You can take the Girl out of Farwaniya but you can't take the Farwaniya out of the girl

Its been almost two years since I got back from the States and I've noticed that the driving here is terrible. I know, so what's new you ask? Well since I started working I have to commute half an hour to work so I get to see a lot of cars from all parts of Kuwait (except for Jahra, they are from a different country). I decided to rate the driving skills as per Governate from best to worst:

Hawalli:

They tend to be the most polite, they get out of the way if you try to rear end them and if they are in a hurry they won't go after your bumper or use the emergency lane they will just go around you.

Capital: (I'm one of them)

These drivers think they are the $#!+, they will stick to your @$$ as if they own the road or something. Only governate to know how to use the turning signals, and they do occasionally get out of the way if you use the horn or the flasher.

Mubarak Al-Kabeer, and Ahmadi:

These two governates drive in the same way. Cars of choice are Camry with tacky chrome accents or a Wanait (white with some red stripes on the side). It's always a guy driving with the left hand on the window sill and the right hand extended straight on the steering wheel. The 3gall mayil, and half the teeth missing. These guys will run you over before they even think of using the breaks. They will almost never change the lane if you are speeding behind them. The worst of them will stop at no cost, and I once saw a guy use the emergency lane for 500 m going 160. The only reason they are not last is that they use the flasher to warn you before the crash into you.

Farwaniya:

By far the worst drivers, they are so obnoxious and oblivious about their surrounding world, the wouldn't know a speeding truck if it hit them in the blinkers. They are the slowest drivers, they go below the minimum speed (@$$holes) and they will never change the lane NEVERRRR. I hate with passion. I can't figure out why they drive so bad, maybe because they live in a highly crowded are with no rules of the road. If you have ever been to Farwaniya or Jeleeb al Shiyokh its survival of the craziest.

Jahra:

No information on them 'cause there is so little of them, or at least so little in the places I drive.

Saudi Arabia:

It is as if these people have nothing to do in their country. Every Thursday I see them flood in from my way back from work. They fall in between Ahmadi and Farwaniya drivers, which pisses me off. These people should be banned from Kuwait, just because of their crappy driving, not to mention how trashy they are, but that's another story on another book.

Now that they have changed the licence plates to resemble something designed by a Saudi, it's hard to find who's from where, but I hope my blog gives you a small guide.