Manejando

In all the developing countries I have been to (just China, Vietnam, and now the DR) one constant between the three countries has been how ridiculous it is to drive there. Apparently having a large enough police force to monitor traffic is exclusively a first world privilege *sarcasm* *sarcasm*. So next time you get pulled over for speeding make sure you snap a selfie with the cop and throw up a #firstworldproblems when you put it on instagram, because it truly is one (at least from my experience). Today I went on an impromptu trip to the airport about an hour and a half away, and got my first really good experience of highway driving (I wasn't driving, just in the front seat). The highway to the airport has these crazy long hills, and these giant 18-wheelers (such as the one in today's picture) basically crawl up them so normal cars are constantly passing them, and double yellow lines mean absolutely nothing. They basically just wasted money on paint for the lines and paying the people to paint them. As ridiculous as it is, there was some order to the chaos. Everyone waited until it was their turn to pass the slow moving truck, and did so a quickly as possible. Other outrageous driving antics seen today include a minivan driving down the road with both sliding doors open, a truck stacked with cinderblocks stopped perpendicular in the middle of the highway, and a man straight hanging out the side of a moving bus for no discernible reason. I think it makes driving a more fun experience. Let's start a petition to eliminate highway patrol in the US and use the money saved to cure cancer or something like that, who's with me?