Tráfico es loco!

Let me tell you something about how the traffic works in Venezuela.

All the junctions that don't have traffic lights are completely crazy. When I talked to the driver that took me from the airport to the flat I stay in, he said "when I was making my driving permit they told me that in case of any accident, the one on the right is right". But they seem not to care about things like that. Changing lanes, as well as bearing right, is always done without turn signals. Also, crossing another street seems to be done in the manner of "whoever is stronger". Venezuelans also seem to overdose the horn, especially bikers. What surprised me most is that ambulances aren't being let to pass - they have to wait behind e.g. busses stopping at bus stops. Apart from using chanticleers they always use microphones, saying things like "please, sir, move aside, we need to pass, it's an emergency. But noone seems to care. The underground is also crazy, with a lot of people travelling, sticking together like sardines in a can. Once the metro stopped suddenly in the middle of a tunnel, and people started using emergency signal. The driver was securing them saying "please don't use the emergency signal, I really can't move now, you'll know when the train will be in motion"...

However, despite the excessive amount of cars in the streets, traffic is going surprisingly well. I mean, everyday there is a lot of traffic jams, but almost exclusively in the junctions with traffic lights. This is how it looks (Bellas Artes):

 And this is how looks the presidential campaign. The red tent with music is chavista, the blue one is of Capriles (Plaza Francia):