Hell on Earth...

People say if you can drive in Guayaquil you can drive anywhere...

Well... I'm not quite sure whether that's true or not.

True, if you manage not to kill yourself, or anybody else for that matter, while driving in this mad city, then you're probably a pretty good driver...

However, I sometimes think that driving here only makes people THINK they can drive...

People get used to driving like crazy 24/7. People become so aggresive/defensive behind the wheel, that when they travel and they have to drive somewhere else, they assume they can put in practice everything they learned or did back in Gye... And then people wonder why in the States when there's a car wreck someone says "He had to be Spanish/Hispanic/Latino" --> or whatever they decide to call us...

I know there's traffic everywhere. I know people are crazy everywhere too, I'm not going to argue that... But seriously... Guayaquil is by far the worst place EVER to drive!

I would spend hours and hours naming what I hate the most about driving in this crap hole but I won't... All I can say is there HAS to be some kind of law that forbids bus and cab drivers to drive the way they do. There MUST be some kind of law that protects us, the "little-car drivers" from them, and most important, that protects pedestrians from these road killers.

I absolutely HATE how they drive here. I'm sure if by some reason somebody from a different country happens to read this, they will probably say "oh, you haven't been to ___ (city X)"... Well, before you do so... Have you ever been to Guayaquil!!!???

Only in this city you will see:

- Bus drivers honking at the cop to let them go.

- Drivers getting out of the car when getting pulled over, holding their driver's license in one hand, and a 5 dollar bill in the other.

- Buses cutting you off and then yelling at you because YOU got in their way.

- 6 cars in a 3-lane avenue.

- Buses making a right turn from the very far left lane... And cussing you out for trying to go before they can turn.

- Cars beeping at pedestrians while yelling "MOVE ITTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!" --> because yes, cars have a huge preference here; pedestrians simply don't count.

- "Professional drivers" who can't read or write.

- "Professional drivers" who have never taken a driving test.

- Cars running red lights in front of the cop.

- Cars going before the light turns green.

- Huge buses blocking intersections ALL THE WAY so that not one single car can move... And then when traffic finally starts moving, another bus comes and blocks the intersection again.

- Cars not even moving or trying to make an effort to move when the ambulance is desperately honking behind them... Apparently the siren doesn't mean "Get out of the way" in this country.

- Cops watching every single one of these things and not even blinking...

I hate it.

I absolutely HATE driving in this godforsaken city!

And I hate every single one of these useless cops we have in this useless institution called CTG.

They are absolutely WORTHLESS and I don't care what people say, we would be so much better off!!!!

I can't understand how someone can play stupid just like that... I just don't get it.

People die every single day in this city, in a car accident, run over by a car, and so on, and what do they do? NOTHING!

Oh, wait... My bad, I shouldn't say that... Of course they do something! THEY DEMAND YOU BRIBE THEM!!!

I hate them! I hate cops in general, but I HATE CTG cops with a passion!

I hate those stupid worthless white-uniformed thieves...

I hate traffic.

I hate this city and I hate peak hours.

I hate how retarded people are and how they think they own the freaking road...

I hate buses.

I hate cabs.

I hate how much corruption there is here.

I hate driving in this city. Period.