In Noosa Australia, the roundabout capital of Down Under, there are upwards of fifty of them in a medium sized town--at almost every intersection. Locals complain that the edges of their tires (left edge, I guess) get worn town prematurely! It was wonderful being in an SI only country. Rental cars down there are all automatic trans.
HARRY WYETH Sent from my iPad > On Jul 11, 2016, at 14:39, Mark Henschel <mwhensch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Interesting thing about the British and their roundabouts, and driving on the > left side of the road. > > I was in a car being driven around England a few years back. The driver sits > on the right, but the gear shift is in the left, in the middle of the car. So > since they travel on the opposite side of the road, their roundabouts turn > clockwise, not counter clockwise as ours do. > > So here we are with the driver on the right, her left hand on the gear shift, > right hand on the steering wheel, left foot on the clutch and right foot on > the accelerator, and attempting to go counterclockwise into a roundabout. All > the time looking right and turning left. At least in the USA we can use our > best hand for most of us (right handers) on the gear shift and just hold the > steering wheel with the left hand, look left and turn right, but I imagine it > is a challenge to constantly use your left hand to shift gears if you are > right handed. > > Few European cars have automatic transmissions. Even when I rented cars in > Germany, they were usually stick shift but diesel engines. Hmmm. wonder if I > got one of the cars VW cheated on the emissions with? > > Mark > >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:15 PM, John Dunlop <jrdun...@igc.org> wrote: >> I just received a note from Queen Elizabeth. She has declared that we are >> flubbing democracy, and therefore, effectively immediately, our independence >> is revoked. Among the changes she will implement in the country formerly >> known as the USA: >> >>> 6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start >>> driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will >>> go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion >>> tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the >>> British sense of humour. >> >> John >> >> >> >> John Dunlop >> jrdun...@igc.org personal email >> 612-374-2181 home phone >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> USMA mailing list >> USMA@colostate.edu >> https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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