Good advice, right? Common sense, right? Until you're driving down a road that you are convinced is one lane, but is actually two, and you know this only because you see a massive blue piece of iron barreling towards you at full speed with barely enough room on either side for a lizard (a small lizard, not a komodo dragon). So you stop your car, close your eyes, hear a rumble and a whoosh, open your eyes, and the coast is clear. Well, maybe YOU don't do that, but I sure as hell have, did, still do...sometimes.
One of the wonders of the world to me, is how Bajan bus drivers are able to navigate these "slim" roads at such high speeds, with few accidents, or at least fewer than there should be. I would love to get a glimpse of the driving test required to tame that beast that is the big, blue, bus; but I'm guessing that being that high up in the driver's seat, gives then a great vantage view to prey on unsuspecting 'new' drivers such as myself. And they can smell me a mile away, and do their best peek-a-boo tactics around corners when I least expect them. How they must laugh when they see me slam on those brakes, inhaling deeply, look of terror on my face. Needless to say, I would prefer to be on the bus, than driving towards one, even when I'm in the correct lane, but with enough practice, I've been able to now just stop, without closing my eyes--progress! I'm guessing that in time, I'll be whizzing by those buses, albeit, in the grass, but until then...
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