Isnt it quite obvious that they replaced the glass immediately? Were they expecting such an incident? U never know what could happen in this age of competition.
There was one Range Rover that tried to take off from the road and almost jumped a villa wall...the wall is still not fixed...have a look at my post..Zombie Zone
he just went for a drive thru, la cigale should made a special road for that. He just made a favor for la cigale; imagine that now u can go for a drive thru at la cigale:D :D
Story appears in The Peninsula the day after it's posted on QL? What are the chances of that?
I wonder if they even lifted the photo from here. apanama - did you take these photos, or know who did?
FREAK ACCIDENT
Web posted at: 9/10/2008 5:42:2
Source ::: The Peninsula
Al Saad area witnessed a bizarre accident last Thursday when a motorist drove his car into the façade of the La Cigale Hotel. "The accident took place at 7 in the evening," said Husni El Yaman, Deputy Director Sales and Marketing, La Cigale. "The Toyota FJ Cruiser came in till almost the middle of the main restaurant of the hotel, shattering the glasses. Tables and display screens were destroyed," he said. The police are investigating into the cause of the accident. "The loss we incurred has not been calculated, though every thing was fixed that night itself. The insurance officials visited and they are waiting for the police report. No injury or life loss was reported.
I'd like to read the translated police report as to just how the FJ (F'in Jerk...) ended up there...
I'm sure Toyota will love that, though maybe they'll have a recall on their hands in Qatar for cars of theirs that mysteriously drive themselves....lol
Maybe, the cynic says...., Le Cigalle wanted some publicity....., hand in hand with Toyota maybe...
So now we've got to be careful even when sitting in a restaurant. I always tell my son to hold my hand when on the street , now i have to tell him to watch out for cars even in a restaurant!
first, i am almost sure it was SHE, not HE... :):)
second, i guess SHE was going to go one direction, but accidently went to the opposite one... that's what usually happens when they mix forward and reverse..
KH.. yeah..and Scarlie was talking something about roundabout.. is that one on the pic??
Obviously it is the result of giving license to driver/s who doesn't have proper studies & training... plus the attitude of being patient while driving!
Couple of yrs ago while i was at the nissan service center a Nissan Patrol took a sharp rightturn into the service center and went right through the managers office wall...
Must have been pissed off with the customer service :P
He was probably so impatient to get a coffee , this gives new meaning to drive thru coffee shop LOL, maybe it was a failed ram raid , whoever you are YOU ARE ANOTHER PATHETIC DRIVER no brains like the regular twits that we have to put with every day here , but nothing surprises here any more weclome to the Darwin awards LOL .
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. - Isaac Asimov
Hope no one was sitting there having coffee and cake at the time....
"Your born, You Live, You Die, given this premise, one can conclude since we have no control over when we are born and when we die, the only thing that matters to us should be how we live, simple really?" Mis-Cat to her philosophy Lecturer.
He thought like the shops he can go park out side honk and the shopkeeper will come out to serve him same thing he drove in to try that honk get the waitress and make an order have his coffee in the car and then yalla reverse gear out.
But the road running along there is a small slip road with a few car parking spaces! You can't be travelling much more than a few kms on it, and there's no room to be cut up.
Unless he was cut up on the main road and ended up swerving off that road, over the pavement, across the slip road, over the next pavement and through the window!
omg must certainly take a very 'talented' and 'skilled' driver to do this- on the other hand nothing is impossible here...........just hope no one is injured fr this incident.
will they never ever learn>>?prolly not
psssst, better out the front than out the back......heheehehhehehhe
Holy crap! How did they manage that?! It would be hard to be travelling fast on that bit of road and there's a fairly big space between the car park and that window.
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This is the result of reckless driving. Not only ruin his property but others too!
will the insurance company cover the damages like this one???
in a rush for a check-in? gudnesssssss!!!!
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived."
just saw it now.....
omg! hope nobody's hurt... what was the hotel's action on this?
Saggi ..........
WTH are you doin in this old tread ?
Investigating the accident spot ....:)
wth!!!
Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
Someone did not get hurt? I want what that Subaru is having!
