The Knight Bus and Driving in England

[Ladi lyndi]

Hey Everyone.  

I just got back from a week of driving in England
and made an important discovery.  There is really
no magic about the Knight bus and things jumping
out of it's way as it goes down the road.  It
appears that this is a natural phenomenon within
England.  How in the world I was able to return
our rental car back without lots of dents and
scratches is a testament to this.

How do all of you living in England drive there
without having a daily heart attack?  I really
couldn't believe that on some of those roads two
cars could pass by each other.  Also, you have
those little 'gates' where you have to drive
between two posts that you pray your car isn't
too wide to fit through.  I'm sure I caused
plenty of people fits as I slowly made my way
through these.

I do have to say the roads are well marked and
even when we got lost we were able to find out
way without a map and just by following all the
signs.

Can anyone tell me what the green L's and P's
mean that I saw on people's cars?  Someone said
they meant that it shows someone is a new driver
and I was to either avoid or harass the driver. 
So, I'm now confused about what those things
really mean.

One other thing I learned about driving in
England.  People are very polite and considerate.
 Even when they cut you off they still signal
thanks to you.  It's as if they are saying, yea,
I know I was just a jerk, thanks for not hitting
me anyway.  LOL

Oh, we did find a house in England and as of July
1st will be living in Pinner.  Well, it's
actually Hatch End but the post code is Pinner.

Lynn
(who considered responding to Amandageist's post
just because a bucket of water would feel really
good right now in this heat but decided
discretion was the better part of valor -
particularly since I have no clue what the whole
thread was all about)

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