You don't know when you're well off.
Here no traffic rules are obeyed with anything more than a gesture.
You can go across a red light as long as you are blowing your horn as you do so.
One way streets are more of a suggestion than a rule.
You can stop anywhere with your hazard lights on.
Nobody gives way to anybody, ever, Nobody ever allows anyone to pull out or go first. Ever.
Motorbikes can do whatever they like. Including dying, which they do a lot.
The only offences enforced are documents and parking.
And then there is the intentional official stuff;
ALL bus stops are placed actually at major junctions. It's supposed to be so that the passenger can easily walk in either direction. But it makes turning at that junction lethal for cars since the bus will simply move off when he is ready, irrespective of traffic trying to go around him to turn..
In the UK traffic lights are typically traffic one way, traffic the other way, ped, and repeat. There is no ped setting here. Pedestrians have priority over turning traffic, even if the driver has a green light. At busy pedestrian times then cars simply cannot turn.
On Freeways (Motorways) the entrance is before the exit. Consequently all traffic entering the freeway must cross with all traffic leaving the freeway.
The only thing the average Chilean driver has no tolerance for is anybody inconveniencing them for any reason whatsoever. Even if what is being done is legal and appropriate and even if the offended driver did the same himself 5 minutes earlier.
The rudest drivers are older women - over 50, say.
The most aggressive are older men - again, over 50
The fastest most dangerous are men and women 30 - 40.
I could, and frequently do, go on at length.
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