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Complete Articlecar, Mexico, Mexican, streets, lanes, traffic laws, horn, seatbelts, speed limit, drivers, Monterrey, roads, beep, parking, yield, American, passing, accelerate, alto, danger, accidents, highways, extreme, hell, fun, rain, changing lanes, toot, oncoming car, blind spot.Summary:
A car would always come flying out of nowhere like a bat out of hell and I would slam on my brakes, barely avoiding ending up injured, mangled, or worse.
Everything, from the way the streets are set up to the traffic laws, seemed to be different from back home.
I thought I would be ok in Monterrey since Boston drivers have one of the worst reputations in America, perhaps after New York City cabbies.
But "returnos" (turn arounds), frontage roads, a general lack of urban planning, and an extreme reluctance to be in the right lane for highway exits create an environment so adverse to safe driving that even Boston has no comparison.
My first month in Monterrey, I witnessed some of the most gruesome traffic accidents I had ever seen.
The cars on both sides of the middle car had changed lanes at the same time, and both had not seen the car that was already where they both wanted to be.
I drove the 5 miles over the speed limit that the police allow you to get away with, and that was it.
If you are in your car and there are people jaywalking, toot your horn numerous times, swear up a storm, and swerve around them at the last minute.
The law of the jungle applies to parking in Mexico.
Seatbelt laws have finally made it to Mexico.
However, seatbelts are worn more to avoid tickets than to provide protection.
Just give a long, forceful beep until the car in front lets you by.
Complete ArticleLatin Lovers or Macho Men?
Mexican Machismo through the eyes of a Young, American Woman
Amy Gray Kirkcaldy lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico.
When not teaching or learning how to dance cumbias, she is planning her Mexican wedding to Carlos
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