The only rule is that there are no traffic rules. Lane markings are hard to find, turn signals are optional, and there are no traffic lights. But I have never once felt unsafe driving around Jordan. It very much feels like organized chaos. Intersections look like this: You kind of just jump in and jump out where you need to go.
As for pedestrians, you just kind of go with confidence and cars stop. I feel as though instead of advertising how fast cars can go from 0 to 60, they should advertise how fast cars can go from 60 to 0. Cars just kind of come screeching to a halt if pedestrians are there. Otherwise, on big streets they have bridges and tunnels so that you can cross without your heart rate rising. After getting stuck in the middle of a freeway and having to sprint across, I feel like I've kind of gotten the hang of the whole crossing the street thing. Hopefully :) Sophia
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Farukh
6/20/2016 05:59:02 pm
Is it an improvement on the traffic in India?
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We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. !أهلا و ساهلاHi! I'm Sophia, a high schooler from the San Francisco Bay Area. I received a scholarship through the State Dept. to study Arabic in Jordan in the summer of 2016. Categories
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