[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by Laurentiu

Was it in Bucharest by any chance ?

We didn't go that far south, maybe next year? This was in a small village near Fagaras. The lady (in an old Dacia, of course) went against the flow with such ease and grace as if:

• She did it all the time,
• There shouldn't be anyone else on the intersection,
• She didn't even swerve to miss me, as if she didn't notice me!!

Originally Posted by Laurentiu

For real adrenaline though, have to go to places like Sao Paolo, Brazil, any mega-city in Asia, Moscow...too bad we don't have any "comrade" from Russia to tell us tales from Moscow's streets

I once asked a Russian about traffic differences between his homeland and Western Europe:

• Traffic laws? What traffic laws?
• The first, and only, time he saw lanes painted on the pavement was in the center of Moscow. Outside of the capital there are no lanes, no dividing lines, no traffic signs.
• Roads are just a bunch of holes. If you're lucky, there is some pavement between holes. If you're less lucky, you won't be able to get out of a pothole.
• As if traffic jams in Moscow aren't bad enough already, rich businessmen pay to have emergency lights on their limos. Even other emergency vehicles (ambulance, police) must give them the right of way. There are thousands of such limos which totally disorganise the traffic flow, so much so that normal drivers are starting to protest.
• And last, but not least, there are stretches of roads in the country were you drive FAST, don't stop, and have your Kalashnikov ready.

I've never been that far east, so I have to rely on his word.