Highway Code

Just to give an idea of the driving conditions over here on an average day on the motorbike. They drive on the left as we do in the UK here. When turning left nobody looks right, it is just assumed that those on the road will make room for you. This applies to tractors as well as bikes, I do have the occasional close one as the bike I have tends to brake like an oil tanker, you need a bit of time so large vehicles pulling out are a problem.

If people in vans or buses coming the other way decide to overtake using the whole road you are expected, or should that be forced, to drive in the dirt off to the side of the road. Signaling is interesting, last night a van I was following indicated right and slowed, I went to pass on the left and he promptly turned left! This also happens in the UK occasionally but here it’s frequent.

Cows generally just wander across the road as and when they wish as do goats, occasionally though they are driven across the road and I have had to make my way through a heard moving at it’s own pace. Did have a close one at night, no street lights in or out of town, and a heard of water buffalo crossed, they are black so didn’t see till last moment.

Stopping is interesting, often the vehicle in front will just stop suddenly and for no apparent reason, no signals, no warning, you get a lot of emergency stop practice.

Then there is dust, if the vehicle in front has to go off road then you are covered in a cloud of dust and visibility goes.

There are junctions with no right of way so all approach with caution and work out their own rules. Most of the time all events are well natured, a smile and a nod, whoever is at fault. In its own way quite nice, anarchy in operation.