Frugal Traveler
Dodging Traffic and Pitfalls in Gourmet Georgia

By MATT GROSS
Published: July 19, 2006 (NYT)

Georgians are the worst drivers in the world. I say this after having dodged Hondas in Hanoi, angry Argentine drivers in Buenos Aires and out-of-control buses in Albania. But a Georgian taxi driver will reverse his cracked-windshield Lada up a highway off-ramp, simultaneously fiddling with the broken tape deck and text-messaging his mistress. So what if he hits a pedestrian along the way — that’s assuming, of course, that he even knows where he’s taking you.

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