[csydas]

Happens in St Petersburg Russia a lot. While there are road signs and markers, the only acknowledged rule of the road most of the time is "we go this direction on this side", and even that isnt always carefully followed.

Sometimes it's great and inow traffic times the flow is fine. Other times every intersection is an adventure to get through as cars pile into the middle hoping to get through. Lot of horns beeping and lots of swearing. Even worse if the traffic lights go out.

Maybe this works in certain conditions, but too many cars on the road just seems to cause chaos without something enforcing order.

(Many of the traffic jams are further complicated by Russian insurance policies when it comes to accidents in that you may compromise your version of the story if you move your vehicles before the police arrive. This means that an inconvenient accident in an intersection can stop traffic for a long ways until the police decide to arrive and write a report. )