British Expats - Pet Peeves?

I've seen cops parked on a grass incline going up to an overpass checking for speed completely out of sight of anyone driving under the overpass.

I've also seen blacked out cops parked in the divide of an interstate where it dips down enough so that they can't be visible, but I guess a radar can just about pick up cars.

You'll love NH...the staties have black or brown SUV's and park in the ditch and blast out of the ditch to get people...and they ping loads of people for speeding because it's such a live free and die state that has to make up for no sales/income tax that it seems to be made up in property taxes and road infractions.

Bob	Feb 8th 2017 5:02 am

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 12172936)

We have giant signs telling us not to do that. We even have one at the end of our road but I have no idea how someone could even if they wanted to.

The ones around here that I see, they're not tilted to face the ramp that you're not meant to go through, especially when you wing through a toll which is a bit disconcerting.

lizzyq

Feb 8th 2017 5:18 am

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The lack of man-size tissues. I'm brewing up a horrible snotty cold and the facial tissues over here just aren't up to it.

Steerpike

Feb 8th 2017 6:05 am

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Originally Posted by lizzyq (Post 12174634)

The lack of man-size tissues. I'm brewing up a horrible snotty cold and the facial tissues over here just aren't up to it.

Really?! I hate those big tissues in UK. They are big, but aren't any stronger than the Kleenex I get in massive packages at Costco. I find the 'man size' is just a waste since it's icky to reuse them ...

Anian

Feb 8th 2017 6:06 am

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On the subject of tolls, a freeway near me has a toll/HOV lane. When there is no toll, it says "OPEN TO ALL" instead of a simple "no toll" or "no fee", which is confusing and therefore fewer people use it and the remaining lanes get a bit bunged up.

Pulaski

Feb 8th 2017 6:46 am

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Originally Posted by Steerpike (Post 12174673)

Agreed - I prefer to use tissues and chuck 'em. The big ones are no more use than a regular tissue, just bigger

I do have a related peeve though - little Miss P dabs her nose couple of times, or sniffs into a tissue once, then throws it away. She can get through half a dozen tissues within fifteen minutes and not have had a good honk into any of them! :frown:

Jerseygirl

Feb 8th 2017 7:15 am

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Originally Posted by lizzyq (Post 12174634)

The lack of man-size tissues. I'm brewing up a horrible snotty cold and the facial tissues over here just aren't up to it.

I agree. When I lived in the U.K. the man size tissues were the only tissues I bought. Fortunately I can buy them here in Toronto.

scrubbedexpat091

Feb 8th 2017 8:11 am

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Originally Posted by Anian (Post 12174678)

I recall seeing those signs. Had I known "open to all" meant no toll, I would have used those lanes and gotten out of the massive traffic jam.

Anian

Feb 8th 2017 8:14 am

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12174751)

I recall seeing those signs. Had I known "open to all" meant no toll, I would have used those lanes and gotten out of the massive traffic jam.

I even looked it up on the DOT website and it didn't explain it clearly - I had to watch a video on Youtube to see what the phrase really meant.

Nutek

Feb 8th 2017 8:25 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12174694)

If you block one nostril at a time you can just snot it straight out the window.

/Helpful

Pulaski

Feb 8th 2017 8:29 am

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Originally Posted by Anian (Post 12174757)

I even looked it up on the DOT website and it didn't explain it clearly - I had to watch a video on Youtube to see what the phrase really meant.

They're the same around DC, and I took advantage of a business trip to drive into the segregated HOV carriageway marked "open to all" to see what, if anything, happened. I figured I could plead ignorance if I triggered a charge. :lol: .... Nothing happened. :)

dc koop

Feb 8th 2017 9:39 am

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Originally Posted by lizzyq (Post 12174634)

The lack of man-size tissues. I'm brewing up a horrible snotty cold and the facial tissues over here just aren't up to it.

Just hope the toilet tissues are doing a better job for you !

dc koop

Feb 8th 2017 9:42 am

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Sign on toll road in California. "No charge weekends and holidays" That should be pretty simple to understand

Pulaski

Feb 8th 2017 9:44 am

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Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 12174838)

Sign on toll road in California. "No charge weekends and holidays" That should be pretty simple to understand.

Even for people who struggle to understand roundabouts? :unsure:

dc koop

Feb 8th 2017 9:52 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12174842)

Even for people who struggle to understand roundabouts? :unsure:

Why should I really bother to understand them? They'll never happen here. No 18 wheeler with a great big long trailer in tow would be able to navigate them and if it tried to just piss off every driver for the next half mile behind it.

Many things from Britain are worth emulating... but not roundabouts in So Cal.

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