Asia's worst drivers

Asia's worst drivers

I enjoyed and appreciated the article in the By the Way column
of The Jakarta Post of Jan. 31, 1999, entitled "The art of
trafficking in Jakarta."

Of course, I felt a bit overwhelmed by traffic in Jakarta
especially, but also on the toll road to the airport and on rural
two-laners. However, it was not the longitudinal gap between cars
that was remarkable for me but, rather, the lateral use of the
commercial district streets and the toll road, too. The lane
markings meant little; if a four-lane road would accommodate five
cars abreast, then so be it. The article's author could attribute
that to roadway-usage efficiency, as, indeed, it was.

JIM TRACY

Sacramento, California