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Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 24/5/2012: asleep at the wheel

Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 24/5/2012: asleep at the wheel
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 20:38:57 +0200
4-way stop doesn't exist here, and Stop is a suggestion...
:-)
Jez

On 25/05/2012, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   That wouldn't fly over here. Whether or not there is anyone else on the
> road, you'd better use that turn signal. You may THINK there is no one
> there but you may have missed seeing him and he could be a cop. I'd like to
> see you use that same rationale at a four way stop. "But officer there was
> no one there, why the need to stop?"
>
> Charlie
>
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:50 PM, 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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