Until your final sentence, Jez, I don't see where you finished a
sentence with a preposition (except for 'moved over' which I reckon is
a compound. So I have to conclude that was a gratuitous 'poke in the
eye' for the grammArians.
Now we both feel better!
Piers
On 25/05/2012, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here in Belgium the flash of an indicator is just a habit - there's no
> thought process* going on - and then the car WILL change lanes, gap or
> not.
> But like anything, you get used to it, do it yourself, and then it
> becomes just the way traffic works.
>
> Overtaking on the wrong side is another of those things that is
> considered one of the seven deadly sins in England. Here it is almost
> normal - but it does carry a penalty - at the same severity as the car
> who was hogging the wrong lane and should have moved over.
>
>
> * What piques me is the habitual use of indicators, even when there is
> no one to signal to. I still remember learning the English way
> "mirror, signal, manouver" but with an additional thought process
> instilled in me by the ex-police driving instructor. He would always
> ask "which drivers / pedestrians / other road user are you signalling
> to?" - if none, don't signal.
>
> Aah, that itch feels better now I've scratched it... (grammer police,
> please forgive me using prepositions to end sentences with).
> jez
>
> On 25/05/2012, David Thatcher <davidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:58:02PM +0200, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>
>>> Overall, I like living in Spain. But there are some annoyances. Among
>>> them is the fact that when the light changes to green, it takes forever
>>> before people start moving, as opposed to the Netherlands (where I lived
>>> before coming here) where people step on it as soon as the light
>>> changes. So I always complain that the drivers here seem to fall asleep
>>> at intersections. This morning, while walking my dog, I saw conclusive
>>> proof:
>>
>> They say that Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate, seems we also have
>> Mediterranean drivers as well... :)
>>
>> Another pet hate of mine... Driving down a multi-lane road, and you put
>> your turn indicator on, wishing to change lanes. In any other state of
>> Australia (and most of the rest of the world as well, I imagine) a gap
>> would open for you to move into. Not in Adelaide, putting the indicator
>> on says to otehr drivers "speed up to move into the space alongside me
>> to actively block my entry into the next lane..." :(
>>
>> davidt
>> Adelaide
>> South Australia
>>
>>
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