Bridge bandits don’t have the Aloha Spirit

Some of the roads we drive on in Kauai have one lane bridges. These roads are heavily traveled so traffic piles up, sometimes for a great distance, on each side of the bridge. There are no traffic lights and not even stop signs. I wrote about the solution last year. A simple sign on each side of the bridge explains that the convention is to take turns with 5-7 cars going across during each turn. I remember wondering how tourists would understand this,  it it seemed to work.

Part way through our visit this year, I saw a change. Some hooligan had spray painted out the original sign and created a crude sign suggesting 20-30 cars could go across. The next time we crossed the bridge the original sign and civility had returned.

Tonight, there was another change. The original sign was still there, but another sign painted carefully to resemble the original offered an alternative rule. I am pleased to report that the anarchy recommended by the self-proclaimed Bridge Bandits had not prevailed. Aloha.