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^ian^ wrote:

craigindubai wrote:

^ian^ wrote:

Dubai Knight wrote:

craigindubai wrote:

St.Lucifer wrote:

scarlet wrote:Indians can drive ????

After years of struggle we've an F1 Team of our own, an F1 driver ( with no podium finish.. poor cars r to b blamed) and a podium finish in A1.
And come to India, try to drive for 10 mins without hitting anything/ anyone and u'll realize how good r we at it..

With a population of 1bn+,you were bound to produce at least one good driver..... Eventually.....

Don't think you can blame Karthikayen's lack of performance on poor machinery. He was just a long way behind the curve and lacks experience. A podium finish in A1 is worth what?



Knight

When he wins it will be pure driving ability, until such point, it will be a fault of the car he drives. Assuming Indians follow motorsport in the same way they follow cricket.

Or the Tyres... But most likely the FIA....

and lets not forget the other drivers being TOO competitive!

craigindubai wrote:

^ian^ wrote:

craigindubai wrote:

^ian^ wrote:

Dubai Knight wrote:

craigindubai wrote:

St.Lucifer wrote:

scarlet wrote:Indians can drive ????

After years of struggle we've an F1 Team of our own, an F1 driver ( with no podium finish.. poor cars r to b blamed) and a podium finish in A1.
And come to India, try to drive for 10 mins without hitting anything/ anyone and u'll realize how good r we at it..

With a population of 1bn+,you were bound to produce at least one good driver..... Eventually.....

Don't think you can blame Karthikayen's lack of performance on poor machinery. He was just a long way behind the curve and lacks experience. A podium finish in A1 is worth what?



Knight

When he wins it will be pure driving ability, until such point, it will be a fault of the car he drives. Assuming Indians follow motorsport in the same way they follow cricket.

Or the Tyres... But most likely the FIA....

and lets not forget the other drivers being TOO competitive!

What they really need to do is get control of the FIA, then they'll start seeing some results go their way!

St.Lucifer wrote:We are well n truely on our way to world domination.. atleast in numbers..

Dubai Knight wrote:

craigindubai wrote:

Dubai Knight wrote:

^ian^ wrote:They'll probably form a committee.

Best way to kill any idea.

True story:

A few years ago (about 5) a Saudi woman university professor and lecturer decided to prove that it was possible for women to drive safely in the Kingdom. She and a group of likeminded friends, spent a day driving their cars around the city of Jeddah. She had trained for many years in the US and had an American driving licence. There were no incidents, they attracted little attention and they all went home very pleased.

That night, her father called a meeting of the entire family in his villa. There, in front of her husband and children, brothers and sisters; he shot her dead!

He was never prosecuted as the authorities said he had 'due justification'.



Knight

As much as I love a good story.... And never should teh truth get in the way of one..... I'd really like to see the sauce on this one!!! Can you provide??? Or is this just another "one I heard" over the water cooler???

Not trying to be a pain here either.... Would seriously like to know if this is true or merely another urban legend... (Dubai style of course )

Not urban legend. The source is actually Kate Adie, senior war correspondent for the BBC.

I was unsure, so asked about it when in Saudi on an extended business trip this last year. I spoke to a very senior Saudi local in Jeddah and asked if this was a true story or not. He looked very downcast and apologised, stating that it was indeed true. They tried to prosecute the father, however the Sharia Court decreed that the woman had broken the law of the land and that, if the father had not shot her, she would have been publicly stoned for 'bringing her family into disrepute and being a disruptive influence to the fabric of Islamic society'.

Worse has happened in Saudi and again, the urban myth tends to start with a sad but true story.



Knight

St.Lucifer wrote:

^ian^ wrote:

St.Lucifer wrote:We are well n truely on our way to world domination.. atleast in numbers..

A good friend of mine thinks India should be 'vaporised'.

The world just doesn't have the resources to handle the Indian population explosion.

Would like to meet that friend of yours..

Would like to meet that friend of yours..
perhaps i can make him understand that vaporising India would result in a decrease in the total land area ,which means a more populous world..

Dubai Knight wrote:

^ian^ wrote:They'll probably form a committee.

Best way to kill any idea.

True story:

A few years ago (about 5) a Saudi woman university professor and lecturer decided to prove that it was possible for women to drive safely in the Kingdom. She and a group of likeminded friends, spent a day driving their cars around the city of Jeddah. She had trained for many years in the US and had an American driving licence. There were no incidents, they attracted little attention and they all went home very pleased.

That night, her father called a meeting of the entire family in his villa. There, in front of her husband and children, brothers and sisters; he shot her dead!

He was never prosecuted as the authorities said he had 'due justification'.



Knight