Cretan Highway Code - part 1
Visitors are sometimes baffled by the home-grown Cretan traditional methods
of driving here, so here we begin a tongue in cheek series to help you understand
the local version of the international road signs ... 
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Cars should slow down and cross the junction carefully.
Parking within 5 metres of these lights is not really allowed, but if
you look menacing or have a cousin in the police no-one will say anything.
Cyclists, motorcyclists, taxi drivers and pizza delivery drivers can ignore
these.
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Try not to drive faster than double the speed shown on
the sign. However if you are flashed, honked and generally abused by other
vehicles behind you, it is permissible to accelerate until you have left
them far behind.
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Try to keep some part of your vehicle on the right-hand
side of the road while overtaking. If you can't without removing
the overtaken vehicle's wing mirrors or it's driver's outstretched arm,
swing out at least two metres into the left-hand side of the road and
carefully avoid oncoming traffic.
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Cars should generally not drive into a street marked with
this sign. However, if it's inconvenient because you have a lot of shopping
or a mother-in-law to unload, carefully avoid oncoming traffic. Cyclists,
motorcyclists, taxi drivers and pizza delivery drivers can ignore this
sign.
to be continued ... |
- West Crete Journal, August 2005 |