Re: Tips for driving across Europe


"Christian McArdle" <cmcardle75@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I took up a job in Darmstadt, Germany, in June, and I am driving back
>> from the UK on Monday. According to Yahoo Route Planner, I will be
>> doing the Oxford-Dover-France-Belgium-Dusseldorf-Frankfurt-Darmstadt
>
> It's really very easy driving on the right hand side. You'll be amazed how
> easy it is. A few gotchas:
>
> 1. It is very easy to forget when leaving petrol stations and car parks.
> Get
> into the habit of saying the side of the road when setting off.
>
> 2. Look both ways before pulling away or crossing junctions.
>
> 3. You can get unstuck at left turns if you forget to give way to oncoming
> traffic.
>
> 4. People go on about priorite a droite in France. It is a complete load
> of
> b*llocks. They haven't actually enforced it in about 30 years,

"they" don't enforce it, the bugger who pulls out without looking
enforces it for himself.

So far (in 7 years of being abroad) it has happened twice to me.
(Both times, I think the other driver was wrong)

tim


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