Blinkage

Cadaverous Pallor · 11-29-2007, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

One of the reasons we in America have so many accidents with such low speed limits is our inability to properly adhere to the rules of the road. Of course, our licensing requirements are rather lax, but still, in Europe using a signal and utilizing proper lanes (left for passing, right for slow) contributes their on the road safety.

My experiences on the road in Europe scared the hell out of me. In Italy everyone drove straddling lanes, all the time. They sped up to pass each other and then hit the brakes to avoid hitting the person in front. Our taxi rides felt like video games, except for the impending death part.

Kevy Baby · 11-29-2007, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

My experiences on the road in Europe scared the hell out of me. In Italy...

Did you go to Germany? My experiences there impressed the heck out of me. Yes, I got to do 200 KPH on the Autobahn for a half hour (would have liked to have gone faster, but that was as fast as the car would comfortably do), but people knew how to drive, The roads were excellent and the Autobahn is well designed and maintained.

One thing I recently saw about the Autobahn and other European highways was that they design IN curves and hills. US highways have long stretches of straight and flat. This leads more to road hypnosis. The curves and hills of the European highways keeps your mind more alert.

Gemini Cricket · 11-29-2007, 04:20 PM

Here's a blinkage question:

Two cars meet at an intersection with stop signs at each crosswalk. One car is going north, the other south. They get to the stop signs at the exact same time. If there's no blinkers on the other car, I go forward. If there is, I usually wave them to go.

But...

Today, this happened to me. I went forward, the car turned towards me in the middle of the intersection. The driver wanted to make a left. No blinkage. There was honking, hand signals yaddah yaddah.

No blinkers, I'm thinking yeah he's going straight.

Or...

Is it supposed to be one at a time only crossing the intersection? Whereby I would be at fault...

11-29-2007, 04:20 PM	#3
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	This is going to sound like a math word problem... Here's a blinkage question: Two cars meet at an intersection with stop signs at each crosswalk. One car is going north, the other south. They get to the stop signs at the exact same time. If there's no blinkers on the other car, I go forward. If there is, I usually wave them to go. But... Today, this happened to me. I went forward, the car turned towards me in the middle of the intersection. The driver wanted to make a left. No blinkage. There was honking, hand signals yaddah yaddah. No blinkers, I'm thinking yeah he's going straight. Or... Is it supposed to be one at a time only crossing the intersection? Whereby I would be at fault...
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