I Found this interesting blog about life in Ecuador  or as he put it, Life in the middle of the world  http://journeymanjackinecuador.blogspot.com/
His post about driving in Quito is about what I have seen… though here in the Andes it is a little better, mostly because there are less cars http://themiddleoftheworldecuador.blogspot.com/2013/06/quito-traffic-que-bestia.html?spref=bl
