Vehicular Awareness

Because Utila is so small, there are very few vehicles around. Most people get around on foot, by bike, by golf cart, or by scooter/motorcycle. Even the police ride around helmet-less on a beat-up old motorcycle, one cop behind the other (on one motorcycle, not two). As you can see below, main street is not very wide, so things can get a little hairy when it's packed with people and the locals want to fly by on their scooters. It was also easy to see the groups of travelers who were new to the island -- they tended to walk 4 or 5 people abreast, blocking the entire road, but not realizing that despite the lack of a centerline, traffic is still 2-way. A couple of scooter scares later, and they all learn to walk on the right.