Have U ever rented a car here?

[saltymalty]

:confused:How is the driving experience here? :confused:

[jaysue]

Things of note: make sure you have a good map, you drive on the left hand side of the road, when the locals honk it is not aggressive, it is more a case of coming your way or please let me in. Ah, and yes, road signs are fair to non-existent.

 

Cheers

jaysue

[woodofpine]

Take a compass!

 

No kidding - it can be Very Helpful; particularly perusing the interior (Harrison Caves etc.)

 

Barbados has a coastal road ringing it. Outside Bridgetown, nearly all other roads basically run North-South or East-West; you'll eventually hit the coastal road. In the interior, knowing which direction you are driving, and that roads run either N-S or E-W, can be extremely useful. You then know which coast line you're heading to and approximately where you'll come out - you've got your 'bearings'.

 

In the absence of knowing direction, road signage being largely absent, interior roads can be very disorienting. You can't see the ocean from most of the interior (no signs); its a good size island that lacks topographical landmarks.

 

The lack of topography - lack of mountains - means the roads are in pretty good shape though. The locals are friendly, but their directions are often not easy to decifer.

 

Compass is key!

[NHRedSoxFan]

I agree with woodofpine....

 

I don't know how many of these suction type compasses we've forgotten in rental cars, but they are very helpful on this island...

 

[Aplmac]

When the locals honk it is not aggressive, it is more a case of coming your way or please let me in.

What? ..the local horn-language?

 

That stuff speaks volumes, if you know the lingo! :D

 

Much of it is Hi! -or- Thanks for letting me out into the larger traffic flow.

 

Looonger ones are the aggressive ones(we get that too)

but most of that little chirpy stuff is kinda like Twitter! L:DL