different driving rules...?
Feb 27th 2009, 7:44 am
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Re: different driving rules...?
Having just done a trip to The Netherlands and back we managed to avoid Paris for this reason only to find the traffic around Antwerp just as bad. Four lanes of chaos.
But we have seen some bad and good driving from all nationalities. And in the end our conclusion is No body is perfect.
Feb 27th 2009, 11:55 am
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Re: different driving rules...?
Having just done a trip to The Netherlands and back we managed to avoid Paris for this reason only to find the traffic around Antwerp just as bad. Four lanes of chaos.
But we have seen some bad and good driving from all nationalities. And in the end our conclusion is No body is perfect.
But we have seen some bad and good driving from all nationalities. And in the end our conclusion is No body is perfect.
Personally I absolutely love driving on the continent as we're so laid back and polite in the UK it makes driving a bore!
If you want a proper driving experience then drive in Germany, best country I've ever visited to drive in as even the 70 year old women have big mercs/bmws and drive properly and fast!
Spain on the other hand you just don't know where you stand... I've been hit by a chicken falling out of a car window before.. Bizarre is not the word!
Feb 27th 2009, 7:56 pm
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Re: different driving rules...?
apart from the "anything goes" roundabouts, I find the way the spanish always HAVE to overtake, doesnt matter if its a blind bend, a mountain track, next to a "no overtaking sign" or just before they´re about to turn off, they just cant help themselves!
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Feb 27th 2009, 9:21 pm
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Feb 28th 2009, 11:22 am
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Feb 28th 2009, 5:27 pm
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Re: different driving rules...?
I tell u what i still miss from there, longs bar and mckenzies haha!
how about you, where did u work and live?
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Mar 1st 2009, 8:10 am
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Re: different driving rules...?
I worked all over the place (got easily bored of jobs and tried a million different 'careers' lol, then studied in swindon college and Reading uni for my degree....I lived in town and old town then me and mr FB bought a house (which we still own and rent out) off northern road.
I tell u what i still miss from there, longs bar and mckenzies haha!
how about you, where did u work and live?
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I tell u what i still miss from there, longs bar and mckenzies haha!
how about you, where did u work and live?
xx
When I came to Spain I was never going to work in law again and now I spend my time doing English Wills, Divorces and Probates. Some things never change!
