I was born to drive in Panama City. In this compact metropolis with too many cars, almost not traffic signals and not enough road or parking space, ANYTHING GOES! And I love it.
All the stupid rules I dutifully followed in the states (even though did not always make sense) are out the window here. As long as you act like you know what you are doing it is fine to:
turn left from the right lane, or
pull out in front of a line of traffic causing them to stop so you can go through the intersection or
Drive over the center divider to hang a U turn anywhere or
Make a third lane of traffic when the other two stop.
And surprisingly I see only a few collisions. With all these crazy drivers, combined with the big Diablos (old US school buses painted up) roaring around you learn to pay close attention and move quickly when given the opening. It is like an adult go cart track with consequences. But once a week is enough. I would not like to do it every day.
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