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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / April 2008

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Seatbelt law in Iraq

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Arif Khokar - 18 Apr 2008 06:14 GMT
Came across this on Fark:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/359349_iraqseatbelts17.html

This quote is just sad:

> "It is a symbol of civilization," said taxi driver Ahmed Wahayid, whose
> 1993 Honda Elantra was stuck in a long line of cars waiting to clear a
> checkpoint. "Western people in Europe and America have it, so we are
> like them."

Whether he was referring to the seat belt law or the checkpoint is open
to question ...
necromancer - 18 Apr 2008 08:03 GMT
>Came across this on Fark:
>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>Whether he was referring to the seat belt law or the checkpoint is open
>to question ...

Probablly both: the seatbelt law and checkpoints for compliance......

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Matthew T. Russotto - 19 Apr 2008 02:01 GMT
>Came across this on Fark:
>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>Whether he was referring to the seat belt law or the checkpoint is open
>to question ...

Given typical newspaper reporting, he could have been referring to the
automobile.
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