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Lombok Driving Tips
Lombok island is famous island in the world as new favorite
tourist destination and always attract visitors to come and
come again, explore into its panorama, culture and daily
life. Lombok is one of the provinces in Indonesia with an
area 6.400 km2 and according to last census populated around
3.7233.392 lives. Lombok is small, stretching approximately
80 km from east to west, and 100 km from north to south.
Repeater Lombok visitor prefer to rent a car for self drive.
They eager to discover Lombok and its unique by their ways.
We would recommend that you rent a car with a driver
especially if you are visiting Lombok for the first time.
Not only is it much cheaper than using Taxis, you don’t have
to worry about getting lost and wasting time wandering
around.
If you’re game for adventure, get an international driving
license and tour Lombok island and beyond by yourself. If
this is something that appeals to you, do take note of the
followings Lombok driving tips:
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Before
starting the trip, make sure to check condition of
the car you rented. Check tires and co-tire,
utilities, emergency tools and fuel as well as
letter of car. If the fuel is in rest condition, you
can ask to the car deliver where the nearest petrol
located. |
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Always
remember to take note a phone number of rent car’s
company in case in emergency you can contact. |
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Plan you
trip before departing. Choose your favorite
destination on one route, by do this you can save
petrol as well as time. Lombok island Map is on your
handy. |
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Most of
the roads in Lombok island are quiet narrow with
heavy pedestrian on each side. Pedestrians near the
market often used by street peddler to display their
product. It may not be tarred in less populated
areas. Be carefully to drive in small road just big
enough to accommodate one car but very often in two
ways. This invariably tests the reversing skills of
many drivers! |
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If you
drive into the villages to enjoy its rural and daily
life, please be aware with cattle sometime across
the road without alert and ever sleep on the road
(e.g.: dog, cows,buffalow, chicken). Road condition
in rural and sedate area seldom with road light, so
be aware particularly drive in the night. |
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Be aware
that drivers from side streets often didn’t look
when joining a main road and the larger vehicle is
king of the road. |
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It is
hardly not recommended to drive at night especially
on the road to the mountain area likes sembalun
village or on the road to Lembar harbor where the
ferry to Bali and Java commences. Truck drivers to
and from Java are notorious for overtaking on
corners. Only a leafy tree branch often marks
obstacles such as potholes or road construction.
Always toot your horn when will be passing curve as
well as take over the other vehicle. |
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The
traffic lights might the same all over the world. Be
alert and straight continue for the sign belok kiri
jalan terus, red (stop), yellow (carefully) and
green (running). Quite often red traffic lights are
considered "only as a suggestion" and there are a
few places where traffic in the left lane may turn
or continue straight through whilst the light is red
with a sign "belok kiri jalan terus". |
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There
are a lot of one way roads in Lombok (meant to help
traffic flow but it hasn't really turned out that
way). If you miss your turn off, you may have drive
quite a distance before being able to turn back.
This has resulted in motorbike riders riding a few
hundred meters in the wrong direction, as a shortcut
rather than following traffic flow. |
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Lombok
is religious island and there are lots of weeding
ceremonies on the road. Ceremonial procession as
well as other type of parade occupy whole road and
sometime traffic jam happened. If you caught in this
situation, be relaxed and enjoy the way.
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