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Icon9 Traffic in Lebanon sucks - 25th December 2008

I live on the coastal side of North Metn and all I can say it sucks. Chaos everywhere. For example If anyone passes by Dekwaneh roundabout (it looks like a war zone) or Mar takla.....wlak btekfor.....


It took me 1:30 min to reach from Naher el Kalb to Rawda....I don't want to move from the house , last Sunday I went to Geant. It took me 2 hours searching for a parking spot before going back home.....Not to Forget going from Dekwaneh to Achrafieh!!!

I don't know what's the solution for this situation because I don't see any. I can say there is a small improvement in the way people abiding by the trafic lights but still more is needed....

All I can say is that coming to Lebanon to spend the vacation was really stressful..:(((
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L.D.L (lebanese Driving Laws):

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I live on the coastal side of North Metn and all I can say it sucks. Chaos everywhere. For example If anyone passes by Dekwaneh roundabout (it looks like a war zone) or Mar takla.....wlak btekfor.....


It took me 1:30 min to reach from Naher el Kalb to Rawda....I don't want to move from the house , last Sunday I went to Geant. It took me 2 hours searching for a parking spot before going back home.....Not to Forget going from Dekwaneh to Achrafieh!!!

I don't know what's the solution for this situation because I don't see any. I can say there is a small improvement in the way people abiding by the trafic lights but still more is needed....

All I can say is that coming to Lebanon to spend the vacation was really stressful..:(((
The fact that the highway right next to Geant is a bottleneck affects the whole coastal road, from Jounieh to Karantina to Jdeideh...

A 20 min trip takes now like 1.5 hours if you were lucky
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You should see traffic in Dubai.
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You should see traffic in Dubai.
Hey, at least in Dubai we have something to look forward to in the near future: The Metro.

Lebanon doesn't even have a plan.
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I live on the coastal side of North Metn and all I can say it sucks. Chaos everywhere. For example If anyone passes by Dekwaneh roundabout (it looks like a war zone) or Mar takla.....wlak btekfor.....


It took me 1:30 min to reach from Naher el Kalb to Rawda....I don't want to move from the house , last Sunday I went to Geant. It took me 2 hours searching for a parking spot before going back home.....Not to Forget going from Dekwaneh to Achrafieh!!!

I don't know what's the solution for this situation because I don't see any. I can say there is a small improvement in the way people abiding by the trafic lights but still more is needed....

All I can say is that coming to Lebanon to spend the vacation was really stressful..:(((
True I know how frustrating it is knowing that if there is no traffic u can commute all Lebanon in a day and at times it takes 2 hours to reach ur destination when supposingly it takes 10 min..
I guess that lebanese people also should use their cars less such as if ur colleague live near by u can go with him and some others or picking whoever on his way
second their should be good public transportation which has a timetable for people to follow
pollution would be less and people won't have to suffer every time they go somewhere..

Hope it will happen one day to reduce stress on lebanese people
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There are many cheap solutions that do not require a metro:

They can add buses have a bus reserved lane, if there is a reserved lane for buses the bus will pass on time and will be reliable, more people will take the bus, they can have a reserved lane for carpooling at certain hours, they can ban cars in jemayze to wasat bayrut, only taxis would be allowed to go there, anyway you pay a parking there as much as you would pay a taxi to get you there.
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Hey, at least in Dubai we have something to look forward to in the near future: The Metro.

Lebanon doesn't even have a plan.
Metro would solve a lot of problems.

Hopefully one day Lebanon will have a metro!
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transportation is a big issue in Lebanon sadly
in the 90's a chinese company was going to help build a metro all along the Lebanese coast through BOT(Build-Operate and Transfer) for FREE!!
imagine from al koura to 3eyn 2ibil or smthg and all the chinese company asked for was to take any minerals they find while digging to mark the trails...
hariri didnt let it pass because he wouldnt earn anything if it passed
the problem is with a freeway system like ours, we have no hope in fixing it
an efficient solution are decent bus systems and metros, inshallah one day
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Default How to drive in Lebanon? :P - 24th August 2009

القاعدة الذهبية في القيادة:
'عامل جميع السيارات الأخرى كأعدائك' !!!

