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Article on Brazilian Automotive Culture
http://jalopnik.com/5654352/lessons-from-the-brazilian-hooniverse
The taxi ride is just about how I experienced it. My favorite quote: "If Americans drove half as attentively as Brazilians do, we wouldn't need 900lbs of safety equipment in a 2000lb car. "
I've driven in downtown SP twice. The first time was to face my fear and just do it. The second time was to prove that it was no big deal. So far, there hasn't been a third time. :)
I drove from Ilha Bela to Sampa through the Mata Atlantica...not advisable!! Imagine the picture above (which I took before heading back into Sampa) at 2AM...lots of fog and other cars going 30 miles over the speed limit...crossing the yellow lines into on-coming traffic...on a turn...while it's lightly raining! I saw that so many times on the drive back. Even when big-rigs (18 wheelers) were coming the opposite way (meaning those that crossed the yellow lines could have been instantly killed, not to mention have driven off the cliffs).
Driving in Brazil can be scary for those not used to it. The notion of space is different and everyone drives really close to the next car. As the articles says, if you are on a three-lane road, expect four cars to be driving side by side :)
Luciana Lage