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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (52028)	8/2/2004 6:56:26 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 74559

British drivers are not too bad, but they do drive too fast. I liked driving in the USA and found the USA drivers courteous and overall better mannered then some in the UK. There is a problem with USA "roundabouts". In the UK they work well because everyone gives way to the right. So coming into a roundabout you give way to anyone in the roundabout, and once your in, anyone on your left better get out the way unless it's an 18 wheeler, which has traffic rights over everyone by nature of it's size. Interested in other views on this as I met lots of USA guys coming in to the UK for the first time driving a car. In the USA the intersection rule is give away to the right. This really messes up USA roundabouts as they go around the opposite way. Folks on the roundabout are confused whether they should give away to oncoming traffic on their right and confusion reigns. In London the traffic is very advanced to making sure it works smoothly as possible. Even if your stuck in a jam, with no right of way, oncoming traffic will give you eight millionths of a second to move in, or get out of the way if you don't know what you are doing. It's actually quite efficient. I found the drivers in NY of a similar attitude.