Colombo traffic is not nearly as crazy as the traffic in Dhaka. I can easily attest to this having lived in both places. But Colombo traffic is still not great. People don’t necessarily follow traffic rules and they are often in a hurry to get to wherever they are going, even though Colombo is such a small city and it usually doesn’t take that long to get to your destination.
The auto-rickshaws, otherwise known as tri-shaws, three-wheelers, or tuk-tuk’s, don’t usually help matters. They can be a convenient and inexpensive way to get around town, but they can’t move as quickly as cars and therefore often gum up traffic.
It becomes even worse when it rains. To keep their passengers and their vehicles dry, most rickshaw drivers cover the open parts of their vehicles with these black tarp-like things. This means that their already significantly limited peripheral vision is next to nil.
This is why using your horn is essential in South Asia. Beep, beep.
Rickshaw in the Rain
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