坦桑尼亚阿鲁沙2006第11天-运输

Getting around town is a little tricky as while the main road is tarred (asphalt) many of the offshoot roads are not just dirt, but truly rocky and bumpy. It asks a lot of any car, especially the suspension.

在主要道路涂柏油(沥青)时，到城镇四处走动有些棘手，许多支路不仅是土路，而且实际上是崎y不平的。 它要求很多汽车，特别是悬架。

We're driving a '93 Mitsubishi Pajero, which is a basic SUV. Petrol (Gas) is about 1200Tsh (Tanzanian Shillings) per liter. In the US, gas is about $2 a gallon. So, doing a little math converting liters to gallons and Tsh to USD...

我们正在驾驶基本款SUV '93 Mitsubishi Pajero。 汽油(汽油)约为每升1200Tsh(坦桑尼亚先令)。 在美国，汽油价格约为每加仑2美元。 因此，做一些数学运算，将升数转换为加仑，将Tsh转换为USD ...

1 liter = 0.264172051 US gallons so 1 US gallon is 3.7 liters. Coincidentally, then we end up paying about US$3.7 per gallon for gas here if my math is correct. If you consider the average income for car owners, it's easy to see that gas is a significant portion of one's monthly expenses, sometimes out-pacing all other expenses short of rent. We'll be spending about US$300 for gas in two cars to and from Ngorongoro Crater next week.

1升= 0.264172051美国加仑，因此1美国加仑为3.7升。 巧合的是，如果我的数学正确的话，我们最终将在这里为每加仑汽油支付3.7美元。 如果考虑一下车主的平均收入，不难看出，汽油是一个人每月支出的重要组成部分，有时超过了除租金以外的所有其他支出。 下周，我们将花费300美元购买两辆往返于恩戈罗恩戈罗火山口的汽油。

Sometimes it seems that there are "rules of the road" that apply everywhere but the States. After driving in Europe a few weeks ago, specifically Spain and France, and now driving in Tanzania, I've noticed that folks really use their turn signals to communicate a lot more than Americans typically do. I've been to Africa a number of times, but only driven a bit in RSA (South Africa)

有时好像有一些适用于任何地方，但美国的“交通规则”。 几周前在欧洲开车，尤其是在西班牙和法国，现在在坦桑尼亚开车，我注意到人们真的使用转向信号灯进行交流，比美国人通常做的更多。 我去过非洲很多次，但在RSA(南非)方面只带了一点点

Here's some examples that make sense when you think about them, but aren't obvious to Americans who haven't noticed or asked:

当您考虑以下示例时，这些示例很有意义，但对于那些尚未注意到或询问的美国人来说并不明显：

• When it's dark and a car is coming towards you, you turn on your inner turn signal (the one nearest the middle of the road) to let them know where the edge of your car is as they pass.

  当天黑且有汽车驶向您时，您打开内部转向信号灯(最靠近马路中间的信号灯)，让他们知道汽车驶过时车道的边缘。

• When someone wants to pass you, you can turn on your inner turn signal to let them know you don't want them to pass.

  当某人想通过你时，你可以打开内部转向信号灯，让他们知道你不希望他们通过。

• When someone wants to pass you, you can turn on your outer turn signal (the one nearest the curb) to let them know that it's safe for them to pass.
  当有人想要通过您时，您可以打开外部转向信号灯(最靠近路缘的信号)，以使他们知道他们通过是安全的。

I have yet to see a traffic light or stop sign of any kind. These things are apparently just understood, although there are a number of roundabouts. The traffic situation is very fluid, much like in Asia...there's no lines in Arusha (there are in Dar es Salaam) so folks just push their way around with some deference to pedestrians.

我还没有看到红绿灯或任何形式的停车标志。 尽管有许多回旋处，但这些事情显然只是被理解了。 交通情况非常不稳定，就像在亚洲一样……阿鲁沙(Dar es Salaam)没有行人，所以人们只是向行人致意而向周围走去。

Interesting aside: The main roundabout in the middle of the Arusha town is the "wedding roundabout" and every weekend there's parades of cars going around and around. They'll park (inappropriately) in the middle of the roundabout and run to the middle to take pictures next to the large fountain. I'll try to take photos next weekend.

除了有趣的是：阿鲁沙镇中间的主要回旋处是“婚礼回旋处”，每个周末都有成群的汽车在四处转转。 他们将(不适当地)停在环形交叉路口的中间，然后跑到中间，在大喷泉旁拍照。 下周我将尝试拍照。

Also, it took a few hours, but I've managed to get a few photos up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/computerzen, but they aren't correctly tagged or in the right set. The feed for photos is here.

另外，它花了几个小时，但是我设法在http://www.flickr.com/photos/computerzen上得到了几张照片，但是它们没有正确标记或设置正确。 照片的提要在这里。

翻译自: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/arusha-tanzania-2006-day-11-transportation