Monday, April 23, 2007
Driving Test
This week we have a quick quiz to see if you’re ready to drive in Qatar:
1) You’ve just bought a brand new car (a Toyota Landcruiser obviously). How long do you wait before taking off the plastic wrappers on the seats?
a) Just until you get home, and even that seems like forever.
b) A week, just to show that it’s new for a while
c) A month
d) Why take them off? You love sitting on plastic.
2) The traffic lights turn green, but the car infront doesn’t seem to have noticed. How long do you wait until you toot him?
a) Five minutes or so, you don’t want to seem rude
b) A minute
c) 30 seconds
d) 1 nanosecond and make sure they hear it.
3) There’s a queue at the crossroads. What do you do?
a) Wait patently, you’ll move eventually
b) Start swearing
c) Use your horn
d) Go off-road in your 4x4, up the curb, and cut in again at the last minute.
4) You’re going to meet your friend. Where is the best place to decide to meet?
a) At his house
b) At your house
c) At a café
d) On the inside lane of a roundabout.
5) Approaching the roundabout the road divides into 3 lanes. If you want to turn left, which lane should you be in?
(CLUE: In Qatar we drive on the right-handside)
a) The left lane
b) The middle lane
c) The right lane
d) Any lane you like, as long as you cut up as many people as possible.
6) A big crater has just appeared in the road. How much warning do you think you’ll be given?
a) 300 meters
b) 50 meters
c) 10 meters
d) Warning’s for girls: Put the cone in the hole.
That's it. Time's up, put your pens down. Now let's see how you did:
1) d. Only us foreigners take the plastic seat covers off.
2) d. Infact if you’re really good you’ll beep BEFORE they go green. (I’ve even seen police cars do this.)
3) a...only joking, d again.
4) d. I have no idea why this is the meeting place of choice.
5) d. ..although ‘c’ is my personal favourite.
6) The outside lane is often closed off with no warning at all, and no lights, just suddenly a bollard in the road, but I had to laugh when there was just the top of a traffic cone sticking out a hole in the road.
1) You’ve just bought a brand new car (a Toyota Landcruiser obviously). How long do you wait before taking off the plastic wrappers on the seats?
a) Just until you get home, and even that seems like forever.
b) A week, just to show that it’s new for a while
c) A month
d) Why take them off? You love sitting on plastic.
2) The traffic lights turn green, but the car infront doesn’t seem to have noticed. How long do you wait until you toot him?
a) Five minutes or so, you don’t want to seem rude
b) A minute
c) 30 seconds
d) 1 nanosecond and make sure they hear it.
3) There’s a queue at the crossroads. What do you do?
a) Wait patently, you’ll move eventually
b) Start swearing
c) Use your horn
d) Go off-road in your 4x4, up the curb, and cut in again at the last minute.
4) You’re going to meet your friend. Where is the best place to decide to meet?
a) At his house
b) At your house
c) At a café
d) On the inside lane of a roundabout.
5) Approaching the roundabout the road divides into 3 lanes. If you want to turn left, which lane should you be in?
(CLUE: In Qatar we drive on the right-handside)
a) The left lane
b) The middle lane
c) The right lane
d) Any lane you like, as long as you cut up as many people as possible.
6) A big crater has just appeared in the road. How much warning do you think you’ll be given?
a) 300 meters
b) 50 meters
c) 10 meters
d) Warning’s for girls: Put the cone in the hole.
That's it. Time's up, put your pens down. Now let's see how you did:
1) d. Only us foreigners take the plastic seat covers off.
2) d. Infact if you’re really good you’ll beep BEFORE they go green. (I’ve even seen police cars do this.)
3) a...only joking, d again.
4) d. I have no idea why this is the meeting place of choice.
5) d. ..although ‘c’ is my personal favourite.
6) The outside lane is often closed off with no warning at all, and no lights, just suddenly a bollard in the road, but I had to laugh when there was just the top of a traffic cone sticking out a hole in the road.
