This is a lovely little roundabout. You can sit at the side and watch overseas visitors negotiate it.
Or not!
Englishman.
How Do You Enjoy Driving When You Visit The UK?
by Englishman 26 Replies latest jw friends
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Joyzabel
OMG! I think we got caught in that one for 3 hours last month!
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ashitaka
Eman
That picture of the roundabout gave me chills. If one of those were installed in New Jersey, it'd just be like lemmings going off of a cliff. We'd have 100 car pileups...LOL...we can barely handle the odd circle or two that we have in jersey, similar to a roundabout, but much less complicated.
I will NEVER drive overseas....ever. Thank god for the train service over there. Just watching the cabbies drive gave me a heart attack.
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Englishman
The thing with roundabouts is that they normally keep the traffic moving and don't need traffic lights. The trick is to just be aware and treat it as a one-way street as well as giving wat to traffic approaching from the right.
Hmm..just realising that I'm driving from Orlando to Joy & Steve's place in October!
Englishman.
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Hamas
Americans dont like driving in England because they dont know how to change gear.
Thats why they don't like roundabouts... you have to change gear. In America, all you ever see is automatic vehicals... and the kids start driving so young because there is no real brain work involved.
Thats why they like NASCAR because all it is are cars going round in circles.... no real need to change gear. Nigel Mansell went to America and kicked their ass at Indicar... and they hated it. He would have won the Indy 500 as well, but was unsure of the rules.
Actually, this reminds me of the American man that came to England for a 'vacation'. He got out of Heathrow airport in London, and noticed a ten year old boy driving a car ! He started to walk further away, and then noticed a 8 year old girl driving a car ! 'YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY!' he thought. He spent 2 weeks in England, and he could not get his head round this ! On his last day, he finally figured it out.
We have the steering wheel on the other side of the car.
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BluesBrother
Never mind the roundabouts, its the speed traps that get you! Radar cameras, fines penalty points on your license, all part of the British motoring experience.
And who said something nice about our trains? A little heat wave and they are disrupted because the tracks might buckle in the heat!
BluesBrother - having a rant today
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Hamas
Thats true, bluesbrother.
I hate the road system... in fact, I hate the whole transport system. Remember back in January, the 'biggest traffic jams of all time in Britian'? They hit the M11 and A14 near Essex. Snowfall the night before. I was in it. I remained in that traffic from 1am until 3pm, because they just didnt know how to respond! Disgraceful.
And dont get me started on speed camera's. Although, there is an underground movement ready to take revenge. In fact, it has started.
In the words of Malcolm X:
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
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Euphemism
Okay... the concept of a roundabout doesn't sound bad at all.
But that monstrosity that you posted, Englishman, is just bloody ridiculous!
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Mulan
I'm just curious, some Americans don't like our roundabouts much.
We thought they were brilliant................an amazing way to handle traffic. If you aren't sure which way to go, you just keep going around in circles till the other person finds it on the map, and off you go.
We got used to the other side of the road real fast. Of course I never drove, but Dave thought it was fine. By the way, it isn't the "wrong side of the road". It's the "correct side". We were constantly corrected for saying they don't drive on the "right side".
We went down the wrong street in a city one time, looking for a Bed and Breakfast and asked a man washing his car where we should go. He said "turn around on yourself" and go straight forward. We loved that expression and have used it ever since.
Yeah, we saw the cameras flash from time to time, but I guess we were okay, and didn't get busted. That also is brilliant.
Hmm..just realising that I'm driving from Orlando to Joy & Steve's place in October!
Whoo whoo. We will see you there. Just remember to drive on the "right side of the road".
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riz
“Look kids. Big Ben. Parliament!”
and fyi hamas, i drive a stick shift. come to think of it, i know few people who prefer, much less own, an automatic.