In the light of the current parliament elections in Kuwait...there is one thing that is bothering me,
and it's not a political issue. The publicity banners, signs and flyers are getting ridiculous...in terms of quantity and size that is. Many canditates are opting for HUGE, MEGA, BIG signs and banners that can be hazardous for drivers!
For example...the same candidate will have the same exact sign/banner repeated all in a row just on one street, and then continues into another street...all within a couple of feet of one another. Then another candidate will have their banners placed in the empty slots between the other candidate's causing the street pavement to be bombared...not to mention the size of the banners. This blocks road signs, road names and numbers, traffic lights....sometimes blocking speeding cameras (
which is not bad really...heheheh).
But the main concern I have is when the signs fall down on the streets and causes cars to crash into them (
trust me...I witnessed an accident infront of me). These huge banners are mounted on huge metal frames and some are held down with nothing but sand bags!..I mean come on...SAND BAGS???? Especially the ones that are placed on round-abouts (
ahem ahem...Jabriya). When you enter the round-about and then you turn around, you dont even notice that one of the MEGA banners have fallen on the ground due to strong winds...and is sticking out/protruding onto the street. Once you suddenly see it, you have to immediately swerve to avoid running into it, and hopefully avoiding hitting the car next to you. It happened to me in the Jabriya roundabout, but thank god there was no car on the lane next to me when I swerved to the right.
So what can be done? Nothing I suppose. Just take my advice and be careful when you drive down a busy street filled with election banners. Nowadays, you don'r have to be on 4th or 5th street to be stuck in traffic. Now you get stuck in your own friendly neighborhood inner streets...how nice (sarcastically).
Anyways, good luck to all the candidates for the new Parliament elections :)