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Bahamian Driving Rules


By saraan - Posted on 20 February 2008

Thanks to Ed Malone in Hopetown Abaco for this little Gem

BASIC RULES FOR DRIVING IN THE BAHAMAS

 

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A real

Bahamian driver never uses them.

 

2. Under no circumstance should you leave a safe

distance between you and the car in front of you, or

the space will be filled in by somebody else, putting

you in an even more dangerous situation.

 

3. The faster you drive through a red light, the

smaller the chance you have of getting hit.

 

4. Never, ever come to a complete stop at a stop sign.

No one expects it and it will result in you being

rear-ended.

 

5. Never get in the way of an older car that needs

extensive bodywork. The other guy doesn't have

anything to lose.

 

6. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible

to ensure that your ABS kicks in, giving a nice,

relaxing foot massage as the brake pedal pulsates. For

those of you without ABS, it's a chance to stretch

your legs.

 

7. Never pass on the right when you can pass on the

left. It's a good way to scare people for a laugh.

 

8. Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as a

suggestion and are apparently not enforceable in Nassau.

 

9. Just because you're in the right lane and have no

room to speed up or move over doesn't mean that a

Bahamian driver flashing his high beams behind you

doesn't think he can go faster in your spot.

 

10. Always slow down and rubberneck when you see an

accident or even someone changing a tire.

 

11. Learn to swerve abruptly. Bahamas is the home of

the 'Obstacle Course', thanks to MOW, BEC, BTC and Water and Sewerage, which

puts pot-holes in key locations to test drivers'

reflexes and keep them on their toes.

 

12. It is traditional in The Bahamas to honk your horn at

cars that don't move the instant the light turns

green.

 

13. Remember that the goal of every Bahamian driver is

to get there first --by whatever means necessary.

 

 

opetown Abaco for this little Gem

 

 


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