Roundabouts & a bit of a driving rant

[Petra Pan]

Wendy, in part:
> I think there's also a bit of a
> different attitude towards driving, 
> at least in some places. You asked
> specifically about Scotland, and 
> I found Scottish drivers to be FAR
> more courteous, certainly VASTLY  
> more curteous than the drivers I
> encounter on highways in the Bay 
> Area now.

<grin>  Oh my yes...can't imagine the 
drivers on the Bay Area or Los Angeles 
highways display the kind of courtesy 
I saw on the roads in the UK: my cab 
drivers navigated the long, winding, 
and very dark country roads while 
carefully turning their high beam down 
EVERYtime we met oncoming traffic.

Okay, part of that MAY be to prevent 
blinding them to our whereabouts...

Wendy, in later part:
> Public transporation is much better
> there than it is here, in general 
> (there may be areas of the U.S. which
> have excellent public transporation.
> I have never lived in one, though).

Are you sure?  One area of the US that 
has great public transportation is 
San Francisco, which is at the heart of 
the Bay Area.  I must have read half of 
the public library on the buses...how I 
miss my FastPass...  NYC is another.

There must be other cities...

Petra
a
n  :)

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