Depending on where you’re from, walking across the street in Rome can seem intimidating. Traffic roars past you with scant regard for other road users, whizzing in between the cars are the “moto” (scooters), nobody ever stops for anyone else, and there are just SO MANY vehicles surging past, all honking their horns.

Amazingly, the majority of drivers in Rome are actually pretty skilful – the Italian driving test is incredibly rigorous. However there is a high proportion of drivers who consider the rules of the road merely to be guidelines, or believe that the rules should apply to other people only.

In order to cross the street without fear or danger, there are a few concepts to understand: