KRISTIN IRIS JOHNSON, Fiction Writing major, writes: Traffic here is insane! Apparently no one knows the rules of the road, or there may not be any, and cars always have the right of way. Crossing the street can be a life-or-death situation if you don't watch out. The cars will blow right through the light even if it's red, and they won't stop for you. The bikes are the same way. There are a lot of people on bikes. During rush hour you just have to jump in the street when the light turns and hope that everyone weaves around you. The key is to not stop walking, because when I stopped so as not to get hit by a girl on a moped, my foot got hit by someone on a bike behind me. I wish I had a picture of my face as I went through that sea of bikers. It was probably a mixture of terror and fascination. Many of the non-cosmopolitan areas have market stands on the sidewalks stretching from the buildings to the curb, so a lot of the time you have to walk in the streets with the cars and bikes.
