Comments on: My Reverse Heart of Darkness http://www.taylorshaw.net/2007/11/my-reverse-heart-of-darkness/ for all your taylorshaw needs Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: taylor http://www.taylorshaw.net/2007/11/my-reverse-heart-of-darkness/#comment-379 taylor Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:22:08 +0000 http://www.taylorshaw.net/2007/11/05/my-reverse-heart-of-darkness/#comment-379 Hi drewp! What side of the road you drive on is only important in countries where people actually obey the traffic laws. In Southeast Asia, stoplights are suggestions and every road has an invisible middle lane right in the center that everyone uses unless a collision with an oncoming car is imminent. Or about a million different motorcycle lanes that are all constantly occupied. However, I have now left Laos via the Thai-Lao Friendship bridge outside Vientiane (my blog's a little behind-the-times), and have been through that crossover in your picture. It's basically like the road splits and does a sort of figure-8 crossing, with a stoplight at the crossing point. My bus went right through the red light, and just like that we were back on the left again! Hi drewp!
What side of the road you drive on is only important in countries where people actually obey the traffic laws. In Southeast Asia, stoplights are suggestions and every road has an invisible middle lane right in the center that everyone uses unless a collision with an oncoming car is imminent. Or about a million different motorcycle lanes that are all constantly occupied.

However, I have now left Laos via the Thai-Lao Friendship bridge outside Vientiane (my blog’s a little behind-the-times), and have been through that crossover in your picture. It’s basically like the road splits and does a sort of figure-8 crossing, with a stoplight at the crossing point. My bus went right through the red light, and just like that we were back on the left again!

]]> By: drewp http://www.taylorshaw.net/2007/11/my-reverse-heart-of-darkness/#comment-378 drewp Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:58:36 +0000 http://www.taylorshaw.net/2007/11/05/my-reverse-heart-of-darkness/#comment-378 A boat?! The main thing I knew about Laos is that they drive on the right while Thailand drives on the left. I wanted to hear about some of those crazy crossings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_on_the_left_or_right#Changing_sides_at_borders http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastknownlocation/405855558/ A boat?! The main thing I knew about Laos is that they drive on the right while Thailand drives on the left. I wanted to hear about some of those crazy crossings:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_on_the_left_or_right#Changing_sides_at_borders
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastknownlocation/405855558/

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