In Puerto Rico you can legally run red lights from midnight to 5am. What does this mean? Well you can’t just see a red light and gun it, but you can treat the light like a stop sign. Pull up to the light, if no one is coming, then you can gun it. When… Continue reading

So you are driving along in San Juan and decide that you want to goto the beaches in Condado. Suddenly a cop gets behind you with his lights on. Your initial reaction I am sure is “Damn!”. Don’t worry though… You are in Puerto Rico! The police always drive around with their… Continue reading

In Puerto Rico, you better hope your house isn’t on fire or that you are about to die in the back of an ambulance, because cars will not get out of the way of emergency vehicles. It is truly an odd site to see. I guess because in the States we go out of our way to get out of… Continue reading

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