DRIVING IN ENGLAND IS HORRIBLE!!!
And if anyone tells you differently, they are lying! The roads are about 3 feet less wide than they are in the states. The roundabouts are ridiculous -- not like the ones you now see in the states. No shoulders whatsoever - none - nada - zippo. And they drive in miles per hour - not kilometers per hour, so meeting the "locals" around corners is like a scary ride at an amusement park. Hedges are grown right up to the sides of the roads so you are driving blind, especially around the corners. Your rear-view mirror is facing to the right because you are sitting on the right and driving on the left. Freeway driving is fine, but they turn into two-way driving without any notice so you're traveling along on a 4-laner and all of sudden you're back on a country road. It is literally insane.
And that's just part of it for the driver.
Now, as for the passenger -
well, there are other things. For one, sitting on the left. Since the rearview mirror is now towards the right, when you glance at the rearview mirror from the left, the cars appear as if they are going to hit you or your driver is backing into them. Plus, your pumping that imaginary break because you fear you are about to crash as the driver (a/k/a husband) is going down the wrong side of the road, driving too close to the left side or unfortunately listened to you and made a wrong turn. As a passenger I learned its better to simply have your head in a book or perhaps sleep so you are not watching what is coming at you.
This English driving is certainly not for the unseasoned American.
That's just not right! Oh, but it is....
What is wrong with this picture???
Check out the size of that deer on the sign! Thank goodness none that size jumped out in front of us!!
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