Too Fast.......Passing.......double passing????

[limeex2]

I love driving in Jamaica. Negril ok, MoBay no way. Used Linston Last time also,Good driver, many stories. Road trippin!

[old goat]

this turned into a cab thred?

[NikkiB]

We were with Linston on the way back to the airport last weekend. A car was passing another coming toward us and Linston's quick thinking saved everyone. We pulled to the far left side of our lane and the passing vehicle went right between the other car and us. Thanks Linston!!!

[Homebrewer]

Linston dropped us at the airport just yesterday

[abarnes]

Old Goat, some of those dangerous drivers unfortunately may be Taxi drivers. This post is about dangerous drivers, I see nothing wrong with posts mentioning safe drivers that some have used. We can't stop the bad driving but we can by word of mouth help keep the good drivers in business. I prefer to know my driver will get me to my destination safely and chose Linston for our transfer next week, he was chosen by recommendation on this board. It's a good thing to mention good drivers as well, Spread the love

[limeex2]

Craziest ride I have had in Jamaica was after sampling the wares at miss Browns. We were in the truck with the guy who used to run air time parasailing, I think his name was Peter. I screamed at him the whole time to stop because he was driving on the wrong side of the road. Turns out it musta been the tea because he assured me the next day that we were on the appropriate side of the road the whole time lol. God I love Negril

OK, Its a crazy driver thread/story time. Stayed at Half Moon Bay and the driver who dropped me off was supposed to pick me up...This was pre cell phone days, heck at my age, there may have been no phones. No way to get a hold of this person, so 1 1/2 hours before lift off I start to realize that this could get interesting and start hitch-hiking. Being the thrifty person I am, try haggling on the price. aaah, no. Took the 3rd driver and were off to MoBay. I ask the driver, can we make it in time and get the standard answer, Yea mon,nu prublum. This guy made NASCAR look like a play ground game. Well lets just say, in high school we had many Miss Browns events and learned driving this way, so he no scare me... 4 people in a Corolla with bad shocks, double passing (double passing is 3 wide)everywhere but Lucea it took us around 45 minutes on the old road to get there. I was the last one to board the plane. Yet, another Negril moment and I love everyone one of 'em

[hys420]

Craziest ride I have had in Jamaica was after sampling the wares at miss Browns. We were in the truck with the guy who used to run air time parasailing, I think his name was Peter. I screamed at him the whole time to stop because he was driving on the wrong side of the road. Turns out it musta been the tea because he assured me the next day that we were on the appropriate side of the road the whole time lol. God I love Negril

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[sunray]

Everyone should encourage road safety at every opportunity.

[rellim]

Unfortunately a new story from this week.

crossing at the grand pineapple an oncoming car was slowing down so my son assumed it was safe ,and it did look so until some idiot on the rice rocket with no head light cranked around the car just as he stepped into the street,lucky I had not had too much as this point and was able to yank him back out of the way.

Lessons learned:

If the resort provides crossing guards use them
Never assume the road is safe( its also really hard to adjust your thinking on which way the cars are coming form)

All these things are probably second nature for the more seasoned Negril travelers, but if your doing research on going there don't get complacent as it almost totally screwed me!