Driver Safety in Nicaragua
Traveling in Nicaragua is a very dissimilar occurrence versus driving in the US, and tourists and tourists must realize that previous to traveling along the Nicaraguan countryside. As a general rule, there are just a few paved roads, mainly key highways, and even those are not in good shape. Secondary roads, if you can even consider them as that, are unpaved and rutted, containing potholes and hindrances, unlit, and have no shoulder.
Traveling across the country is done on the right-hand side, like it is in the U.S. Tourists are told that when considering a visit to Costa Rica or the Honduras for the duration of their stay in Nicaragua, they are to cross the borders at the main border-crossing places, Las Manos and Penas Blancas. Traffic laws are very diverse in the country as well. Travelers involved in a fender bender in which an individual is killed is immediately detained till the reason of the fender bender can be determined. You should never move a car involved in the car crash till the police arrive or the responsibility consequently falls on the person who changed the position of the car.
As the government is investing money for infrastructure, including bettering roads and bridges, the rainy season keeps on taking its toll on the highways. Even the best roads in the country have hazards that can lead to a crash. Visitors to the country are intensely recommended to carry insurance, make sure their car is in full observance with Nicaraguan transit law and to always carry a cell phone in case your vehicle gets stuck or breaks down in the countryside. Better yet, travelers are instructed to take on a qualified driver familiar with the area in the country and let him chauffer you from one place to another. On no occasion take a public transit bus, as they are in poor shape and rife with criminals.
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