I picked traffic as my research topic, because I have always been very careful moped driver and I always obey road rules. It was very interesting see how different the traffic was in Kenya.
I had some prejudices against Kenyan traffic and they happened to be pretty right. Kenya's traffic was pretty weird because they have left-hand traffic.
My prejudices against Kenyan traffic were that there wouldn't be as new cars as we have.
I also thought that the roads would be a lot worse than we have in Finland, and road rules wouldn't be as strictly followed as we do in Finland. I also thought that there would be a lot more cars in there, and that there would be a lot of traffic jams.
The road condition in Kenya was very variable. Some of the roads were even better than we have here in Finland but they were rare. Roads were overall very bad and bumpy, and of course there wasn't that many roads. Motorcycles were very common there, but they were very cranky, like cars. The most common car brand there was Toyota. We also saw many broken cars on the side of the road.
The road rules weren't followed in Kenya. For example no one used motorcycle helmets or seatbelts. I also heard that it was very usual to drive under influence of alcohol or drugs in Kenya. People also drove very fast and recklessly. We had one scary situation on our way from Taita to Nairobi, because one oncoming bus started to overtake truck very lately and we had to dodge it and go to side of road. Luckily our bus driver was experienced and sharp, and nothing happened. Overtaking was very aggressive, because of many trucks.
We didn't see any big traffic jams, but i heard that they are very usual in Nairobi. We were also stopped by cattle a few times.
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