Wednesday, September 22, 2010
What to Envy about England!!
Born and raised in New York you see a lot of things that are great and bad about the city. As a daily driver, the one thing that gets to me is the lack of road respect that goes on. I go to England often because I have family their, the one thing that caught my eye was how polite and respectful drivers were to each other. If someone was signaling to move over in to the next lane, the driver would automatically allow them to get in the lane with a smile and wave being exchanged on both sides of the parties. Here in New York, people purposely slam on the gas to make sure that they remain in front and not allowing the other person to get by. People are always yelling at each other and road rage is rampant everywhere. Out in England, everyone is easy going and willing and able to let the person go ahead and make any move they need to in their car. Forget about the the taxi cab drivers and the way they do their thing, that is a whole other ball game. I love New York and I think the way that people drive in the city is a small part that makes New York, but I wish it wasn't.
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Maybe people in England are so busy concentrating on driving on the WRONG side of the road that they have no time to have rage? LOL just kidding
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Some people in New York do drive like they're in the grand prix; I'd say the rudeness and road rage is unrivaled in the U.S. However, the situation drastically changes for the better as soon as you move out of the borough and further away from the city.
ReplyDelete$250 fine plus 2 points on your license for honking...Have you ever seen a speed-limit sign in Manhattan? I once through a sicilian slice of pizza into a soccer mom's caravan while in a road-rage-dual...wish I could have that one back.
ReplyDeleteEngland propaganda, Marry Poppins, ONLY TEA you YANKS, no COFFEE. They drive small cars, since gasoline is $279 a gallon, and that's in $. Joking!! You are right, I yelled at a guy today for cutting me off slightly, to realize that he had his daughter in the car. Felt bad afterwords. Forget it, still going to get a sicilian slice of pizza from Vincent's pizzeria and....
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