I knew, I heard and I read it before, but you have to see it to believe it. The sight of Armenian drivers wearing seatbelts was the most striking change in Yerevan. Who knew that it would be possible to see this day coming? Even though I noticed few drivers not using it, but overwhelming majority does so. Despite stories that some taxi drivers (or those in old cars not having seatbelts) instead of wearing actual seatbelts imitate them, despite the fact that still some in Armenia do not comprehend its safety message in full, my first impressions were that for now at least this policy imposed by Armenian government works. I have to commend for that prime minister Tigran Sargsyan. When praise is due, praise is due.
And to cheer you up even more, this hilarious cartoon with an important 'safety message', via Armenian Comedy.
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Now all that is needed is airbags for pedestrians :)
I am in love with the new comedy blog! And I am so happy that Raffi has at last found his long-lost brother...
:) I found Armenian Comedy blog couple of days ago thanks to their super-hilarious Police Pride Parade blows downtown Yerevan :)))X-posted on Unzipped: Gay Armenia: http://bit.ly/2Fw4vw
We so needed that kind of blog. Armenians can be very good in comedy genre.
more kudos to the govt indeed. while the demonstrations by the opposition or by arf may not affect much, more and more silent hopeful are noticing that the Pres and PM (who people said wouldn't last more than 6 months) are well into their second year of reforms.
Thanx for posting our material on your blog, guys! More importantly thanx for providing the link and crediting :)))
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I was in Yerevan when Tigran Sargsyan woke up one beautiful morning and decided that a law that was already on the books was going to be enforced. and just like that, in a matter of hours (not days)everyone in Yerevan started wearing seatbelts. Absolutely surreal, one of those had-to-be-there occasions...It's scary that it takes an order from the prime minister for the police to start enforcing the laws. But hey, whatever gets the job done I guess.
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