You give me the HORN

Some insights I still recall from recent holiday in Central America.

Rules of the road.

i) the road is long, and your vehicle is slow so relieve the boredom by:

• driving on the wrong side of the road (who said there is a right side to the road? Squares!!!)
• overtake other vehicles at improbable places
• drive alongside your friends and shout at them
• honk at ladies on the roadside

ii) use of horn. It is very important that you only use your horn to indicate the following:

• I am about to overtake you
• It is safe to overtake me
• It is not safe to overtake me
• You better not overtake me
• or I'll run you off the road
• Its my birthday
• Its your birthday
• Its someone's birthday, surely
• My horn isn't working
• oh wait a minute yes it is

needless to say with so much to convey with a single beeeep! driving around central america is a very noisy experience.

Amusingly a sign in the bus in Costa Rica read: It is forbidden to discuss politics, religion or social issues on this bus. "nice weather we are having!"