On Wed, 6 May 2009 23:06:18 +0200 AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/5/6 William Robb <[email protected]>: > > We don't use mirrors (though some ladies do use the vanity mirror > > for applying make-up, generally while travelling 15-30km/hr under > > the speed limit in the left lane). > > FWIW, the _only_ time I've seen someone using the coupé mirror for > makeup was in Maryland, on a four-lane road heading for Baltimore. > > The worst driving culture I've ever experienced must be Israel. :-) > > But then again, I've never been to India, as some gentleman from there > pointed out last time this issue was raised around here. :-) i don't know, i have nothing much to compare it with except saudi arabia (where i lived for four years) and that was definitely better overall. i think. except for mad saudi drivers... over here, it is cycles, motorcycles, scooters, ox-carts, rickshaws, cars, vans, trucks/lorries, buses all sharing the same space that is mostly anything from 20 to 30 ft wide, except for the expressways of course. throw "no rules" into the mixture and you can imagine the fun. ;-) still, it seems to work. most of the time anyway.... as Bill would say, good times... btw, anyone know where one can get hard statistics for road accidents/deaths for individual countries? regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
