Sunday, February 7, 2010

Addis Traffic Laws

Haha, so this was in an Ethiopian Horizon magazine. Some new Addis traffic laws. There are fines for:
Leading animals onto a roadway
Operating vehicles that emit large amounts of smoke
Conducting any kind of business on a roadway
Splashing a pedestrian with water (we assume this refers to driving through standing water in such a manner as to cause the described offense)Not exercising the appropriate level of care around railroad crossings
Pushing or pulling hand operated carts on main roadways
Not following lanes
Parking on a narrow roadway
Repairing an automobile on a roadway
Picking up or dropping off passengers from a moving automobile (this can only be targeted at minivan’s and their weyelas, we don’t know anyone else who practices such foolishness)
Not yielding to traffic at an intersection
Utilizing pedestrian walkways for other purposes
Driving without a seatbelt fastened or enforcing the use of the same for passengers (presumed to be the front passenger but not clarified)
Parking a vehicle on a pedestrian walkway

So funny… for us at least.

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