Poor roads, infrequent repairs and lack of repair stations make motoring in Mexico a true adventure. It is not uncommon to be driving for 50 miles along a newly paved highway only to find a four-foot-wide chasm marked by a single branch. You have more to fear from cows than rattlesnakes, since livestock like to sleep on the warm asphalt at night. Many routes have heavy truck and bus traffic, some have poor or nonexistent shoulders, and many have animals on the loose. Also, some of the newer roads have very few restaurants, motels, gas stations or auto repair shops. If you have an accident, you will be assumed to be guilty, and, since you are a "wealthy foreigner," all efforts will be made to detain you until you until you are a little less wealthy.
An oncoming vehicle flashing its headlights is a warning for you to slow down or pull over because you are both approaching a narrow bridge or place in the road. The custom is that the first vehicle to flash has the right of way and the other must yield.
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