Lanes and other Suggestions

I have to share a little of what it's like on the roads here. It's a joy ride every time you get out there on the roads, a mad game of Who Dares Wins.

Lanes was a hard one to get used to. Just because there are three lanes marked on a road, that doesn't mean you will be driving three a breast. Rather the lines are there more as a guide to show you how the road winds and gives a suggestion of how many cars might fit across. Sometimes only 2 fit, sometimes there will be 2 on either side of you, but you can all just work that out as you drive along.

Any kind of disruption up ahead is signaled with "Danger X meters ahead". This could be road work, a fallen tree, a dodgy intersection, cows on the road... it's all a giant lucky dip! My favourite feature of this sign is that "Danger 50 meters ahead" seams to be acceptable to place ON THE DANGER. So if you're not paying attention, sometimes you think the sign is on the side of the dark, unlit road and there will be something ahead when really your about to drive INTO the sign and the hole it's covering!

The SLOW signs painted on the road are another peice of lovely randomness. Sometimes they are there because there's a speed bump ahead, sometimes it's just to scare you. But unless you know the roads well you better not risk it - some speed bumps are so bad they scrape the underside of the scoot when you WALK over them. Hit them at speed... not a good look.

Roundabouts are not for the faint hearted. Go anti-clockwise. That's the only rule. I recommend going slowly so you can dodge the lunatic pulling out in front of you and maybe avoid the nutter who's about to collect your tail if you don't move it now.

As I'm preparing to leave, there are more and more people asking me what I liked and didn't like about this place. It's not really fair to ask this as LIKE and DISLIKE are not really descriptions that fit this place. There are things that impact you, things you remember. The roads are one of these things.