il traffico

In Italy, the driving style is vastly different than most of us Americans are used to. Absent are the enforced traffic laws and the streets are a mesh of flesh and metal as pedestrians dash to avoid their metal encased counterparts. Outside the city, people are at the whim of automobiles, but inside the city, it is different. Inside the city, people reign supreme. Le macchine creep behind the people, as shadows at dusk, down every street until the freedom can be achieved by way of open road. Transportation is a nightmare because the buses are overcrowded, Vespas and vehicles remain at almost standstills and le bici wobble with unbalance, the consequence of not keeping speed. I strongly believe the easiest way to get around the city is andare a piedi.

The blur of a racing car when it breaks free from the crowds in the city.