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Dear Stan, With reference to Marie-Claire's column in last week's GulfWeekly - school runs DO cause road rage.

Her article on the above subject was as if I had written it myself, each and every sentence.

This is a sad reality and we are suffering because of other drivers' pure selfishness. Our school run is towards Hamala at the newly-opened British School. Most of us use the highway leading to the Saudi Arabian toll booths. Once you exit over the ramp to go towards Hamala/Jasra/Hamad Town all hell breaks loose.

All of us are either going to BSB or Batelco but there are always some people who think that they are above human beings and drive all the way to the traffic lights and cut in. Sometimes the wait on the ramp is for half and hour, which is actually a two-second drive.

One time, I blocked a lady trying to cut in and politely explained to her with my window down that we are all waiting to go to the same place.

She made very rude gestures to me as if I was a fly being swatted and jumped in behind me, in front of an elderly gentleman.

I felt so flushed and embarrassed to be talked to this way. Just then another man with a child at the back, without seatbelts and talking on the phone (I promise, I am not making this up), did the same exact thing, right after I had told the lady off!

I just looked at him and shook my head and he didn't care a hoot. The lady who jumped in behind me stopped in the middle of the road and let him pass much to the anger of the people behind them!

Can you believe it? They were helping each other as if they were from the Law Breakers Society or something.

This is just one incident. I go through this nonsense every single day as you said. It makes me nervous, angry and annoyed and I feel my calm nature is taking a nasty turn. You will notice that I did not take names of the nationalities because the guilty are from all nationalities - Europeans, Indians, Asians, Arabs ... everyone.

These are parents, who should be teaching their children manners and good behaviour.

Children sit in the car and learn from their parents.

Just because of these senseless, selfish people, I wake my daughter at 5am to leave one hour early though the school is only 15 minutes away, as I am not going to change my behaviour to do what others do.

Alternatively, the police should take strict action against these people.

Thanks for highlighting this issue and we should all together try and do something about it. Maybe you should open a forum for suggestions to tackle this problem and see what people have to say?

Lakshmi Iyer,

Bahrain

Dear Stan,

I really enjoyed reading the BSPCA coverage in last week's GulfWeekly. Many thanks for your ongoing support for the society.

Mark Lazell,

Bahrain.

Editor's note: Don't forget the weekend's sponsored dog walk at Askar. Contact 17591231 for details.

Dear Stan,

Is the Porsche Panamera reviewed by Mai Al Khatib in a recent edition of GulfWeekly really the same car reviewed by Jeremy Clarkson? https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article6877864.ece

It sounds like two different cars, although you have to go to the second page of Clarkson's article before you read about the car.

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Editor's note: As with all reviews beauty is in the eye of the beholder and our Mai is still gushing on about the Porsche experience in our office.

Although Mai is probably old enough to be Clarkson's (great) granddaughter she knows a thing or two about cars, mostly thanks to her dad's, brother's and fiancŽ's flash favourites!

We are also happy to report the down side, when appropriate, but as far as Mai is concerned she will not hear a word against the Panamera.

Dear Stan,

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.

When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his fortune.

One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.

"I may look like just an ordinary guy," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my father will die and I will inherit $200 million."

Impressed, the woman asked for his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother.

Women are so much better at financial planning than men.

T P Sukesh

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