claret50
7:36 Mon Nov 16
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True Hairy, but when the sat nav woman says 'take the third exit on the right' it don't seem natural....just saying.
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HairyHammer
7:32 Mon Nov 16
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You cant go too far wrong if you just follow the cars infront of you that is a starter at least.
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claret50
5:23 Mon Nov 16
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We spent a few weeks in Brittany a couple of years ago and entering a roundabout in an anti clockwise direction is not normal, in fact it's plain wrong.
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Jonah Lomas
2:18 Mon Nov 16
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Chinese and Indians seem to be the worst tourist drivers in NZ, so as long as you're not one of them, you should be alright.
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Northern Sold
2:02 Mon Nov 16
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Easiest thing in the world in the US... however the SatNav did stick up a white flag when going through downtown LA
Next year we will be doing
Los Angeles/Huntington Beach
Morro Beach
Monterey
Yosemite NP
Death Valley
Grand Canyon
Monument Valley
Las Vegas
Just under 2000 miles in 18 days
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mike hunt
1:51 Mon Nov 16
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yeah i do the walk up to the wrong door thing as well, and roundabouts are troublesome for the first few
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bruuuno
5:31 Sun Nov 15
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Ray living in the city I love driving round places like billericay it's relaxing!
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ray winstone
5:26 Sun Nov 15
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Drive around Billericay for a few days, after that you can drive anywhere in the world, everyone here drives like a complete cunt.
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stomper
4:50 Sun Nov 15
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Just make sure the steering wheel is towards the centre of the road.
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Far Cough
4:15 Sun Nov 15
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I have to watch it more over here since most of my driving experience was in the US
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Don Ravioli
4:12 Sun Nov 15
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I go back and forth from Tenerife to London and don't have a problem with it. The only thing I do is either go to change gear with the wrong hand or walk to the wrong side of the car after walking out of a shop. Don't do it often but that's about it.
As long as you watch how close you are to the kerb you'll be fine.
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zico
3:52 Sun Nov 15
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irons1979 10:49 Sun Nov 15
Glad you mentioned that as it happened to me. Stopped off at a cashpoint on the way to play some golf and had a load of weird looks from people. Someone then politely mentioned you had to park on the side of the road you were coming from, and there was me quite proud of this fabulous parking manoeuvre from the UK!!!
Driving in the US is fine but a couple of things to remember. The freeways tend not to have fast lanes or slow lanes. People will go past you on either side so be careful pulling into another lane as I nearly killed myself once as I moved over and didn't see someone in the mirrors blind spot!
Slip roads off freeways are quite short and windy son don't leave the freeway too quick!
Certainly in Florida a lot of roads have central reservations so unless it's marked don't try to turn left or right to the other side of the road in the dark or you will end up hitting a central reservation.
Get an automatic as you can concentrate on the driving rather than the gear stick on the wrong side. Had a manual in Tenerife and till this day don't know how we survived driving through clouds up to the top of Mount Teide. I was crawling along in first gear!! Love to know how many people drive over the edge there!
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bruuuno
2:23 Sun Nov 15
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mike hunt 2:11 Sun Nov 15
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dont know about the us , but i find driving in europe, spain especially a lot less stressful than driving in the uk, almost relaxing
I'm the same. Driving on the right seems a lot more intuitive to me
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neilalex
2:16 Sun Nov 15
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Hopeless at it, my head just can't compute it. I'd kill us all within a day, so Mrs. Neilalex does the driving. Getting an automatic helps as its one less thing to adjust to.
Italy can be ropey and Palermo is fucking mental, just an endless game of chicken with all other drivers and pedestrians too.
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joe blob
2:15 Sun Nov 15
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the driving is not really a problem and you easily get used to the gear lever being on the wrong side. A big problem is your perception of where the right hand side of your vehicle is and unless you are careful you could hit something on that side by thinking you are well clear of it.
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mike hunt
2:11 Sun Nov 15
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dont know about the us , but i find driving in europe, spain especially a lot less stressful than driving in the uk, almost relaxing
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GT
2:02 Sun Nov 15
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The driving is fine once you get used to the gear stick and handbrake on the right hand side!...I still find myself looking for it with my left hand...junctions also taking a bit of getting used to...keep ending up on the left hand side :D
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defjam
1:44 Sun Nov 15
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FC - Yes that's it, but sometimes there were four vehicles, ha! then i think it goes to whoever was there first or something like that.
I did however find some roundabouts this year.
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Far Cough
1:35 Sun Nov 15
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def, the way I remember it at fourways is, right of way is right
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Chigwell
1:35 Sun Nov 15
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Whoops - I meant drive on the right!
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Chigwell
1:34 Sun Nov 15
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Tell your passenger to remind you every time you start driving, to drive on the left, and promise that however often they tell you, you won't get annoyed.
Once you're under way it's unlikely you'll forget, until the next break. One thing though about the States is that so much mileage is on multi-lane carriageways that you need to concentrate (or get another reminder) when you come off them onto a 2-way road.
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