Rules of the [Italian] Road

1. Pedestrians are to be regarded as pigeons; thus, they are totally expendable.
2. If cars are the kings of the road, vespas are the renegade princes with superiority complexes.
3. While cars generally remain on their assigned side of a two-way road, it is not uncommon to see them parked facing one another on the side of a street.
4. The word 'bus' is code for 'death trap.'
5. Crosswalks exist only in the imaginations of Japanese and American tourists.
6. Green means go; red means hesitate before going.
7. If the bus driver realizes he missed a turn, while midway through an intersection, it is perfectly acceptible to reverse through the intersection and force cross-traffic to wait.
8. The buses are never too full.