Maximum Vehicular Utilization

One thing that’s easy to notice when driving Mex 1 is that while Americans are famous for under-utilizing mass transportation, the Mexicans are at an all-time high. The variations of vehicular antics are unending. Check out this video from the Border Patrol to get an idea of how many people really CAN fit in a minivan.

If two of you are heading in the same direction (50% percent chance!) then just hook your cars together so you can chill with each other on the long drive.

When it comes to building roads, make sure that they are only as wide as they need to be - to save asphalt and the environment. Three extra inches for each lane should be plenty, because really, what are the chances that this truck will meet himself coming the other direction?

Speaking of semi trucks, I think the government offers a bonus to whomever gets there first. Anywhere first. This one passed us just in time to let the oncoming car have their lane back....and we were doing 100kph!

Why have a billboard on the back of a truck that only a few other cars will see, when you could put massive speakers on the roof and blast your chintzy message right into every home and business within a mobile 4 block radius???!!!

To make sure everyone stays awake and upright, put big old speedbumps right on the highway just before and after every small town, or wherever else makes sense.

And this dude in LaPaz that bought a new truck on the way to the Super Mercado (grocery store), only to find out that the piece of junk just doesn’t have near the payload he thought it would.

We can also take a good lesson from this fellow when trying to determine if just one more WILL fit after all.
Instead of having drive - thru restaurants, you can save time and gas by just setting up a mini convenience store in that little middle area between lanes. Then promptly hassle your wonderfully captive audience at the border as they wait and wait and wait....

When you’ve squeezed every last ounce of go-juice out of that old truck, set it afire on the side of the road and have one final weenie roast.

You honestly never know what's around the next bend, and that's part of the fun!