You just never know when something bad is going to go down
god, nowheres safe in Qatar from speedy drivers, even indoors..glad no one was hurt..agree with you honey...its a bloody scary thought...
i think this is what they mean when they say coffee can kill you
Wan't he drunk?! I believe Yes
" AN END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS"
i cant imagine if i seat inside there enjoying their home made ice cream and get hit by FJ
I leave and all this happens lol... :P
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Isnt it quite obvious that they replaced the glass immediately? Were they expecting such an incident? U never know what could happen in this age of competition.
so thats why qatari drivers license is not valid in uae.........ops!!!
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lol, qatari..."the building fault"!!!!
so true..:)
i can only imagine his frustration when he was calmly swerving along the road and all of a sudden a huge hotel appears.
it's the building's fault for not moving...
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It works either way, but some people have two left feet.
Right-for breaks
Left - for acceleration
Right-for breaks
Left - for acceleration
Right-for breaks
Left - for breaks & acceleration
Right-for breaks
Left - for breaks???
Right-for breaks!!!!
Left - for breaks?!?!
Right-for acceleration!!??
The nationality can not be disclosed, other wise on QL a "racist" thread would be started again.
So which nationality was the driver...lol
There was one Range Rover that tried to take off from the road and almost jumped a villa wall...the wall is still not fixed...have a look at my post..Zombie Zone
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/198465
Think he was just very hungry, hence the smash & grab.....
I just walked by there last night and the glass is fixed and every thing is back to normal. They fixed it right away.
quick enough....
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Maybe it wasn't the FJ driver's fault. If they had to take evasive action they could have ended up there.
he just went for a drive thru, la cigale should made a special road for that. He just made a favor for la cigale; imagine that now u can go for a drive thru at la cigale:D :D
He was just drunk.. Plain and simple. .It explains everything.
tallg.. newspapers are really not doing much of their work huh.. imagine they get paid while sourcing out details from QL... (just assuming here)..
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"waiter, there's a toyota in my soup"...
...we can laugh now we know no tragedy took place. This one will have a good bit more mileage no doubt.
A.W.
If the grass is greener on the other side, its sure the water bill is higher !
Guess de sweets at Cigale 'is' after all amazing...!! The guy just cudnt wait or is dis de latest style in impressing a female?
Stupid much. ;)
Drunk much??
Story appears in The Peninsula the day after it's posted on QL? What are the chances of that?
I wonder if they even lifted the photo from here. apanama - did you take these photos, or know who did?
FREAK ACCIDENT
Web posted at: 9/10/2008 5:42:2
Source ::: The Peninsula
Al Saad area witnessed a bizarre accident last Thursday when a motorist drove his car into the façade of the La Cigale Hotel. "The accident took place at 7 in the evening," said Husni El Yaman, Deputy Director Sales and Marketing, La Cigale. "The Toyota FJ Cruiser came in till almost the middle of the main restaurant of the hotel, shattering the glasses. Tables and display screens were destroyed," he said. The police are investigating into the cause of the accident. "The loss we incurred has not been calculated, though every thing was fixed that night itself. The insurance officials visited and they are waiting for the police report. No injury or life loss was reported.
the news is reported today in The Peninsula.:)...
some really good reporters are here on QL...
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What the .........???? LoL
Holy Molly. What the?
"Playa07 makes his debut on QL" Big up urselves.
The license plate shows no violations. He/She must be somebody invincible.
The chairs should be equipped with seat belts and the tables should be equipped with airbags. Children should be kept in the back seat:)
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Toyota showroom at Airport road looks full right now...
maybe the driver is one of the salesman and wanted to
extend their Display area....
Stick the license plate into the moi website and see whether he makes a habit of this sort of thing.
I'd like to read the translated police report as to just how the FJ (F'in Jerk...) ended up there...
I'm sure Toyota will love that, though maybe they'll have a recall on their hands in Qatar for cars of theirs that mysteriously drive themselves....lol
Maybe, the cynic says...., Le Cigalle wanted some publicity....., hand in hand with Toyota maybe...
Torque 8-)
maybe he wanted to not walk much and sit on the table right after he gets down the car..
