We all agree that driving in the DR can quite an experience. One thing that really stands out is how difficult it is for Dominicans to line up behind each other when pulling up to a major road (when the access road is wide enough for several cars).
At the Cofresi entrance near Puerto Plata, when you are waiting for traffic to pull out to go on the main highway to go East towards PoP, Dominicans wont line up behind you, they will pull their car up next to you - which of course prevents you from seeing traffic. Now, you can't go, and he cant go (sometimes they go anyway, even if they cannot see traffic on one side), because you cant see traffic on one side of the highway, so the third car behind you now pulls out next to you on the other side. This becomes quite humourous, as the three cars are now blocking the entrance for cars to pull into Cofresi.
I see this happening almost every day, its very funny. I mean, how difficult can it be to line your car up behind the car in front of you? I guess they want a chance to pull out onto the highway before the car that got there first does. It actually gets dangerous because people get pissed off and then try to cut the car off that is cutting in their line when they pull out.
Its one of those Dominican drivingnism that baffle me.
At the Cofresi entrance near Puerto Plata, when you are waiting for traffic to pull out to go on the main highway to go East towards PoP, Dominicans wont line up behind you, they will pull their car up next to you - which of course prevents you from seeing traffic. Now, you can't go, and he cant go (sometimes they go anyway, even if they cannot see traffic on one side), because you cant see traffic on one side of the highway, so the third car behind you now pulls out next to you on the other side. This becomes quite humourous, as the three cars are now blocking the entrance for cars to pull into Cofresi.
I see this happening almost every day, its very funny. I mean, how difficult can it be to line your car up behind the car in front of you? I guess they want a chance to pull out onto the highway before the car that got there first does. It actually gets dangerous because people get pissed off and then try to cut the car off that is cutting in their line when they pull out.
Its one of those Dominican drivingnism that baffle me.