tel522 wrote
Unfortunately many inexperienced tourists rent bikes here , in their home country it would be risky , but here with broken roads and bad road manners it is way too risky ,imho.
I've been driving both cars and scooters here for years, on many of the islands, and once you understand the rules of the road (largely unwritten) travel here is as safe as anywhere. I would even go so far as to say that the fatalities (not injuries) per 100,000 were lower than the international average, although I'm willing to be corrected if someone has some stats. It just seems to yours truly that people drive much more untutored here but therefore slower and with more caution (excepting the young, who are immortal everywhere). I personally find it safer to go as quickly (yes, I know!) as possible and stay well away from traffic backed up behind gravel trucks and monstrous buses.