You often see drivers 40 kilometers over the speed limit, you often see drivers doing “betweens” as if they’re in a race. You often see people driving in the middle of the street as if we’re supposed to center the car on the street middle lines. You often see trucks and buses driving on the speed lane where they shouldn’t. You often see people NOT using you their blinkers when they should be. However, you often see people using their blinkers when they are asking for permission to do something wrong, usually with a hand figure out of the window. You often see drivers NOT yielding for other cars and considering it an insult if they somehow happened to yield by mistake, and what makes it even more sad is that I can bet that very few of us reading this think i’m exaggerating, if any at all. And the list continues…

Welcome to driving in Jordan ladies and gentlemen.

Earlier today I got some images that I thought I’d share with you of “the remains” of an accident that happened on “Dowwar El Kilo” also known as “Dowwar El 7aramain”, that is said in the email to have happened a few days ago. Now, before you go see the photos I’d like to say that if everyone just thinks about how hard it is for us to change our driving habits on the road, and actually try to change it, you’ll be surprised. For first, you’re only going to get where-ever you’re going to a couple of minutes earlier with all the speeding, “betweens” and rulebreaking. Remember, that change starts with you, and that if no one ever changes himself first, we’ll be stuck up with the same habits 20 years later.

God Bless Jordan and all Jordanians.

“Dowwar El Kilo” aka “Dowwar El 7aramain” Accident Photos