There are a complex set of road signals I've yet to figure out in Nepal. Many of the highways/roads-with-large-holes in them are the only commuting option for large trucks and buses to get between the main cities, and so there seems to be some kind of system of "here's a good place to overtake" as signaled by the driver in front of you. So an indicating light that would mean "I'm turning left" in the UK seems to mean "danger! don't overtake!". Where as an indicating light for turning right means, go ahead and overtake. This is only the beginning. While performing the overtaking manoeuvre there is another set of headlight-flashes and horn-honkings that take place aimed at the vehicle coming towards you on the other side of the road. They reply with a similar set of morse code honks and flashes - and in the end it all seems to work quite well.
On that note, above is a selfie of the team I traveled to Bharatpur with. And below, what we were looking at through the windscreen at the time (possibly explaining my odd expression):
Interesting! Trucks in Australia on a country road will indicate right if they think it's safe for you to overtake them, no flashing, but the overtaker would give a friendly honk for sure.
ReplyDeleteLoving the blog so far.