I am not sure what is funny-er, the question “Is the Bahamas a country?” or trying to explain to people it once belonged to England. Granted, England has had a big impact on islands in the West Indies (ie the Bahamas) over the years many do not realize the effects are still there even though “the sun has set”.
Well, as in England and many other old colonies, you have to drive left in the Bahamas. No big deal, driving left is the same as driving right, except you are on the left side of the road and not the right. Pretty straight forward if you ask me. The draw back of the Bahamas is that nothing ever seems to be straight forward. Although driving is on the left here they do not all drive left, I mean right. More specificly, not all of the vehicles are right hand drive.
What is wrong with ...
I know what you are thinking, what is wrong with that?
How do you say in your country … uhh … blind-spot??
Yeah, that is a car peeking out from behind the door frame!! Granted the still picture makes it seem harmless but when you are entering a round-a-bout at 30kph that vehicle will be in front of you faster than you can say … actually I do not know faster than what you can say but the point is, there is a reason when you drive left you operate right.
Other than blind spots it is easy driving on GB, mostly because they have signs such as these:
to remind you which way to go and which side to be on. On the other hand this sign causes some confusion for American drivers. It says STOP but what is with the subliminal yield sign??
Luckily, when you see this sign …
you know you can stop driving.
