Ta-da

So here is the photo of my scooter. I'm definitely getting more and more used to it as the days go on. I just have to remember to take it easy and concentrate. I think that I've pretty much gotten used to driving on the left – although I still repeat it to myself whenever I'm making a turn.

Lately there have been an unusually high number of accidents on the roads here. So much so, that the powers that be decided that a marketing campaign with some shock value would scare people into driving safe. I'll describe my encounter with it. I was riding back into town yesterday around 6:30pm. As I was going up the island's only dual carriage way, I saw a scooter lying on the grass in the middle of the lanes, and noticed that it was fairly mangled. Then I noticed a man sprawled out on the grass beside it and covered in blood. I wondered if I should stop, but had a van behind me. What also confused me was that no one was reacting to this scene. Had the accident just happened? Had someone already called 911? Why didn't I hear any sirens? In the end I concluded that someone must have called, and they probably didn't need me clogging up their lines.

The first thing I heard when I woke up this morning was how it was all staged to promote safe driving. What I didn't see was the sign that read, "I was texting while riding". They'd planted several of these scenes around, and one even caused a 4 car accident because of a 'rubber-necker' The whole thing reminds me of the "Saftey in the work-place" ads in Canada.

Anyways, on another note, I officially got the bike transferred to my name today.