Mark Hewitt wrote:
> "elise" wrote in message
> news:38lo4fF5q9h5hU1@individual.net...
> > My boyfriend has never driven in the States and as we're coming for
a
> > driving
> > holiday later this month, I thought it might be helpful if we had
some
> > advice.
> >
> > Any major Do's or Don'ts??
> > Websites for driving in California?
>
> If he's a competant driver in the UK he shouldn't have too much
trouble with
> US roads.
> The only problem I encountered was with the 4 way stop. I didn't have
a
> single clue what to do. I must have went through a couple of dozen of
them
> and my passenger told me I'd gotten it wrong every single time!
Yeah, sorta the reverse reaction to round-abouts.
[snip]
> Of course
> in the USA it's the opposite, especially on dual carriageways I found
it
> tricky to get used to being on the other side of the car! But I was
fine
> after a couple of drives.
Going the other way the two that kinda threw me was entering
limited access Highways. Just couldn't get use to going down the
"wrong ramp" so to speak. The other more prevelant though was
turning right. Over here, when one turns right it's pretty
much right lane to right lane. Turning left can be all manner
of combinations based upon whether either road is one way or not.
But there is virtually never a reason to go from the right most
lane to the LEFT most lane. In the UK, going from a one way onto
a dual way just never felt right.
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