herd ;<)))))) Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic > And even seeing the edge does not help often. We were there some years > ago, driving from one end of the island out to the other, over a ridge > with a sharp drop of maybe 300ft on the inbound side, and there was a > little circus there trying to recover 2 (!!) cars that were down in the > brush about 150ft. down the hillside. We stopped to see if anyone was > hurt, and the guys were sort of amazed anyone cared -- apparently it was > a fairly common occurrence at that point in the road, and they just > dealt with it. One said both drivers been drunk the night before and > just drove over the edge and rolled a few times down the hillside, > without significant damage to the drivers. The cars were a bit crunched > but not too bad. No problem mon. > > We did have various goats, donkeys, chickens and other wildlife to dodge > as we drove around, you go around a sharp curve and a whole flock (or > whatever they are called) of goats would be in the road, just standing > there for no apparent reason, and they did not give way too easily. > > You gotta love tropical countries. > > --R > > ernest breakfield wrote: > > yep; even though there's not a speed limit on the islands over 30 or > > so and there isn't much opportunity for any passing, there seem to be > > an inordinately high percentage of cars with bashed up right sides... > > stories of how this driving style came to be there vary; the cute > > one they tell visitors is that this makes it possible to hold hands > > with a friend who is walking down the road while they drive. the more > > practical reason might be that many roads in the islands are so twisty > > and the storms that pass through there so incredibly torrential that > > the only way they can drive at times is to be able to see the edge of > > the road/cliff out the window of the side the driver is sitting on. > > > > > > cheers! > > e > > > > > > Wilton Strickland wrote: > >> Scary!! So, when trying to pass, driver can expose a LOT of car to the > >> other lane before the driver can see that the passing lane is free, or > >> NOT!!!! 'Sounds more like "drive by feel." "Well, if all of that large > >> part of the car sticking out there has [not] been hit by now, I quess > >> it's OK to > >> go ahead." Real smart. ;<)))))) > >> > >> Wilton > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "ernest breakfield" <erne...@backyardengineering.org> > >> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:13 AM > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Serious injuries only please/Swedish traffic > >> > >> > >> > >>> that's the way it works in the US Virgin Islands now; Amerikun-style > >>> cars driven on the left side of the road. > >>> > >>> > >>> cheers! > >>> e > >>> n > >>> > >>> Wilton Strickland wrote: > >>> > >>>> So, Sweden switched from left hand traffic (LHT) to right had traffic > >>>> > >> (RHT) > >> > >>>> in 1967, but even with LHT, many (maybe most) cars were driven from > >>>> the > >>>> eft - left hand drive (LHD). Most drivers, then, were already > >>>> > >> positioned > >> > >>>> on the left side of the car for better/safer operation in RHT. > >>>> > >>>> Wilton > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -------------- next part -------------- > >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >>> URL: > >>> > >> <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090218/74 > >> > >> e60c31/attachment.html> > >> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > >> > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090219/c2 26de63/attachment.html> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
