Yeah, yeah, I know. Road safety is a big issue nowadays in Qatar. And rightfully so – driving in Qatar is shockingly bad, especially for newcomers. From time to time you can read funny news on the Internet, like when some tourist websites describe driving in Qatar as “equal to practicing an extreme sport” or the recent interview of the former US ambassador to Qatar where he's saying how Qatar is safe and friendly and he felt safe here all the time, but the only thing that was dangerous while living in Doha were terrifying roundabouts when his wife had to drive by herself...

But, c'mon, these boards??? On almost every traffic light in Doha they've hanged incredibly ugly ridiculous boards with slogans like “Enough” “Brother, where are you” “Father, where are you” etc. Artwork looks as if it is done by a retarded 5-year old who had half day to learn Photoshop.

Boards contributed tremendously to uglyfying Doha, just now in times when it is becoming known and respected worldwide! This makes Qatar look like a third world country – like one of those emails circulating with stupid road signs in Syria or Bangladesh!

And, NO, they will not contribute to road safety either – only thing they CAN do is to make even more accidents as you have to squint to figure out what is meant to be represented on those ugly artworks, or you burst laughing when you see “Enough” sign written in “Rocky Horror Show” font!

ENOUGH! Remove that crap now!

And, if they really really want to improve the road safety, one word – IMPLEMENTATION. Put more police on the roads, put more cameras everywhere and be tough and strict with the implementation of existing laws. No 12-year olds racing in the Land Cruisers, which is, IMHO, the greatest cause of accidents in Doha! Impede daddy's cars! Fine them thousands of ryials! And you'll see.

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