

"Allowing women to drive has doubled the problem of traffic jams in Qatar" Assistant Director of the Traffic and Patrol Department for Technical Affairs, Colonel Mohamed A AL-Malki, said yesterday. However, he said that only 3% of accidents involve women.
Al Malki, the head of national campaign for prevention of road accidents, was talking at a programme at Qatargas."


and then the article goes on with statistics of death and accidents and injuries and the like... scaring the s**t out of you.. :scared: OH NO.. u start thinking.. STOP THEM EVIL CREATURES...

Now this makes me laugh ... if the head is f***ed up... what about the rest... so although only 3% of accidents involve women.. women are 50% of the problem... and what better... u ask yourself.. the gridlock is not caused by the none existence of public transport and the lack of taxis... it takes me 15min to flag a taxi from our offices and our office is on a main very busy road.. u can't flag them not because they are full... but because u can't find them...

I am sure this little article will generate some debate on the thread.. and some net rage neverthe less... Lads.. make sure you stay offline when the lasses hit the keyboards on this..
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Old Sep 14th 2005, 3:29 pm
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Originally Posted by ZooZ
Today I Picked up the Gulf Times Newspaper in Qatar and on the front page right hand side column I read the headline "Women to blame for Qatar gridlock" intrigued, I read on...

"Allowing women to drive has doubled the problem of traffic jams in Qatar" Assistant Director of the Traffic and Patrol Department for Technical Affairs, Colonel Mohamed A AL-Malki, said yesterday. However, he said that only 3% of accidents involve women.
Al Malki, the head of national campaign for prevention of road accidents, was talking at a programme at Qatargas."


and then the article goes on with statistics of death and accidents and injuries and the like... scaring the s**t out of you.. :scared: OH NO.. u start thinking.. STOP THEM EVIL CREATURES...

Now this makes me laugh ... if the head is f***ed up... what about the rest... so although only 3% of accidents involve women.. women are 50% of the problem... and what better... u ask yourself.. the gridlock is not caused by the none existence of public transport and the lack of taxis... it takes me 15min to flag a taxi from our offices and our office is on a main very busy road.. u can't flag them not because they are full... but because u can't find them...

I am sure this little article will generate some debate on the thread.. and some net rage neverthe less... Lads.. make sure you stay offline when the lasses hit the keyboards on this..

Hmmmmmmmm......... NO COMMENT
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Old Sep 14th 2005, 3:34 pm
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Hmmmmmmmm......... NO COMMENT
Wasn't that a comment?
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Old Sep 14th 2005, 3:38 pm
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Wasn't that a comment?
Hmmmmmm
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Originally Posted by ZooZ
Today I Picked up the Gulf Times Newspaper in Qatar and on the front page right hand side column I read the headline "Women to blame for Qatar gridlock" intrigued, I read on...

"Allowing women to drive has doubled the problem of traffic jams in Qatar" Assistant Director of the Traffic and Patrol Department for Technical Affairs, Colonel Mohamed A AL-Malki, said yesterday. However, he said that only 3% of accidents involve women.
Al Malki, the head of national campaign for prevention of road accidents, was talking at a programme at Qatargas."


and then the article goes on with statistics of death and accidents and injuries and the like... scaring the s**t out of you.. :scared: OH NO.. u start thinking.. STOP THEM EVIL CREATURES...

Now this makes me laugh ... if the head is f***ed up... what about the rest... so although only 3% of accidents involve women.. women are 50% of the problem... and what better... u ask yourself.. the gridlock is not caused by the none existence of public transport and the lack of taxis... it takes me 15min to flag a taxi from our offices and our office is on a main very busy road.. u can't flag them not because they are full... but because u can't find them...

I am sure this little article will generate some debate on the thread.. and some net rage neverthe less... Lads.. make sure you stay offline when the lasses hit the keyboards on this..
So Mrs.Zoo will add to the problem then????
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Old Sep 14th 2005, 6:22 pm
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Originally Posted by ZooZ
Today I Picked up the Gulf Times Newspaper in Qatar and on the front page right hand side column I read the headline "Women to blame for Qatar gridlock" intrigued, I read on...

"Allowing women to drive has doubled the problem of traffic jams in Qatar" Assistant Director of the Traffic and Patrol Department for Technical Affairs, Colonel Mohamed A AL-Malki, said yesterday. However, he said that only 3% of accidents involve women.
Al Malki, the head of national campaign for prevention of road accidents, was talking at a programme at Qatargas."


and then the article goes on with statistics of death and accidents and injuries and the like... scaring the s**t out of you.. :scared: OH NO.. u start thinking.. STOP THEM EVIL CREATURES...

Now this makes me laugh ... if the head is f***ed up... what about the rest... so although only 3% of accidents involve women.. women are 50% of the problem... and what better... u ask yourself.. the gridlock is not caused by the none existence of public transport and the lack of taxis... it takes me 15min to flag a taxi from our offices and our office is on a main very busy road.. u can't flag them not because they are full... but because u can't find them...

I am sure this little article will generate some debate on the thread.. and some net rage neverthe less... Lads.. make sure you stay offline when the lasses hit the keyboards on this..
Stupid journalist who wrote that article. F***** STUPID

Made me sooooo mad
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Old Sep 14th 2005, 6:25 pm
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Wellll.... what if only 3% of the driving population is female, yet they have managed to single (or should it be treble?)-handedly doubled the accident rate?

Probably not, though I wouldn't be surprised if they had a disproportionate share of accidents simply because they're new to driving. Compare them to teenaged male drivers and see who's worse!
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Wellll.... what if only 3% of the driving population is female, yet they have managed to single (or should it be treble?)-handedly doubled the accident rate?

Probably not, though I wouldn't be surprised if they had a disproportionate share of accidents simply because they're new to driving. Compare them to teenaged male drivers and see who's worse!
But its not true about the women being the main cause for accidents.

Unless anyone of them is flashing their boobs at the other drivers....PMSL
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But its not true about the women being the main cause for accidents.

Unless anyone of them is flashing their boobs at the other drivers....PMSL
Is that legal?
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Is that legal?
Ehemmm....................NOOOOOOOOOOO def not
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Ehemmm....................NOOOOOOOOOOO def not
So how many points do you get on your licence for that infraction?
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Old Sep 14th 2005, 6:49 pm
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So how many points do you get on your licence for that infraction?

Hmmmmm no idea....................guess I have to try it out to find out eh
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"Allowing" women to drive? Were they ever banned from driving in Qatar?
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Old Sep 15th 2005, 5:33 am
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Stupid journalist who wrote that article. F***** STUPID

Made me sooooo mad

oooohhh my monitor started shaking this morning when I opened up the thread. :scared: ... off scale feremone warning :scared:

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Old Sep 15th 2005, 5:38 am
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Originally Posted by novita77
So Mrs.Zoo will add to the problem then????
She already did... drove from citycentre 2 ramada.. two days ago...
u should have seen the traffic she generated causing a 50% increase in accidents... and the thing is.. she does not know it... none of the women drivers know it either... scary.. :scared: .. EVIL...

according to the article..
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