In my travels both near and far, I've discovered something that is common everywhere - road craziness. There is always the person who doesn't signal, speeds etc etc.but it's the different traffic rules that can truly broadside you. Here's a sampling of what I've experienced in my travels.
Cambodia
· Don't assume that the cab driver with perfect English that you hired to pick you up the next day, is the cab driver you're going to get to take you cross country.
· Speed and the ability to understand English sometimes has an inverse reaction. The more you tell the driver to slow down, the faster he may drive.
· Your driver's continual horn honking does not actually ensure your safety nor get other vehicles out of your way.
Canada
· The cab driver you hire is the one you'll get.
· Radar is common and painfully slow drivers plentiful - a rather inverse correlation.
· Horn honking is rare but glaring and speeding up to cut you off when you signal to change lanes - common
Malaysia
"The left hand side of the road - the left, the left..."
This from the passenger - coming from a place where cars stick to the right except to pass.
Safe Adventures
Ryshia
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