Finally, teeth

Navigating Lebanon’s streets during the height of rush hour traffic is certainly simpler than cutting through uncharted jungle territory, yet the dangers are just as great. Drivers not observing road safety rules, because the police look the other way, have turned the roads of this country into backwater territory where anything goes. It is chaos, and the risk of vehicular fatality runs greater than that of being eaten by a large, predatory jungle feline. What is happening on this country’s roads amounts to a public health crisis. In 2014, road accidents claimed the lives of 657 people, according to figures from the Internal Security Forces. This is an unacceptably high figure. The death of actor Issam Breidy last month was another tragic reminder of the ongoing debacle of Lebanese motor safety. The solution seems quite obvious: punish offenders. To this end, implementation of the new road safety law is to be