Tbilisi locals invent creative way to stop parking faux pas

Tbilisi locals are fed up with cars illegally parking on footpaths and making it difficult for pedestrians to walk freely and safely along the sidewalks - so have come up with a creative and funny way to stop the frequent parking faux pas.

Overnight a small group of people, who preferred to stay anonymous, painted captions on several Tbilisi roads, which only read one word: "tsasulebi”. Literally translated this word means "those who are gone”.

In Georgia, not everyone might know where to park their cars, but everyone does know that "you cannot stop on those who are gone”.

In this respect, Georgians are very proud of a supra, their traditional feast which is an important part of Georgian social culture. Toasting is an integral part of the supra. Georgian toasting is a standardised checklist of celebrating peace, traditional culture, parents, grandparents, siblings, deceased family members, love, and friendship and more.

Meanwhile, there is the rule that the toast which is dedicated to remembering those who have passed away cannot be the last toast of the feast. This means you cannot finish the supra with the toast for the deceased, or, as the Georgians put it, "you cannot stop on those who are gone”.

Knowing this, it is a physiological moment that a Georgian driver will not stop [their car] on [the caption] "tsasulebi”.

It is unclear how the public will react to the captions or whether the writings are likely to prevent the nasty habit of ill-parking, but they have already become the subject of amusement on social media and gained applause by many in the community.