Driving in Italy

 Excerpted from Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, ©1997:

He's delighted to read what the mayor of Naples says about driving there.  Naples is the most chaotic city for drivers on earth.  Ed loved it-- he got to drive on the sidewalk while the pedestrians filled the streets.  "A green light is a green light, avanti, avanti," the mayor explained.  "A red light-- just a suggestion."  And yellow? he was asked.  "Yellow is for gaiety."