Originally Posted by
tkelvin69
I think this is too general of a statement as Brazil is very diverse even when it comes to driving. I agree that in the large cities it can be a nightmare but I think the NE and South are not that bad for driving. Common sense and awareness will have good results.
Yes, Brazil is diverse, but almost universally not what a "first world driver" may be accustomed to.
For one example, in "the NE", I came up over a hill on a "good" highway, at highway speed, to encounter a herd of cows across the road. Very little breaking distance. "Awareness" that cows occupy a highway?
For another, in the "South", we came to a halt in a line of traffic on the highway, in the broiling sun with very little water in the car, with the line stretching for as far as we could see. No one, including the truck drivers, knew what was going on. We sat there stopped in the heat of midday for more than three hours. (Turned out to be road construction not on the official website.)
"Common sense"? Yeah, commonly foreign tourists will sense that they aren't prepared to drive in Brazil. That "will have good results".