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KasloKid
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Driving etiquette
Watch for topes (speed bumps); most every town has 3 of them. Some are marked, some aren't. They'll launch you, especially if you're towing a
trailer.
If the driver ahead of you is signalling left, it can mean one of several things:
He's turning left
He's signalling you that it's ok to pass him
He's forgotten that his left blinker is on
It's up to you to determine what his intention is
Make sure you fill up at El Rosario. It's 140 miles to the next gas (Bay of LA -- barrel gas) or 185 miles to Bay of LA to a Pemex. El Rosario to
Jesus Maria (Pemex) is 200 miles. Sometimes there's barrel gas at Catavina.
Have a super and wonderful trip !!!
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bajalearner
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Quote: Originally posted by KasloKid  |
If the driver ahead of you is signalling left, it can mean one of several things:
He's turning left
He's signalling you that it's ok to pass him
He's forgotten that his left blinker is on
It's up to you to determine what his intention is |
Very true, and add to the list,
He has his 4 way hazard lights on but the right one is inop.
Or, all of the above
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AKgringo
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Don't forget the 'Vados'! Dips in the road that will bottom out your suspension. If there is a sign, it doesn't always tell you how many there are.
If oncoming traffic have their emergency flashers on, expect a road hazard or animals on the pavement (or they forgot to turn them off)
What else needs covering?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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bajaguy
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajalearner | | Quote: Originally posted by KasloKid |
If the driver ahead of you is signalling left, it can mean one of several things:
He's turning left
He's signalling you that it's ok to pass him
He's forgotten that his left blinker is on
It's up to you to determine what his intention is |
Very true, and add to the list,
He has his 4 way hazard lights on but the right one is inop.
Or, all of the above |
Honk your horn just for the fun of it.
Semi's and buses take their half of the road out of the middle.
Passing on blind curves and before the crest of a hill is mandatory.
You will be passed by a vehicle that will pull off the road to the right as soon as he p-a-s-s-e-s you.
Having operating lights on a vehicle is an option, not a requirement.
[Edited on 12-20-2014 by bajaguy]
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mtgoat666
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Add to that:
Bicyclists should watch out for gringos with inflated sense of road entitlement!
All should watch out for gray hairs and blue hairs driving RVs!
And, remember,....
Slow down and share the road!
Peace out!
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AKgringo
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I thought of a couple more. Never pass a bus on a grade unless you are prepared to maintain a high speed. They take it personally and will pass you
back if they can catch you.
Drivers education in Mexico is a Darwinian thing, survival of the fittest. This produces some very skilled drivers, but you never know when you will
encounter one that is about to fail his final!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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sancho
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Stating the obvious, and I was often guilty of this back in day,
no excuses just not aware, is driving with a beer between
your legs. I would bet at least 1 BN here does the same.
I often see it in San Felipe.
Seems some look at Baja as a place one can act a little
more carelessly, besides it can invalidate your Mex Ins
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: Originally posted by sancho | Stating the obvious, and I was often guilty of this back in day,
no excuses just not aware, is driving with a beer between
your legs. I would bet at least 1 BN here does the same.
I often see it in San Felipe.
Seems some look at Baja as a place one can act a little
more carelessly, besides it can invalidate your Mex Ins
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With youth comes brashness; i'm certain more than one of us did both in the States and Mexico. However with longevity comes Mortality. You can lose
more than just your Mex. Insurance, as in YOUR LIFE (as well as others') too).
As a comical anecdote, a good friend from Mexicali told me once that in summertime they call Mexicali "La Tierra Del Juevos Hielados" because car A/C
was to drive around with a cold caguama of TKT between your legs.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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sancho
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Got in a cab in La Paz, the driver had a custom foam cooler
wrapper, which held his qt.beer. After a summer weekend
camping in San Felipe, after 8 hrs. of drinking, Mexicali
residents will drive home at 5 pm or so, not a good time
to be on the road
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Howard
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Hi Beams
Why is it that in Mexico, or at least Baja, you can drive with your hi-beams on and don't even get a flash of their lights for you to dim yours.
In the states it almost gives the oncoming traffic a right to do a drive by on you for not dimming them.
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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ncampion
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I remember one question on the Mexican driver's license test was; " When driving on the highway, which side of the car do you throw the empty beer can
out of." Everybody knows it's the passenger side.
Living Large in Loreto. Off-grid and happy.
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MulegeAL
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When leaving militar drug and weapons checkpoint on a moto, it is polite to ask the man with the machine gun if a wheelie is OK.
When he says "see", it is polite to ask if wheelie should be pico, medio, or grande.
The answer is always "grande!"
So, then it is polite to obey his opinion and hoike a grande wheelie out of the drug and weapons checkpoint.
Repeat as needed to maintain good relations with the mexican militar.
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AKgringo
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Stop?
Here is some more info!
As explained by the La Paz Policia who was extorting me;
Flashing green is the same as yellow in the US
Yellow means stop
Red just means you can't go yet
None of this applied to the Mexican pickup that came through the red behind me.
Metal stop signs on major thoroughfares are suggestions only, unless you have US or Canadian plates.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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BajaBill74
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If all of the cars in Baja were lined up bumper to bumper, there's always some idiot that would try to pass them.
I can't believe how many idiots there are out there. I have to go 95 MPH to pass them.
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Per AKGringo's and other's with similar experience:
For locals, "Stop" signs and flashing green or yellow & red lights are considered **suggestions** (not requirements) to slow or stop.
For visitors: they are **requirements**
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Be careful of getting too close to the right shoulder of the road. There might be a hole there that will bend a trailer axle!
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AKgringo
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North of Ciudad Insurgentes there are stretches that not only have no shoulder, the pavement is under cut like a cliff in a Roadrunner cartoon, but
not as funny!
They were pretty obvious in daylight, so were not marked as hazards. Another reason not to drive at night!
That section of road is new, they haven't even finished it yet! Odile damage.
[Edited on 12-21-2014 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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bajalearner
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| Quote: Originally posted by Howard | Why is it that in Mexico, or at least Baja, you can drive with your hi-beams on and don't even get a flash of their lights for you to dim yours.
In the states it almost gives the oncoming traffic a right to do a drive by on you for not dimming them. |
Why??? Because many Americans are self important and think they are entitled to correct and control other people. Mexicans seemingly go past the
problem and continue on without taking it personally. Kinda like live and let live. That's one of the things I like about MX and I'm actually
training myself to drive and let drive.
Yeah they're seemingly rude drivers, but I think it's not rudeness in most cases but rather shortsightedness. Only seeing 1 car length ahead due to
lack of driver education, or education in general. But I'm in MX, and I'm adjusting to their lifestyle and driving more defensively here. 
That's just me...
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Marc
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When driving solo keep the cooler on the passenger seat. It is very dangerous trying to fish out a beer if the cooler is in back, especially on curvy
roads. And yes; toss the cans only from the passenger side.
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tobianogreg
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Speaking of driver etiquette, has anyone figured out the traffic circle in front of the Mega in SJD? The only good advice I've received is to make eye
contact before moving. 
http://www.youtube.com/embed/UEIn8GJIg0E?rel=0
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