A Roundabout Way to Travel

I thought we would give you an update on the driving. I am doing much better, and starting to enjoy it. We have slowly started to take new routes and experience new roads. I won't have mastered the city in a year, but I hope to be able to go where we want without having to rely on others sometime soon.
I have been through enough roundabouts to understand how they should work. But they don't really work here, the drivers are way to aggressive. On my way to the school I drive over 19 speed humps (as they are called here). This number is somewhat approximate as the road we live on is one continuous series of potholes it is sometimes hard to tell where the speed humps are on our road. I generally pass at least 5 men "using the bushes", 3 men selling newspapers on the side of the road, 1 roundabout, 2 security gates/road blocks (I am not one hundred percent sure of their purpose.), and at least 5 heavily armed military personnel (these are a new addition and may be the subject of a future post).
When an oncoming car "flashes" their lights at you, they mean for you to get out of their way. Very few drivers use their turn signals to indicate their intention to turn, instead it usually means they want you to pass them (or overtake them which is how they say it.).
I have a copy of the rules of the road (or the Highway Code), it is very funny reading, so many misspellings and the rules are worded so interesting I thought I would share some of it with you.
The Traffic Behind You
1. If you are a driver and you want to move off, or reverse or open your door, look round and make sure that no one is about to overtake you and that there are no children or obstructions in the behind area near your front or back.
2. If a driver, look in your driving mirror before you signal, change course, overtake, turn or stop.
Driving along
1. Do not drive nose to tail when on open road.
2. Do not kiss other vehicles. It is not necessary to annoy other motorists with this illegal driving style.
3. Do not accelerate when being overtaken. This is a common mistake. Avoid it.
When you qualify as a driver do not:
1. Overtake a long queue of vehicles outright annoying to the other motorists.
2. Repair a broken down vehicle on the road - Push it out of the road.
3. Insult other motorists with obscene gestures i.e. asking them to drive over your car.
8. As a matatu tout assist your driver to change lanes using your hand and leg.
9. Flash lights menacingly on to the oncoming vehicle.
16. Change lanes by using a warning finger outside the drivers window.
22. Knock down gates in estates, lamp posts on the road or other traffic signs.

Except the last one, I see these things happen every day. And to be honest I have overtaken a long queue of vehicles myself. (As well as flashed my lights once or twice). When in Rome....
Here are the rules of the road I have learned;
1. He who hesitates is stuck there a really long time. So get your nose out there and let the people behind you figure it out.
2. Do not make eye contact with someone trying get through a jammed intersection. Otherwise they will assume you are hesitating. Just look straight ahead and don't stop moving.
3. The person driving the biggest vehicle wins.

Here is a picture of "Uncle Kevin's Car" as Lexi and Nate call it. It is what we are driving. Nicole might start driving next Sunday. Sundays are good days to learn, very little traffic from vehicles or pedestrians. Also on top is a picture of some cows we had to stop for on our way home.