Comments on: A morning accident

By: Yusuf

Yusuf — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:16:11 +0000

The best way to control this is to open a race circuit in kuwait or something or that sort to keep with the racers hunger and kool them off on the highway.
If they race on the circuits/tracks, they will have less of a need to race on the main roads.

By: Alawi

Alawi — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:29:52 +0000

Why should we put thoese type of lampost if they are gonna hit them, is it the goverments problem for puting up lampost to light our way? they didnt even consider that a car is going to JUMP the sidewalk and hit the lampost. Should we start putting walls insted of sidewalks? just this week ive seen 5 car crashes all on the gulf street! IN JUST A WEEK! why cant we just drive like normal people. i was driving on the road one day with a sports car(brother), chilling going 80 admiring the music and the amazing weather going to my grandmothers house. i like to take the gulf road during nice weather, the view is amazing, then u see a camero, or you see a chevy come up and starts honking and wanting to race! what kind of people do this!? The other day i was apporching a traffic light, it turned yellow, i slowed down to stop, next thing a knew there a slight jerk, i look behind in the review mirror i see a merc up my ass. I was in a Land Crusier. she hit my ramana(the thing to tow things) it broke the front part of her car. i turn on the flashers and get out, i asses that she is ok. but what pissed me off is that she stayed on the phone in her car, i look at the damage, her front grill was done, it was a gonner, i apporch the window, she is still on the phone. i pick up the phone called a friend thats in the police, he said as long as both of you are ok, you can leave because she crashed u at a traffic light, i have the rights, and she doesnt want to get out. I said ok, i wanted to apporch her again but she seemed to be having a good time on the phone so i left.

By: teach

teach — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:12:26 +0000

Or collapsible cars……………..

By: 3azeez

3azeez — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:38:08 +0000

A.Albaz, I did notice that there are more accidents when its hotter, but not necessary driving faster..
I remember going out on a summer day from my KU in Khaldiyah to KU in Shuweikh and back… I witnessed at least five car accidents. And I remember not being surprised for seeing that… it was hot, really hot, the car’s A/C barely able to keep the car cool, and I felt so weak… All of that while driving a tiny new car which is supposedly has better A/C than those old mini buses and old cars that some people use for work or whatever.

By: A.Albaz

A.Albaz — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:53:34 +0000

Has any noticed that when temperature increases, speed increases as well.

I noticed that during the summer hot days, people tend to speed more than on colder winter days, hence more accidents. It is strange a phenomenon!

But again, I think the problem lays with the current license system. Instead of having a simple exam, I believe that they system should be changed to something else. For example, the plate system they use in Australia. Newcomers must have will a P plate for 9 months to indicate they are newcomers. Then from a P you will have to do a tough exam which will then determine whether you deserve a license or not.

Cheers,
A.Albaz

By: safi

safi — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:37:42 +0000

More like unfortunate, nothing natural about it.

By: ciara

ciara — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:49:45 +0000

heyy… by the way the man was drunk… he is the one who hit the lexsus

By: Desert Girl

Desert Girl — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:04:35 +0000

Natural selection.

By: safi

safi — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:35:49 +0000

When all is said and done, driving really is all about manners (a5la8). This is old news for goodness sake, teach it in schools and drive the point home already, and drive it good and hard. It’s such a shame, a sad sad shame.
To me Kuwait is heaven, aside from the lonesome thorn… that is the driving madness. Allah ekamilihom eb 3agilhom inshallah (driving-wise).

By: 3azeez

3azeez — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:50:40 +0000

lap posts, road signs, traffic signals, and almost everything on the side of the roads in Kuwait were originally meant and purchased to be collapsible. Problem is everytime someone crash in them they’d collapse and end up on another cars. Since car accidents happen in Kuwait more frequently, they have noticed that more ‘innocent’ people are getting killed and more damages are happening because of this feature. Thats when they started ‘fixing’ them.

The idea of collapsing roadsigns and traffic lights is not new, and its much older than that video you have posted. It is saving lives all over the world. But sadly in Kuwait where speeds are much much higher than what anyone would expect, these things that are designed to save lives end up causing more harm not to the ones crashing into it, but to everyone else surrounding it.

Trust me, if those people were driving at reasonable speeds and both were paying attention to the road, no swiveling, no crazy actions, none of this would have happened.

By: Love collection

Love collection — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:40:05 +0000

I have seen it too this morning:-(
BTW few meters after, there were another car but this one hitted the lamp post and got more damages! It looks like the most dangerous car accident are the ones that we generate by ourselves and don’t involve any other car.
Remember that when you feel sometimes so sleepy and suddenly your car deviates… Very scary sensation!

By: desertsky

desertsky — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:08:52 +0000

WHY should they install collapsible lamp posts? Don’t drive like an a@#$% then you won’t need to worry about hitting one.

By: abbas

abbas — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:22:57 +0000

سالم ولد بوسالم thats a good point lol

By: VirusX

VirusX — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:57:51 +0000

innocents always pay the price

By: khaloody

khaloody — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:20:43 +0000

yea have seen this………..the video is also nice……but wont work here