الإشارات الضؤية:
لا تستعمل أي إشاراة ضوئية أو يدوية.
لأن في ذلك كشف لنواياك وإتجاهاتك للأعداء.
وإذا تطلب الأمر، إعط إشارة لليمين ثم إستدر يسارًا أو العكس.

المشاة:
المشاة قوة معرقلة لك، لا تأبه لهم ولا تنظر اليهم.
مع ذلك تجنب أن 'تدعس' أحدهم ما لم تكن مهيئاً ماليًا لتحمل تبعات ذلك

سيارتك (قديمة أو جديدة):
إذا كانت سيارتك قديمة ...
إعتمد على مبدأ: 'اللي خايف على حالو يبعد'.
أما إذا كانت سيارتك جديدة ...
فإبعد عن السيارات المعفنة والمهرتكة.
لانها عدو لا يرحم وأصحابها يبحثون عن التعويض المالي.

الدخول للساحات:
حين تدخل الى ساحة، لا تنظر الى السيارات القادمة من اليسار.
لان من ينظر اليهم يعني أنه منتبه لهم، لذا يجب أن يعطيهم الطريق، فيفقد بذلك حق من حقوقه المكتسبة

الإزدحامات المرورية:
إعتمد على قاعدة: 'اللي يدخل بوز سيارته أولاً يربح'، مع الاستمرار بالضغط على الزمور.
ولكن إحذر أن تستخدم هذه القاعدة مع الباصات خوفًا على بوز سيارتك وخوفا على حياتك !

عند السير البطئ:
لا تترك مسافة بينك وبين السيارة التي أمامك أبدًا.
لان ترك مثل هذا الفراغ يعني دخول بوز سيارة أمامك، وهذا يكون على حساب كرامتك بالطبع وفق المفاهيم السائدة حاليًا.

خطوط المسار الطولية:
حاول دائما ان يكون خط المسار بمنتصف سيارتك.
هذه طريقة مثالية لحجز مسارين، في حال خسارتك لمسار لأحد الأعداء، يبقى لك المسار الآخر، مع فرصة لإسترجاع المسار المفقود من الخصم.

إشارات المرور:
عند الوقوف على اشارة ضوئية، يجب البدء بالتزمير عندما يكون العد التنازلي للإشارة الحمراء أصبح بحدود 15 ثانية مع شوية عالي واطي.

السير السريع (الأوتستراد)
إحرص على أن تلز او تلزق صدام سيارتك بصدام السيارة التي أمامك، وحين يراك سائقها يكون هناك ثلاث إحتمالات:
إذا كان ذلك السائق مؤدباً كثيرًا(حالات نادرة) أو جباناً
فلا بد أن يفسح لك المجال لتجتازه، وبذلك تكون قد حققت نصراً معنوياً عليه، ولك أن تنظر له نظرة إستصغار وأنت تجتازه.
إذا كان مؤدب شوي
سيفسح لك المجال لإجتيازه، ولكن آنذاك قد تسمع بضعة كلمات قد يكون فيها أسماء حيوانات أو أهالي أو أشياء أخرى ويجب أن تكون قد توقعت ذلك.
أما إذا لم يكن مؤدباً (وهم الأغلبية السائدة في الشوارع حاليًا)
فسوف يبدأ بالتباطؤ، والكسر عليك محاولا تفويتك بحيط او بشجرة، ويفضل ما تربط حزام الأمان حتى تنزل بسرعة لتبدأ معركة صغيرة بالأسلحة البيضاء في غالب الأحيان مع احتمال وجود عصاة، قشاط، مفك. مع تكرار نفس اسماء الحيوانات والأهل مع بعض التعديلات (انت وحظك)
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