De traffic in town is enough to test your sanity

Jul 03, 2026 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

Dem Boys Seh…

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh if yuh could drive through Georgetown traffic one day and still got normal blood pressure, then yuh ready fuh any disaster Mother Nature could invent. Hurricane? No problem. Earthquake? Piece of cake. Volcano? Pass de pepper sauce.

Georgetown traffic got people preparing fuh Judgment Day every morning. Forget Nightmare on Elm Street. Georgetown road is Nightmare on Every Street. Freddy Krueger would tek one look at Sheriff Street at rush hour and decide he nah staying.

Dem boys seh driving now is a full-contact sport. Yuh got to watch in front, behind, left, right and somehow still see de bicycle squeezing between two minibuses while a motorcyclist passing yuh on de wrong side. If yuh eyesight ain’t 20/20, yuh patience shorter than a two-dollar pencil, or yuh reflexes slower than government paperwork, park de vehicle and tek a taxi.

Traffic lights become mere suggestions. Indicators are there for decoration not use. Some drivers treat stop signs like campaign promises, nice to hear but optional to observe.

Every intersection is a test of faith. Every roundabout is an audition for stunt drivers. Every pothole hiding like it waiting to ambush an unsuspecting suspension system.

Dem boys seh de only people enjoying de traffic is de vendors. By de time yuh reach yuh destination, yuh thirsty, hungry and nursing a headache worthy of medical research.

And don’t let rain fall. De roads transform into a guessing game. Is dat a puddle, a trench or de entrance to de Atlantic Ocean? Yuh only find out after de front wheel disappear.

Dem boys seh Georgetown traffic should replace military boot camp. Anybody who could keep calm while a minibus cut across two lanes, a pedestrian dash across de road looking at a cellphone, and a taxi suddenly remember it destination deserve a medal for bravery and a lifetime supply of blood pressure tablets.

So next time somebody ask if yuh prepared fuh de next hurricane, earthquake or volcanic eruption, just tell dem yuh does drive to work in Georgetown every day. Survival training done complete.

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