The clerk at the airport’s car-rental center reviewed traffic laws and driving tips with me.

“Park the car facing into the wind,” she said, “so that your door doesn’t get blown off when you open it.”

She continued. “Leave the headlights turned on at all times while driving. Spaces are available in the one-lane tunnels to pull over when vehicles approach from the other direction.”

There was more. She cautioned me regarding crosswinds, flooding, sandstorms, snow and ice, blind curves, blind summits, gravel roads, one-lane bridges, and animals in the road.

Was I about to embark on the Ring Road or the Oregon Trail?