Bahrain's worst drivers are being exposed by a Facebook group set up to log traffic violations, a report said.

The Arrogance and Negligence On Our Roads group has more than 1,450 members who regularly post photographs of poor parking and bad driving across Bahrain, reported the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

Founder Ahmed Baqer told the GDN that he started the group to "name and shame arrogant and negligent road users".

"I think the Facebook group is serving its purpose well," he said.

"We don't want people just venting we want documented proof - whether it be a video or a picture of drivers breaking the law. You have to understand the culture here in Bahrain - ignorance is a problem, arrogance is a problem and ego is a massive part of the culture.

"So if you can't educate them and you can't reason with them then all you can do is dent their ego.

"The whole point of the Facebook group is to try and embarrass offenders in a public forum, in the hope that they will stop breaking the law."

Baqer said that because the police could not be everywhere at all times, it was the public's duty to hold reckless drivers accountable.

"I want this group to become more popular, because the more popular it becomes then the more effective it will be," he said.

"My hope is that some of the offenders will see the group or will hear of the posts - so they know that they are being watched, even while parking at a local mall.

"Shame is an amazing motivator and we all have to do what we can to make the roads safer and more comfortable to drive on."

Baqer explained that posts were monitored, to avoid expletives or people misusing the forum in anyway.

Among some of the more popular posts are examples of bad parking.

One member of the group, Ali Al Jufairi, posted a photo of a white Audi SUV that was parked on the pavement in a deserted car park.

"How lazy can you be? With three vacant parking spaces," he said.

Fellow contributor Stuart Blaik sent in a photo of a trailer that had become unhitched and was rolling away near the Gulf Hotel.

"Trailer unhitches itself from a lorry and travels slowly about 20 metres before coming to a stop," he said in a comment below the post. Thankfully it didn't happen on a three lane highway at 100kmph with someone behind."

Other photos of people parking across several disabled parking bays have generated a heated public response, while the group has also had a marked effect on at least one driver, who was spotted flouting the rules of the road in a Reza Hygiene-branded van.

"I'm extremely grateful to a friend, a member of this group, who passed a clip to me regarding the 'nutters' who drive up the dirt track on Janabiya Highway and then push onto the main road," said Keith Watson.

"As the division manager for Reza Hygiene in the region, I was appalled to see the clip of one of our drivers in a company vehicle doing exactly what I used to complain about when I used to take my children to school along that road.

"Not only was the driver very severely disciplined, the incident was circulated throughout our company offices in the Gulf on the internal network - as a warning to all other employees whether driving a company vehicle, or not." – TradeArabia News Service