Festive Crane
It looks like someone finally found a use for those idle trucks and cranes at Marina Dbayyeh.
Lebanese vs. Australian taxi driver
An Australian taxi driver was Wednesday ordered to pay Aus$1,415 for wearing jeans to work despite insisting they were tailor-made and suitable for the job. In South Australia state, taxi drivers must wear smart business-style shirts and trousers, with jeans and tracksuit bottoms banned. What can one say about Lebanese taxi drivers? With a few exceptions, most of them have wrecked cars, no seat belts, no mirrors, no brakes and drive like crazy. Let's not…
Automotive
On fire
14 years agoNot only we have to endure the December traffic nowadays, but car accidents seem to be increasing dramatically. Yesterday, a truck flipped on the Jal el Dib highway spilling oil everywhere. Today, I saw 3 ...
Automotive
Stay Away from Karantina
14 years ago80 centimeters of water on Lebanon’s busiest highway and the only solution is to ask people not to drive in Karantina-Dora’s direction. One can only feel bad for people stuck in traffic. And the winter ...
Automotive
Peugeot for sale
14 years agoNow that there are rumors assassinations are going to be making a come back, this car’s owner might actually start getting some offers. ...
Automotive
Weird wires on the highway
14 years agoI spotted those wires on the Dbayyeh highway right after Nahr el Kalb (if you are heading towards Beirut), and before the Canadian embassy on the maritime road. I also remember seeing one of those ...
Animals & Wildlife
Parking Meter for cars and donkeys
14 years agoA Nabatieh resident decided to use the parking meters to park his donkey. I assume he put the plate number on the donkey’s ass to make sure he never gets any ticket. Thanks Chay ...
Automotive
Rear end
14 years agoDoesn’t show that well in this picture but the car’s rear end is like completely squashed. ...
Automotive
Minister Charbel on Car Accidents in Lebanon
14 years agoIt would be interesting to validate the sayings of our Minister of Interior, who stated yesterday that 85% of the accidents in Lebanon are due to speeding or reckless driving. [Link] What about the conditions ...
Automotive
Accidents Dropped 40% During the BlackBerry Outage
14 years agoLooks like something good came out of the Blackberry outage even though I am a bit skeptical of those statistics. In fact, there’s no mention as to how many accidents occurr on a daily basis ...