Newcomers to driving in Guyana, either born here or recently come here, are at some disadvantage with the material given to them by the Motor Vehicle Licence Office. That information gets you familiar with the rules of the road, the laws and the penalties – the conventions in Guyana – but there is a host of vital information about local conditions that you have to discover by trial and error. It is therefore my suggestion that the Licence Office should produce a friendly advice booklet called “The Guyana Driving Manual” so that new drivers are aware of all the small but pertinent details of driving here.
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For example: the manual doesn’t tell you what to do when you come to a traffic light that is on a coffee break. You’re northbound on the UG road, and the light on the East Coast is blank.