The car horn is used a little differently in Puerto Rico than in the States. We would most likely use the horn if someone where to pull out in front of us, cut us off, or almost hit us. Makes sense right? Not to a Puerto Rican. This type of driving is fine and acceptable… Continue reading

In the States if you have a lights out on your vehicle you get a ticket. I guess not here, because lots of people have burnt out headlights, taillights, and blinkers. There has been a few times while I was driving at night and almost hit a car that was driving right in front of me because… Continue reading

The very first day I was in Puerto Rico, I was in a taxi driving down the highway on the way to get a rent a car. I asked the driver if he knew how to get to the hotel I was going to be staying at. He slams on his breaks (in the middle… Continue reading

If you are tired of waiting in the nonstop traffic, you better get a motorcycle. Motorcycles tend to use the white lines that divide the lanes on the road as their lane, well - if you are lucky enough to have the white lines. They do this to skip all traffic.

You will see when traffic is crawling… Continue reading

When you are going somewhere that you have never been, you will always have to ask for directions. Streets are not labeled with the names of the streets (most). If they are labeled, the sign is usually covered up by vegetation. You will often get direction told to you like “Go down this next street… Continue reading

I doubt that there is a city any where in the world that has over 500,000 people and doesn’t have traffic lights with sensors in them. I know there are all sorts of sensors for these things such as weight sensors, cameras, I have even seen infrared sensors for buses and emergency vehicles. Now I could be wrong… But, I… Continue reading