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| Local Transporation While on vacation there would it difficult for me to rent a car or should I leave the driving up to a local? Are the roadways especially crowded or is traffic decent enough for a non resident to drive without causing too much trouble? LOL |
| I think the roads between cities are exceptionally sane. The trucks go the speed limit and there is no problem passing them. Other drivers certainly don't obey the speed limit signs. Some places you need to watch out for bicyclists. In Montevideo, traffic can be heavy at certain times of day. Most intersections don't have stop signs and many roads are one way. The intercity bus service is exceptional and inexpensive so I think you'd find that a better way to enjoy the country. |
| No stop signs? Yep I think I would stick with the bus or possible a taxi. I couldn't imagine trying to drive around right off the bat. |
| I agree with ribbon. It does seem a little daunting. If the bus service is exceptional and inexpensive, might as well leave the driving to it. Then you're less likely to get lost too. |
| It may seem very daunting indeed, but there are a few countries where it is a fact that not only do they not have stop signs, but in a few intricate cases, they do not even have a single traffic light in all of the entire nation. When it is that we speak about the land that is known as St. Vincent and the Grenadines, this is what it is that we can expect to find. |
| "Stop Signs."
When there's no sign, the right preference applies (cars coming to the streetcross from your right have the preference). But watch out. There are stop (PARE) and yield (CEDA EL PASO) sign and must be obeyed. Those may change the general right-first rule. |
Comment #604/24/10 10:31Rural east Colonia departmento | "Signs and wonders"
There is a "Pare" sign on my local road as it passes the entrance to La Paz (CP.) Strange to say the sign is positioned about 150 meters before the junction with thick bushes to prevent you from seeing if there is other traffic around :-) One of the questions in my driving test exam was to identify a particular road sign. Luckily I had studied the Colonia rules of the road most carefully so I knew that the sign meant "snow tyres must be fitted"... a strange sort of sign to have in a place where it never snows :-) |
| "driving test"
I will be taking a driving test in Uruguay in mid-July. God help me! |
| "Signs and Driving test"
Patrick - NIEVE OR HIELO ?Dan - good luck with the Funcionario/a. |
Comment #904/24/10 14:29Rural east Colonia departmento | "NIEVE"
Definitely snow and not ice :-) Unlike most Uruguayos, I am the proud co-owner of a set of snow tyres... not because it snows here but because they are needed for our dirt track racing car in certain conditions. If you already have a US drivers licence and do your test in Colonia (each departmento has different rules and tests) you will only have to do the brief medical exam and the written test unless you are over 60. You only have to pay if you pass and my examiner was very helpful in telling me the correct answer when I asked her to explain the question I didn't know :-) My SO was over 60 when he took the test so they made him reverse around some traffic cones. |
| "Snow in Uruguay"
Wow , I should know I'm Uruguayan. It's a just in case situation, they haven heard of Global Warming ha.Snow Tires are Radial Tires (I live in Florida for 17 years )and thank God I left the Snow behind. |
| "Colonia style S&M?"
"My SO was over 60 when he took the test so they made him reverse around some traffic cones."That's so mean... ;-) (did he pass?) |
Comment #1204/27/10 10:20Rural east Colonia departmento | "He passed."
Bearing in mind that you don't have to pay if you fail, I reckon you have to be very drunk or fast asleep to fail the driving test at Nueva Helvecia :-) |
| "Failing in Nueva Helvecia."
Last time a driver lost his driving test in Nueva Helvecia was in 1943. He run over the inspector with his Citroen 11 legere, and killed him. |
| "Failing in Nueva Helvecia"
Naaaahh... just a joke. :) |
Comment #1504/28/10 10:56Rural east Colonia departmento | "No joke"
I was nearly run over by a Hillman Minx just outside the licensing office last year. :-) |
| "Imagine."
Imagine what your friends in the UK would have said: "He died run over by a Hillman Minx." Only in Uruguay you could have got such a classic style death. Isn't it glamorous? |
Comment #1704/28/10 14:45Rural east Colonia departmento | "A good death"
Being run over and killed by a classic car should at least earn you points for style :-) |
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