Drivin' in Saint Martin is a little bit different from drivin' anywhere else.<br> <br>Rush hour traffic. <br>Dere ain't no rushing on dis island.<br>Gridlock<br>Dey ain't no gridlock on di island. Dey ain't no grid.<br>Traffic lights<br>Traffic lights don't work too good on dis island.<br>Dey used to be two traffic lights but one didn't work too good so dey took it out.<br>De udder one just blinks yellow all de time.<br>Speed limits:<br>Dere are speed limit signs on de island. Dere are two of dem. One says 50. One says 80. <br>If you can git your car up to da speed limit, everyone else on da island must be at a funeral somewhere.<br>Right of way: <br>De biggist car has da right a way. If it is a white Toyota, it is a rental car and it never gits da right a way.<br>If someone feels like givin' you da right a way, den you can go.<br>If you can convince someone that you can have de right of way, den you can go.<br>If somebody blinks dey lights at you, den you can go...maybe...if dey is stopped or slowed way down.<br>Goats, Chickens, Cows and Pigs always have de right of way<br>Turnin' left.<br>If someone comin' the other way stops and blinks their lights, you can turn left, if you are lucky.<br>If someone comin' de other way stops and doesn't blink thier lights, you can turn left, if you are lucky.<br>If you can sneak slowly enough into a turn that the other car can't get in the way, den you can turn left.<br>If the car coming from your left wants to turn right and the car on your right wants to turn left, you can usually turn left if the car on your right is not in the way.<br>Lanes<br>All roads has two lanes for cars plus a third little lane in the middle for motor cycles.<br>Sometimes dey is one lane because one of de lanes is taken up by<br>Somebody talkin' with dey friend<br>A bus pickin somebody up<br>A car picken somebody up<br>A truck working on de .......(fill in de blank)<br>A broken car<br>A tour bus<br>A big big big pothole<br>Left turn lanes<br>Dey is seven left turn lanes on de island. Five extra points if you can name them. Ten extra points if you can name more than 7.<br>Traffic control<br>When one of de lanes is filled by a big work truck and dey be two guys standing right at the edge of the road on the other side..dey is not directing traffice...dey is talking to de workmen. Dey have to stand close to the edge of the shoulder so dey can hear dey friends. You and de guys commin' de other way get to figgur out who gets to use de one lane that is left.<br>Intersections<br>Most intersections only have three roads, not four.<br>Two of de roads are de main road where people are trying to go straight ahead and can't because of cars waiting to turn left onto de side road or people trying to turn left onto the main road.<br>De udder road is de side road. That is where cars are usually waiting to turn left onto the main road.<br>Almost nobody ever want to turn right onto de main road and when dey do, they have to wait for people waiting for people trying to turn left off of de main road at de next intersection.<br>Passin<br>If de car in front of you is goin' too slow and de car comin' de other way isn't comin' too fast, pass quickly. It be impolite to leave empty space in front of the slow tourist or truck in front of you.