> > [snip]
> > Thanks for your comments - very helpful (same to everyone else whom I
> > haven't replied to yet!)
> > > FWIW, I'm planning on coming to the UK the first week of April to
attend
> > > a convention in the Bristol, area. I'm scared shitless at the thought
of
> > > driving a car out of Gatwick or Heathrow. (My experiences at Chicago's
> > > O'Hare airport is the primary reason for my fears. I'll be flying out
of
> > > Milwaukee this time.) I guess I'll just drive like I'm at
Silverstone...
> > > isn't that an old airport?
> > Silverstone? Not sure. Driving a car out of Heathrow is considerably
easier
> > than driving out of Gatwick, since with Gatwick - it is far easier to
end up
> > in London or Brighton if you miss the turning for the M25.
> > The actual 'driving' is pretty easy. The roads are wide (ish) and well
> > marked. Getting in and out of the airport is REALLY SIMPLE, especially
for
> > Heathrow.
> > Gatwick again, just be careful when you come out you are in the right
lane
> > for the way you want to go (this is signposted at least twice, and
written
> > on the road too!) If you get the wrong one, you can turn round at the
next
> > junction anyway.
> Damn...I'm flying into Gatwick. Guess I'll have to take my own advice
> and know where I'm going and drive alert.
All you should practice is the point at which you come up to a 'slip road'
which is joining your motorway. If this is the case, check your blind spot
(over your right shoulder) and switch to the right hand lane to allow people
joining the motorway to join safely.
It's quite easy really. Play some of your favourite music and have fun!
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I assUme you will be renting a car, it will be an automatic, so you
will not have to worry about shifting. Also many rental cars in the US
have these Day Time Running Lights, but there is no real standard on
the things so be sure to understand the lights on the car you get.
When I was there I got a Chevy Malibu (upgrade to mid-class, yeah
right!) and it had the lights on all the time no matter how the switch
was. I also paid the $9/day for the liabiliaty insurance, this pays
your insurance liability if you have an acident. It was nice to be
able to close my eyes and floor it, to get on to the highway! Just
kidding :-)
I would say just do as the flow of traffic does, if they all do it,
then it should be okay. I would adjust my speed to the speed that
traffic was doing, ignore the speed limit unless that is what the
majority of other cars are doing. I took my GPS, a good map and my
wife and I were fine.
All of the major trafic signs are the same, just have unneeded words
on them.
Be sure to learn Spanish before you go. :-0
SLG
>I'm getting married this year, and myself and my fiance are honeymooning in
>San Diego, California. We are both from England (finance was originally
>from Canada), but are a wee bit anxious about driving in the 'states.
>Does anyone know of any simulation which would be reasonable for driving
>around the streets of a californian city? I've tried downloading Driver (1)
>for the PC, but for some reason the controls (I have USB keyboard & mouse)
>are erratic - they keep 'sticking', and 'lagging'... odd behaviour. Apart
>from that - the LA driving in "Driver" is perfect :)
>Does anyone know of a replacement sim for US (right hand side of the road)
>driving? Preferably one with traffic lights, and LA or San Diego maps would
>be a bonus!
>Many thanks in advance,
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>Through TO during rush hour? It's horrendous.
Nah - that's a bit much.<g> But if the speed limit is 70, and a left lane hog
is doing 65, I'm going to go around him.
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I've never been to Europe, and won't be able to go anytime soon. What's the
Germany driving test? Got a link that describes it in English? Now I'm
curious...
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> >Yea, that's why you are defending passing on the right. I bet you even drive
> >up on the shoulder to get by someone on the right.:-)
> Nah - that's a bit much.<g> But if the speed limit is 70, and a left lane hog
> is doing 65, I'm going to go around him.
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If I can get my cousin to answer his emails, I'll ask him. (He lives
there.)
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>I believe that to pass the German driving test you have to do a sub 8:00
>minute lap at the Ring :-)
>Sorry...I couldn't help myself.
Anybody else have any info? :-)
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Yes, we'll be renting, and I guess it'll be an automatic.
What is "Day Time Running Lights"? Is that where the headlights operate at
night?
Good good, that's put me at ease a tad.
Spanish?!
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> What is "Day Time Running Lights"? Is that where the headlights operate at
> night?
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> >What is "Day Time Running Lights"? Is that where the headlights operate
at
> >night?
Safety feature = waste of battery power.
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> Safety feature = waste of battery power.
> >What is "Day Time Running Lights"? Is that where the headlights operate at
> >night?
> No, that is a safey feature where the lights run during the daytime
> too.
Jonny
