Edit: Forgot to mention that British roads are much smaller and more crowded than Midwest roads so more skill and courtesy is required to drive on them without accidents and since road deaths per capita are approx ⅕ of what they are here, they must be pretty good at it!
That is a completely “looking at it the wrong way round” kinda question.
Give me British driving any day!
What are the core beliefs of liberalism and conservatism? Can you provide a list of defining characteristics for each side?
1 there are as many “stop” signs in the US as there are “yield” signs in Europe. There is no such thing as a 4-way stop in Europe. Any intersection like this would have a roundabout where the aim is for no-one to actually stop. So, the US FORCES everyone to stop, Europe tries to make it so NO-ONE has to stop.
Driving standards in the US are seriously less rigorous than in the UK.
I took the test again the next day and passed!
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I took my UK driving test over 40 years ago when it was only one part, and was easy compared to the 3 part test today.
I took this ridiculously easy test at a computer terminal. I then went for the practical test. I failed because I did two things that I would have failed on in the UK if I'd NOT done them.
2 Traffic lights in Europe are even actually called Stop-lights in the US, because that's what their purpose is. When I moved to this part of Iowa there was a stretch of road that was annoying because over about 5½ miles it had about 6 stop lights. Now the same stretch of road has over 20 stoplights. I had the (mis)fortune to meet the city manager one evening and he told me it was his intention to have stop lights on every single intersection along that road so that those who lived in the city could get out onto that main road. I pointed out to him that a) since the city was on a grid, the locals would easily go down to an intersection a couple blocks down, b) that even the locals were driving the other way out of the city so as to avoid this stretch of road c) the city was losing trade because people from the west of the metro were driving around the city. d) if the lights were synchronized so that if you hit a green and followed the speed limit, you'd hit all greens. His response was that he wanted the traffic to stop so that people didn't speed through the city. I pointed out that he was achieving exactly the opposite since people were racing to get through the next light and, even worse, we're blatantly driving through red lights because they were so frustrated.
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There are SO many more things I could say about US driving - like driving in the overtaking lane, getting in the left lane because half a mile down the road you want to take a left, slowing down to nearly a standstill before making any turn yet racing up to a stop sign so that anyone else about to go has a heart attack thinking no-one sane would drive that fast up to a stop sign.
I took my Iowa drivers test 15 or so years ago. I, and locals, read through the questions expected in the test while sat in the bar - it was quite a jolly time - and first time through the questions I got 2 out of 100 wrong. The locals did not fare nearly so well!
2 examples -
Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support.
I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized.
he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that.
he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened.
he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence.
i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me
i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction.
after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly.
things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it.
we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe …
our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far?
this has upset me so much its hard to even function.
I do not go to that city any more.
There are major differences between driving in the US and in Europe. The primary one is that in Europe everything is about keeping traffic moving - stop traffic as few times as possible. In the US the object is to stop traffic on a regular basis.
