Nicaragua - Rules of the Road
Driving in Nicaragua is a very dissimilar experience than driving in the US, and sightseers and vacationers should be aware of that before traveling along the Nicaraguan countryside. As a common law, there are merely a couple of paved roads, mainly main highways, and still those are not in good order. Secondary roads, if you can even call them as that, are not paved and rough, filled with potholes and hazards, unlit, and have no shoulder.
Driving through the country is done on the right-hand side, as it is in the U.S. Visitors are warned that when traveling to Costa Rica or the Honduras for the duration of their visit to Nicaragua, they are to go across the borders at the main border-crossing locations, Las Manos and Penas Blancas. Traffic laws are extremely diverse in the country as well. Travelers involved in an accident in which a person dies is immediately under arrest till the cause of the accident can be discovered. You must never move a vehicle involved in the car crash till the police arrive or the accountability automatically falls on the individual who changed the position of the vehicle.
As the government is investing money for infrastructure, consisting of bettering roads and bridges, the rainy season continues to take its toll on the highways. Still the best highways in the country contain dangers that can bring about an accident. Travelers to the country are intensely directed to carry insurance, be positive their vehicle is in full observance with Nicaraguan transit law and to always have a cell phone should your car gets stuck or breaks down in a rural area. Even better, visitors are directed to hire a trained driver familiar with the roads in the countryside and let him chauffer you everywhere. Never ride on a public transit bus, as they are in terrible condition and rife with lawbreakers.
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