Posted By
Najib
Oct 15, 2017 11:25
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 the proposed track. His response was also a provisional thumbs-up. “There’s far from a green light at this stage,” he said but “I see nothing today that would stop the project from going through.” The plan was to build a…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 13, 2017 11:43
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 so on the ISF website, and the numbers are almost the same every week. In fact, I even dug a number back from July and it's similar to recent stats. One thing that caught my attention though was a comment…
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If there’s one thing that keeps me from heading to the Beqaa or visiting friends in Zahle, it’s the Dahr el Baydar – Bhamdoun traffic on the way back. Last weekend, people got stuck for ...
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I wrote about the new biometric driving licenses a year ago but yesterday was the first time I see one of them, probably because the existing ones need 30 years to expire. Anyway, the new ...