IT is getting hot here, up to almost 30 today in Illinois. A good friend of mine, Phil Butler, and his daughter, were killed in a terrible traffic accident in England. Don't think I can blame the roundabouts though, I think it was because of all those stupid high hedges that block the view of the road and oncoming traffic.
Mark On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Peter Goodyear <p...@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > In Australia we also drive on the wrong side of the road in cars with > manual gearboxes and negotiate roundabouts clockwise* in speeds measured > in kilometres per hour.* It’s a miracle we’re not all dead from traffic > accidents. > > It’s going to be a cold 10ºC today in Melbourne > > Best wishes, > > Peter Goodyear > > > On 12 Jul 2016, at 07:39, 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 <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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