{"id":182,"date":"2006-09-06T16:24:41","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T10:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/?p=182"},"modified":"2006-09-06T16:25:53","modified_gmt":"2006-09-06T10:25:53","slug":"road-rules-the-other-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/countries\/asia\/bhutan\/182","title":{"rendered":"Driving Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s another side to yesterday&#8217;s entry and I don&#8217;t have an answer to that yet.  Should I set an example by driving &#8216;properly&#8217; according to international rules or should I let Bhutanese find their own way and just try to fit in?<\/p>\n<p>According to recent articles in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuenselonline.com\/modules.php?name=News&#038;file=article&#038;sid=7316\">Kuensel<\/a>, new drivers are having to pass rigorous written tests on road rules before being given a license.  I therefore have to assume that international rules do \/ should apply to the new intersections and highways.  Should I then encourage that by giving way to the right at roundabouts and always driving on the left even if it means a longer trip?<\/p>\n<p>Or should I copy the locals and drive village style.  That would ensure that I don&#8217;t annoy the wrong people with my righteousness and allow me to experience life as they do.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I hope that the new test will bring about a convergence of the two options in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s another side to yesterday&#8217;s entry and I don&#8217;t have an answer to that yet. Should I set an example by driving &#8216;properly&#8217; according to international rules or should I let Bhutanese find their own way and just try to fit in? According to recent articles in the Kuensel, new drivers are having to pass&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/countries\/asia\/bhutan\/182\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Driving Test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}