03 Feb 12
Originally posted by Trev33I once nearly got knocked down in Kerry crossing a one way street.
I'm sure its been done many times in the past... do they drive on the left in Canada? You should go to Peru, i still look both ways on a 'one way' street lol
The driver obviously knew he was doing somethign a little bit naughty, so he thought he'd try to be clever. He kept his lights off making him harder to be seen. Smart! He also reversed down the one way street, so that his car was pointing in the correct direction if anybody stopped him. Genius!
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18 Feb 12
Originally posted by RagnorakReally good that one!
I once nearly got knocked down in Kerry crossing a one way street.
The driver obviously knew he was doing somethign a little bit naughty, so he thought he'd try to be clever. He kept his lights off making him harder to be seen. Smart! He also reversed down the one way street, so that his car was pointing in the correct direction if anybody stopped him. Genius!
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18 Feb 12
Originally posted by RagnorakOh well, maybe next time you will not be as lucky! 😛
I once nearly got knocked down in Kerry crossing a one way street.
The driver obviously knew he was doing somethign a little bit naughty, so he thought he'd try to be clever. He kept his lights off making him harder to be seen. Smart! He also reversed down the one way street, so that his car was pointing in the correct direction if anybody stopped him. Genius!
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20 Feb 12
Originally posted by Great Big SteesThat is a FACT!
Not unlike "STOP" signs in Quebec.
I was in Montreal back in 2001, so the walk light came on, everything looked good, I started to cross & the lady I was with pulled me back just in time, so I didn't get hit by a car running the light.
I can forward her thank you notes from any of you, just send me a P.M.! 😉
20 Feb 12
Originally posted by Very Rusty"Thank you" wasn't the sentiment I had in mind.
That is a FACT!
I was in Montreal back in 2001, so the walk light came on, everything looked good, I started to cross & the lady I was with pulled me back just in time, so I didn't get hit by a car running the light.
I can forward her thank you notes from any of you, just send me a P.M.! 😉
20 Feb 12
Originally posted by FabianFnasHows this :my dad got his international license , which was really just filling out a bit of paper and paying some money, so we could goto driving in Europe.
In Greece the red light is just a recommendation to stop. (I have been told...)
So in Australia he had been driving on the left for nearly 20 years and when we got to Hungary he had to re-aclimatize himself to drive on the right again. But when we got the ferry over to England, he had to go back to the left hand side of the road, despite his steering also being on the left . Crazy stuff. Not for the faint hearted. Especially if you have never been London in your life and you have to find some place on the other side of town (Acton).
Then again in the mountains of former yugoslavia no one seemed to really pay attention to which side of the road they were on.
Not to mention keeping a 2 second gap with the car in front of you on the motorways in France where everyone was hooning along at about 150kms.
Luckily my dad was. Suddenly there was a pile up happening in front, most likely because cars weren't keeping the proper distance from each other. Instead of slamming on the brakes, like the first 5 or 6 cars that had just rammed up each others bums, my dad cleverly swerved into the parking lane and avoided a disasterous looking pile-up, only to have the car up our bums slam into the others in front of us, it too tailgating us and paying the price. I dare say there might have been around 10 cars involved in that pile-up and we were not game to return to help or anything like that for fear of seeing carnage and quite probably fatalities.
There's a couple of lessons there.