When Should We Upgrade Our License Plates?

Every time the authorities decide to upgrade our passports or IDs or driving licenses or car licenses or whatsoever, we're not briefed on the deadlines, the procedure to upgrade and the related fees. The biometric passport was a fiasco and the new license plates are no different. We were told it would only cost $15 to replace them but it turned out to be much higher then we were told it's mandatory to change them…

No Casualties Reported On New Year’s Eve [2018]

For the second year in a row, no casualties were reported on New Year's Eve thanks to the exceptional measures taken by the Internal Security Forces & Lebanese Army. The ISF reported few minor accidents that resulted in injuries as well as four minor injuries due to stray bullets. There wasn't much traffic on the roads weirdly enough on that night but it took me around 1 hour and a half to get from Dora…
Automotive

New Plans for a Highway Linking Dbayyeh to Okaibeh Passing Through Jeita & Adma

7 years ago
The Lebanese cabinet has approved a plan to build a highway from Dbayyeh to Okaibeh passing through several villages and towns in Keserwan, mainly Jeita, Antoura, Ain el Rihane, all the way to Adma and ...
Automotive

New License Plates in Lebanon Starting Dec 21

7 years ago
The Traffic Management Center tweeted a picture of a new car plate that is expected to roll out starting December 21. According to this Annahar article, the new plates cannot be forged in any way ...
Automotive

Formula E in Beirut?

8 years ago
Back in 1999, Lebanon almost won the bid to host an F1 track back in 1999. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone was fond of the idea and F1 Race Director Charlie Whiting visited Lebanon to inspect ...
Automotive

ISF is Issuing Around 30,000 Speed Fines Every Month

8 years ago
I got a comment from one of the blog’s readers asking me on why speed fines reported by the ISF keep increasing every month, so I looked up fines reported in the past month or ...
Automotive

Blink My Car: Hassle-Free & Eco-Friendly Car Wash One Click Away from You!

8 years ago
I think I speak for almost everyone when I say that I hate washing my car. I also hate seeing it dirty but I can’t stand going to the gas station and waiting there for ...
Automotive

Everyone Just Remembered Keserwan’s Zouk Mosbeh – Kfardebian Road!

8 years ago
How do you know it’s election season in Lebanon? When all politicians all of a sudden become outraged by the country’s lousy infrastructure, lousy internet, lack of electricity and water etc. Four people died in ...
Automotive

Call 1735 to Report Valet Parking Companies Charging Over LL5000

8 years ago
A month ago, the Ministry of Interior & Tourism agreed in a joint statement to fix the valet service price at 5000 Lebanese Liras but the decision was apparently not yet enforced. According to the ...
Automotive

ISF Launches New Campaign To Crackdown on Texting & Driving Offenders

8 years ago
Policemen in civilian clothes is apparently part of the latest ISF campaign to enforce traffic law and fine texting & driving offenders. I watched the below report twice and looked up on the ISF Facebook ...
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