Early on I decided to get a sepeda mobil (which is directly translated "motorcycle" but more correctly translated "moped"). Since then I've been cruising around the streets of Bali mostly listening to Journey. The traffic "laws" here have taken a bit of time to get used to, in fact, at first I didn't realize that they existed. Imagine Shanghai's traffic without all of the order or maybe that old video game frogger meeting biker week at the beach. However, to my surprise, it turns out that there is a method to the madness here. Basically, you can boil it down to three basic "rules" that most people try to follow...
- as a general rule you "try" to stay on the left side of the road
- there is no such thing as having the right-of-way, every conflict is decided by a game of chicken
- honking your horn and yelling really loud will solve most problems
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