The worst drivers in the world?

There's something funny going on in Dubai. Two years ago, traffic was heading for gridlock. Speeds were excessive, or standstill, and in both, aggressive drivers of 4x4s, blacked out Mercs and irredeemable Sunnies would carve you up, flash at you, barge in where no space existed and generally abuse more cautious and law abiding motorists.

And so today. Thick fog hangs in the air, and you set out with trepidation, expecting to encounter the usual morning thrombosis. But no. Today it was foggy, but the traffic was moving. You could get out from The Greens in minutes because all three lanes of the exit road have been opened. Almost all of the vehicles on the road had lights on, and almost none of those were hazard flashers.(Not so the School Buses - some demented bureaucrat somewhere has decreed that they shall be wired to the brake pedal, so they flash redundantly every time the driver slows for any reason, hazardous or not.) Speeds were generally low, and braking distances maintained. A few trucks trundled along line abreast instead of astern, blocking four lanes out of six, but I can see no way round that.

Yet despite the fog, or maybe because of its calming effect, the journey to work this morning was smooth, stress free and swift.

Maybe they're putting something in the water.