Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Oct 25th 2006, 5:22 am
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by Sally
Belt and braces me. I use the parking brake.
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Oct 25th 2006, 5:24 am
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by Sally
Belt and braces me. I use the parking brake.
Oct 25th 2006, 5:25 am
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by frrussre
Great saying. I use it here all the time. Goes over their heads, even when I change it to Belt & Suspenders.
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Oct 25th 2006, 5:57 am
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Never use the parking break unless I'm on a really steep incline. If it is a stick shift I always park it in gear.
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Oct 25th 2006, 12:04 pm
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
The US actually has pretty good road safety according to these stats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_sa...of_the_problem
Ahead of Germany, but this is deaths per km.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_sa...of_the_problem
Ahead of Germany, but this is deaths per km.
Oct 25th 2006, 12:43 pm
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
The US actually has pretty good road safety according to these stats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_sa...of_the_problem
Ahead of Germany, but this is deaths per km.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_sa...of_the_problem
Ahead of Germany, but this is deaths per km.
Oct 25th 2006, 1:29 pm
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by frrussre
Please, you are not suggesting the mini skirt comment is sexist. Please you are not suggesting, that no pretty girl has ever worn a mini to a test.
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Oct 25th 2006, 3:30 pm
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
So, basically you're saying that its easy to pass the UK driving test if you're wearing a miniskirt? Can't say that I gave that a try.....guess it was just my driving the DSL person was rating.....
Oct 25th 2006, 3:37 pm
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by Sally
Oh I didn't understand that comment. Very sexist
Oct 25th 2006, 4:08 pm
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by TRPardoe
Have you ever heard of an automatic in park running away?
Originally Posted by TRPardoe
In Park, the transmission is locked solid. It cannot run away, unlike with an emergency brake where all sorts of things might fail.
There's just something reassuring to me about applying the handbrake whilst the car is stationary. When I park I apply the handbrake and keep the car either in first gear or reverse, depending on the incline of the road.
Oct 25th 2006, 4:19 pm
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
What I hate about park is, when you're on a slight hill and you stop the car, it lurches when you take your foot off the brake.
I have to make sure no one is getting out the car when I put it in park, otherwise the door will probably hit them
..... 
I have to make sure no one is getting out the car when I put it in park, otherwise the door will probably hit them
.....
Oct 25th 2006, 5:53 pm
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
What I hate about park is, when you're on a slight hill and you stop the car, it lurches when you take your foot off the brake.
I have to make sure no one is getting out the car when I put it in park, otherwise the door will probably hit them .....
I have to make sure no one is getting out the car when I put it in park, otherwise the door will probably hit them
..... My husband does that all the time...don't know why he just doesn't take his foot off the brake as soon as its in park.
Oct 25th 2006, 6:14 pm
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Re: Ignorant Yank comments on British Driving...
I still use the parking break out of habit......and my son does because he has a manual....it took me a while to get used to an automatic...
The thing that gets me...is people doing 28 miles an hour on route 28...thats the name of the road...not the speed limit which is 40...
The thing that gets me...is people doing 28 miles an hour on route 28...thats the name of the road...not the speed limit which is 40...
Apr 25th 2007, 1:23 am
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I should know, lololol, driving from Dublin to Cork is like the Monte Carlo rally.
