OT: Someone blew up a speed-camera outside Belfast, Northern Ireland
10-09-2003, 12:03 PM
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OT: Someone blew up a speed-camera outside Belfast, Northern Ireland
Hi folks,
Somone blew up a speed-camera outside Belfast in Northern Ireland:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/1009/north02.html
Being from Ireland, lets just say I have "mixed" feelings on this one...
Karl.
Somone blew up a speed-camera outside Belfast in Northern Ireland:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/1009/north02.html
Being from Ireland, lets just say I have "mixed" feelings on this one...
Karl.
10-09-2003, 01:28 PM
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Originally posted by SoCal Driver
...What is it like to drive here on the correct side of the road?
...What is it like to drive here on the correct side of the road?
But when I first came out here, it was tricky.
You don't have problems on highways or other major roads when there's lots of traffic.
Its the residential areas where you're most likely to screw up, particularly if there's no other traffic to cue you in - e.g. pulling out of a driveway in the early morning.
For Americans on vacation in Ireland, the roundabouts (i.e. rotarys) are the most difficult hazards to deal with. Your normal instincts are thrown way-way-off.
Karl.
10-09-2003, 01:37 PM
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I drove something like 300 miles during a trip to Ireland (for a wedding) last year.
Rotaries were definitely a nightmare. You keep having to remind yourself that you need to go through it clockwise, not counterclockwise. And then you're looking the wrong way to merge or get out. And the signs indicating where each "spoke" or offshoot of the rotary went were very small.
The other scary thing was some of the more rural country roads, that are like 1.5 lanes wide in total, with hedgerows or ditches on either side. It was harvest season, so you see these huge tractors roaring down the center of the road, taking 90% of the space, so you have to drive off the road to avoid being run over.
Driving stick lefthanded is also quite strange - at least the pedals aren't reversed!
Kevin
Rotaries were definitely a nightmare. You keep having to remind yourself that you need to go through it clockwise, not counterclockwise. And then you're looking the wrong way to merge or get out. And the signs indicating where each "spoke" or offshoot of the rotary went were very small.
The other scary thing was some of the more rural country roads, that are like 1.5 lanes wide in total, with hedgerows or ditches on either side. It was harvest season, so you see these huge tractors roaring down the center of the road, taking 90% of the space, so you have to drive off the road to avoid being run over.
Driving stick lefthanded is also quite strange - at least the pedals aren't reversed!
Kevin
