Dave, come up north to Jersey and further, we have plenty of traffic circles
and 'rotaries' (as my Canadian friends call them). There is nothing quite like
being in north Jersey, and chancing into a traffic circle, looking to your
right and seeing a 64 Chevy with 200 lbs of banged up chrome bumper bearing
down on you, not even slowing as it enters the traffic flow, McDonald's bags
being flung out of one window, beer bottles out of the other, the driver's eyes
wild with anxiety and his upper lip covered in sweat....
Ah, to be in the northeast in the fall!
I lived in Bournemouth for a year and found your roundabouts no fun at all, too
tame. Import some New Yorkers and get things going!
Bill
david_kelly@ineos-a.com wrote:
> As a resident in the UK it's good to see you enjoyed the driving, I think
> anyone who enjoys driving likes it even more when it's different. However
> we like every one else have our fair share of bad drivers, no matter how
> stringent the test.
>
> I am a regular traveller to the US and lived in the southern states for
> about 2 years a few years ago. This year whilst I was there I didn't see a
> single roundabout but, as always, lots of four way stops. These were a bit
> confusing first time as I had no idea who had right of way and got some
> 'signals' for jumping my turn to go.
>
> Also the turning right on a red light was difficult to get used to as going
> through a red light here would get you a dangerous driving ticket. When in
> Tennessee I saw 70mph limit on the free way which brings you up to our
> legal limit, which most people here ignore
>
> It's strange for us in the UK as most places we go we have to drive on the
> 'wrong' side of the road. Not too bad if you in a hire car and in the
> correct side of the car, but if you have to take your own car into Europe
> it makes overtaking difficult as you have to stick most of the car into the
> other lane before you can see.
>
> Where I live in the Northern part of England hedges are not the worst
> things on the side of the road. Most of the country lanes have dry stones
> walls along either side of them, something you would definitely not what
> you would want to catch any car on never mind an Alpine
>
> Dave
> 1962 SII
>
> IMPORTANT NOTICE:
> This email is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the
> intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or
> reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal
> offence. Please delete if obtained in error and email confirmation to the
> sender.
|