Or maybe he wanted to show wat a FJ can do.. LOL
I guess he didn't want to walk far to his room.... decided to drive to the elevator....
@abuamerican, I'm with you bro.
On a side note, the genious Omar, missed his flight. Why? He over slept!
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there could be a caption competition to this !
like eerrr 'Ramadan Special......F7 Cake!All you can eat!'
So now we've got to be careful even when sitting in a restaurant. I always tell my son to hold my hand when on the street , now i have to tell him to watch out for cars even in a restaurant!
first, i am almost sure it was SHE, not HE... :):)
second, i guess SHE was going to go one direction, but accidently went to the opposite one... that's what usually happens when they mix forward and reverse..
KH.. yeah..and Scarlie was talking something about roundabout.. is that one on the pic??
why like that
Scarlett was talking about having a minor accident. Did she mean this one?
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Why these people are making hotels close to the hotels...speedy drivers will not have a chance to drive properly here..
lol, they must have served him bad soup or something in the past....
hmmm r7, so maybe this guy had a thing with LA cigale, and decided to pay them a visit, creative style..
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For me that's anticipated.
Obviously it is the result of giving license to driver/s who doesn't have proper studies & training... plus the attitude of being patient while driving!
Couple of yrs ago while i was at the nissan service center a Nissan Patrol took a sharp rightturn into the service center and went right through the managers office wall...
Must have been pissed off with the customer service :P
He was probably so impatient to get a coffee , this gives new meaning to drive thru coffee shop LOL, maybe it was a failed ram raid , whoever you are YOU ARE ANOTHER PATHETIC DRIVER no brains like the regular twits that we have to put with every day here , but nothing surprises here any more weclome to the Darwin awards LOL .
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. - Isaac Asimov
how did that happened? no one's hurt, i assumed?
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Hope no one was sitting there having coffee and cake at the time....
"Your born, You Live, You Die, given this premise, one can conclude since we have no control over when we are born and when we die, the only thing that matters to us should be how we live, simple really?" Mis-Cat to her philosophy Lecturer.
the things people will do to get food in a hurry!!
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Now Coffee Shops will think of putting Drive Thru... lol
Check tomorrow's newspapers spicemom ;-)
He thought like the shops he can go park out side honk and the shopkeeper will come out to serve him same thing he drove in to try that honk get the waitress and make an order have his coffee in the car and then yalla reverse gear out.
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am wondering if it is in any of the newspapers..........lol
coz in the summer when i was on vacation back home the horrific merc slk accident even made it to our primetime national news.......
psssst, better out the front than out the back......heheehehhehehhe
You can't teach experience...
i still think he must've sat on his brains while driving,..well, at least until i have the full details on this...
Wonders never cease!
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watching too much ACTION MOVIES....lol
kidding aside, that is dangerous and to think that THAT SHOP would cater to children as well.
If you take away all the broken glass it looks like a nice advert for the FJ from Toyota Qatar!
hey oryx maybe now they may consider havin a sushi drive in bar??brilliant idea hon and btw good mornin to ya
psssst, better out the front than out the back......heheehehhehehhe
The faster you drive, the more risk you & "others" get.
what he thought the sushi bar was a drive in?
duhhhhhhhhh
how terrifying for the people working/eating there..
But the road running along there is a small slip road with a few car parking spaces! You can't be travelling much more than a few kms on it, and there's no room to be cut up.
Unless he was cut up on the main road and ended up swerving off that road, over the pavement, across the slip road, over the next pavement and through the window!
More likely that someone cut him up and he swerved into the building..
Anyway, I suppose barriers will now be errected.
mj - correction the driver must've left his brains at home .......lol
psssst, better out the front than out the back......heheehehhehehhe
A couple of weeks ago I was sat with a highly regarded QLer on the exact table where that car ended up!
the driver must have sat on his brains for doing that...any details?
omg must certainly take a very 'talented' and 'skilled' driver to do this- on the other hand nothing is impossible here...........just hope no one is injured fr this incident.
will they never ever learn>>?prolly not
psssst, better out the front than out the back......heheehehhehehhe
Holy crap! How did they manage that?! It would be hard to be travelling fast on that bit of road and there's a fairly big space between the car park and that window.