I LOVE my life as an English expatriate woman in the beautiful Kingdom of Bahrain, am now retired and have lived in Hamala for the past 14 years. However, I feel compelled to speak up about two pressing issues related to the very real dangers posed by the appalling driving standards we are all, unfortunately, too familiar with: drivers unabashedly using mobile phones, speeding and aggressively pushing slower cars out of the way, especially on the highways .