tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post680014019083898632..comments2023-06-05T09:22:52.912+01:00Comments on Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Open: Wrong sidePlease Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-51756377095317397922010-07-08T21:55:08.776+01:002010-07-08T21:55:08.776+01:00very nice adventure...very nice adventure...Lapahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340171922080377774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-64009165918366367242010-07-07T22:01:42.894+01:002010-07-07T22:01:42.894+01:00Sensible girl.Sensible girl.Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-42725195858722024522010-07-07T18:35:55.266+01:002010-07-07T18:35:55.266+01:00Fuck. I don't drive!Fuck. I don't drive!Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776138284979286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-17807102148810579162010-07-07T06:31:20.714+01:002010-07-07T06:31:20.714+01:00Ellie - Duly noted. I'll add that to the insan...Ellie - Duly noted. I'll add that to the insanely long list of Things to Remember When Driving in America. How's Spain on the driving front, anyway?<br /><br />AFC - We saw something similar here too. Plus they seem to converge in the middle of interstates for a chit chat. Very odd.<br /><br />Soupy - Yeah, driving is natural after a while, but here, it's like the minute I relax into it I remember that at any moment I could go onto the wrong side of the road. Its scary.<br /><br />Unbearable - I knew America was nuts, but I was hoping Hollywood had a lot to answer for in regards to exagerrating stuff. Not so much!<br /><br />Anon - All I can say to that is, I know EXACTLY what you mean. <br /><br />Londonlass - Oh, not serious arguing. The sort of arguing that's over and forgotten the minute you get to your destination. Thank god. Or this post wouldn't have been about the problems with driving! haha.<br /><br />Z Step - Barbarians / British, same difference.<br /><br />James - I haven't encountered a stop sign on a school bus, but at least now I know what to do when the time comes. I've just written about the 4th July, it was a slightly strange day, but a very nice evening.Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-23829292661387547152010-07-06T17:25:42.851+01:002010-07-06T17:25:42.851+01:00When I first got here I drove for a few months bef...When I first got here I drove for a few months before taking my US test (it's allowed, for some reason), and the school bus thing totally threw me.<br /><br />The first time a bus stopped and stuck out its little stop sign, I was passing in the outside lane and the gf had to yell at me to brake---I basically did an emergency stop and pulled to a halt beside the bus. No kids were crossing in front of me at the time, but if they had been I'd probably have mentally scarred them for life.<br /><br />Here's the thing---a stop sign is a street sign, which I expected to see on streets. And did. I didn't expect a stop sign to suddenly stick out of a vehicle!<br /><br />Anyway, I learned that lesson, and since passed the test, which consisted of driving round the block and then driving into a parking space. <br /><br />How was 4th of July down there?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252335036553031411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-86945386311168370352010-07-06T15:51:09.937+01:002010-07-06T15:51:09.937+01:00I'm not sure why you have an issue with cars s...I'm not sure why you have an issue with cars stopping for school buses. It was implemented because of the danger to children crossing the street in front of the bus and oncoming cars not being able to see them until it was too late.<br /><br />Do you support the running down of poor unsuspecting school children? Barbarians, the lot of you.Zstepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-89487350268574716642010-07-06T13:53:13.993+01:002010-07-06T13:53:13.993+01:00Oo ... arguing (albeit in weird/nervous type way)....Oo ... arguing (albeit in weird/nervous type way). Are you also doing lots of making up too ... ? <i>(that comment was not meant to sound quite so pervy pervy leery leery as it came out)</i><br /><br />^As for Zstep (above) : I would beg to differ. Ours is the right way, it's everyone else that's back to front.London Lass Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585548733858304214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-75231318557986236472010-07-06T13:18:41.591+01:002010-07-06T13:18:41.591+01:00My memory of driving in Florida is that half the r...My memory of driving in Florida is that half the roads didn't appear on the maps, and directions are tiny and located right by your turn off, so you got plenty of practice at doing illegal U-turns and saying the sentence "that was our turning". Plus, for the "home of the car", the roads were in appalling condition.<br /><br />Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-32932271029711497662010-07-06T12:52:14.445+01:002010-07-06T12:52:14.445+01:00Yes, I'm with Z. I'm not sure what you mea...Yes, I'm with Z. I'm not sure what you mean by this "wrong side" stuff. Seems perfectly normal to me. And U.S.A = land of the nuts. Hadn't you heard already? I thought your trip to the U.S. was to confirm.The Unbearable Banishmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704208968630911021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-91282681084571784322010-07-06T09:41:43.308+01:002010-07-06T09:41:43.308+01:00It sounds terrifying! Driving is one of those thin...It sounds terrifying! Driving is one of those things that becomes 'natural' as you learn. I find that I don't really *think* when I am driving, I just *do* according to the situation and reading the road. And this comes from just being used to driving on the left. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to cope with everything being on the other side, let alone all these other rules!<br /><br />The Designer likes to 'back seat' drive when I am behind the wheel. I don't like backseat drivers at the best of times but he hasn't even passed his test! The cheek!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-78223892845779117002010-07-06T08:27:33.570+01:002010-07-06T08:27:33.570+01:00I agree with you whole heartedly Jo. Bonkers, esp...I agree with you whole heartedly Jo. Bonkers, especially the bit about school buses. That just seems to make people drive like idiots to get past them before they stop.<br /><br />Also cops on every street corner. I wonce saw 11 police cars stop a guy on a moped in Miami.AFC 30Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008242104045918716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-49952170816894205312010-07-06T05:19:57.472+01:002010-07-06T05:19:57.472+01:00ps - I shit myself driving in London. Not very lad...ps - I shit myself driving in London. Not very lady-like, I know.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776138284979286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-46606783252839771622010-07-06T05:19:25.429+01:002010-07-06T05:19:25.429+01:00Careful: the rule is 'right on red' and i...Careful: the rule is 'right on red' and it's not observed everywhere -- only in advanced places (driving laws vary from state to state) where people can use their common sense. <br /><br />You can only turn <b>right</b> on a red signal where there is no one coming. Except in some even more highly advanced places where you can turn left on red if you are turning from 1 one-way to another one-way street. That final nuance threw My Man for a loop. I quite like it.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130776138284979286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-78494638990145003332010-07-06T05:08:18.146+01:002010-07-06T05:08:18.146+01:00Hosh tosh! We've got it sorted over the pond! ...Hosh tosh! We've got it sorted over the pond! Who needs eight - I counted them on my way back from TGI Fridays in Tampa just now - eight lanes of traffic on a normal road? And why can't I fill up my car without paying for it first?<br /><br />Bonkers country.Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30034378.post-1175288074599503312010-07-06T04:11:06.614+01:002010-07-06T04:11:06.614+01:00Ummm, you're very nice and I'm sure quite ...Ummm, you're very nice and I'm sure quite cute...but you Brits do it all wrong. Steering on the right side of the car? Driving on the left? Madness.<br /><br />Having survuved 2 weeks in Ireland recently, driving the wrong insane way you people (and I lump you in with the Irish for this purpose), I have absolutely no sympathy for you, none.Zstepnoreply@blogger.com