Comments on: Driving in the US http://stephen.geek.nz/esoteric/other/driving-in-the-us/ A website about my interests: baking, software, photography, religion, politics and sex. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: John Ripley http://stephen.geek.nz/esoteric/other/driving-in-the-us/#comment-3692 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:54:23 +0000 http://stephen.geek.nz/esoteric/other/driving-in-the-us/#comment-3692 Hi Steve, The idea of turning (left) on a red light, treating it as a give way sign, is considered here from time to time. Melbourne has it but only on specified intersections which are signposted accordingly. Hi Steve,

The idea of turning (left) on a red light, treating it as a give way sign, is considered here from time to time. Melbourne has it but only on specified intersections which are signposted accordingly.

]]> by: Cornelia http://stephen.geek.nz/esoteric/other/driving-in-the-us/#comment-3623 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:34:00 +0000 http://stephen.geek.nz/esoteric/other/driving-in-the-us/#comment-3623 In SA the speed limits on highways are 120 km/h.(Mike's kind of speed). Coming to NZ I was very happy to see the "Top" speed limit on NZ roads are 100km/h.(My kind of speed or slower). The give way to the on coming traffic when you both want to turn left, it's was something new for us to learn, driving here in NZ. Looks like each country are quiet different. I think I will get muddled up to drive on the "wrong side" of the road in America. I rather take the bus, train,get a lift or a taxi the first few months before I started to drive in America. I can only say to you Steve is:- "You just recently got your drivers lic and you are so BRAVE to drive in America. Well done!!! You are one ahead of me". Please put a photo on your website of the car you are drivng. Thanks Steve!!! Regards Cornelia In SA the speed limits on highways are 120 km/h.(Mike’s kind of speed).

Coming to NZ I was very happy to see the “Top” speed limit on NZ roads are 100km/h.(My kind of speed or slower).

The give way to the on coming traffic when you both want to turn left, it’s was something new for us to learn, driving here in NZ.

Looks like each country are quiet different. I think I will get muddled up to drive on the “wrong side” of the road in America. I rather take the bus, train,get a lift or a taxi the first few months before I started to drive in America.

I can only say to you Steve is:- “You just recently got your drivers lic and you are so BRAVE to drive in America. Well done!!! You are one ahead of me”.

Please put a photo on your website of the car you are drivng. Thanks Steve!!!

Regards
Cornelia

]]> by: Sally http://stephen.geek.nz/esoteric/other/driving-in-the-us/#comment-3619 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:21:51 +0000 http://stephen.geek.nz/esoteric/other/driving-in-the-us/#comment-3619 Oh the red lights on the turns...their right turn which is same as a left turn here. I remember the driver doing that picking a bunch of us up from the airport. These kiwi and aussie uni students on their OE, literaturely SCREAMED! Oh my god, did you see that... he just ran a red light?! Does he know how to drive...etc. Later I learned, like you do now, that it is legal to do that. Looks like the highway on Dallas is not as bad as the ones in Los Angeles. There you have the on ramp and about 200-300 metres later is the off ramp on the right. (or feels like a very short distance, as on coming to the on ramp you can see the off ramp ahead) Now it may sound ok but in peak hours, it may just happen that before you can manage to squeeze through to other lanes.... oops here comes the off ramp. Better luck next time. So it often is quite a battle that they are used to. Poor little me not used to this kind of driving was praying for my life. Once you come back to Nz, you will find... why the hell is everyone driving SO SLOWLY! :-) Oh the red lights on the turns…their right turn which is same as a left turn here. I remember the driver doing that picking a bunch of us up from the airport. These kiwi and aussie uni students on their OE, literaturely SCREAMED! Oh my god, did you see that… he just ran a red light?! Does he know how to drive…etc.

Later I learned, like you do now, that it is legal to do that.

Looks like the highway on Dallas is not as bad as the ones in Los Angeles. There you have the on ramp and about 200-300 metres later is the off ramp on the right. (or feels like a very short distance, as on coming to the on ramp you can see the off ramp ahead)

Now it may sound ok but in peak hours, it may just happen that before you can manage to squeeze through to other lanes…. oops here comes the off ramp. Better luck next time.

So it often is quite a battle that they are used to. Poor little me not used to this kind of driving was praying for my life.

Once you come back to Nz, you will find… why the hell is everyone driving SO SLOWLY!

:-)

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