I had to hire a car last week. At first I was terrified, given my driving record and driving being on the wrong side of the road down here. Turns out I am a better driver on the left than the right lol. Everyone kept telling me, 'oh this is South Africa, rules don't really apply'. Apparently they do apply and I have just been breaking all of them. Take turning left on a red light. Acceptable in the US and UK. My assumptions about South Africa following the same rules were unfounded and I am just lucky I haven't received a ticket. Also, the curbs are extremely high. And my crappy rental car has a turn radius of a tractor. It makes for a very awkward and long process to turn around while on-lookers laugh.
Well, I just discovered this wonderful little blog, but I just want to correct an inaccuracy --- turning left on a red light is most certainly not cool in the UK! I make no claim to being a great driver, but you certainly wouldn't have learnt that from my car!
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