just a suggestion

I can see the "hombres trabajando" in the street from this desk and I can't figure out what they are digging holes in the street for, much like how I can't figure out how people drive in this country. Any and every rule I associate with driving appear to be mere suggestions. Turn signals? Optional. Correct side of the road (those divided by a median included)? If you feel like sitting in traffic. Traffic lights/stop signs? Why bother when you can just lean on your horn to indicate you're entering an intersection? Seatbelt? Probably only used to make the pesky warning light on the dashboard go away. And clearly those lights don't bother most people because there's always at least three on, the most popular being the check engine and empty gas tank indicators. Plus, using the seatbelts might imply you have some ridiculously low number of people in your car - the five belts clearly aren't sufficient for the nine people cozying up to each other. And they don't reach the guy hanging out the window/door.

So long as everyone's in agreement though, who cares? Yesterday another taxi decided to enter oncoming traffic to cut in front of some stopped cars, and in the process gave our taxi a little bumper scrape. No worries, the taxis were from the same company. Amazing that I have only heard two accidents from my room so far.

And come on, who wouldn't want to learn the rules for the written test and ignore the rules for the driving test to get a driver's license? It has fun information like your address, height, weight, and... skin color! You get assigned black, white, or mixed. Because you can't tell from the photo that appears twice on the card.