I don’t know if “reflector” is the technical name or not, I have always called them “city titties”. They are the raised, reflective markers used to separate city traffic lanes. Usually if you are going the correct way, white light is reflected. If you are going the opposite way red light is reflected.

I never knew how… Continue reading

While I can’t verify this, I have been told that the 18 wheelers and big trucks don’t have any weight limits. I have definitely have never seen a truck weighing station. I have seen trucks sagging lower than they should on almost a daily occurrence. So if there are rules on weight limits, they are never enforced.

So as the hefty… Continue reading

The gutter system here is unlike anything I have seen before. In the article “Puerto Rico could be ‘isolated for days’ after a storm” it states

“Our draining system was designed for 1940s development, and little has been done since to upgrade it,”

Instead of having holes in the curbs for water to drain, they have a metal grate that takes the… Continue reading

~ photo by churl

The Puerto Rican Government either has no idea on how to fix the roads, don’t care, or they don’t have the money. It can’t be the latter because they are definitely taxing the hell out of me but this is to be discussed in anther article :-).

As you read in my previous article the potholes

~ photo by TheGringo

Potholes are every where in Puerto Rico. The only place that you can drive with out too many problems is on a toll road, but that isn’t a guarantee either. Driving on the roads is like a game of dodge ball. People would rather swerve over to your lane and… Continue reading

~ photo by LuisJouJR

My major complaint about Puerto Rico is the driving. I drive a big car (for another story), and actually dread getting out on the road everyday. I will try and talk my girlfriend into driving any and every chance I get. Puerto Ricans will jokingly tell you that “if you can drive in… Continue reading