As car drivers in Lebanon, we spend most - if not all our time - in the car swearing at all those around us who "don't know how to drive"; not only that, we actually have the nerve to assume that all those driving around us are morons who shouldn’t be allowed to drive…but not us! After all, we’re perfect.
Yet, after years of observation, one logical conclusion surfaces and that there are no traffic rules here EXCEPT for that golden rule that we all believe in on the road: “It’s the other guy’s fault, not mine!” Think about it: if two Lebanese drivers got in an accident, just ask them whose fault it was and they’ll blame each other but not themselves because we’re all natural-born drivers and we can’t possibly make mistakes, no?
Ultimately, there comes a time when we should take a long hard look into ourselves and admit to the cause of this traffic chaos: we’re ALL idiots. Don’t deny it - you know it, I know it and the sooner we understand that, the sooner we can start working on it.
You can’t solve a problem if you don’t acknowledge its existence in the first place, so let’s start assuming responsibility and stop being idiots.