Traffic/Driving Laws in Europe...

Here where i live,traffic laws suck,like if theres a jerk who decides to commit suicide and cross the street to intentionally get himself killed,would you belive that the driver will be held responsible and pay a fine or even go to jail for that!!!the charge:reckless imprudence resulting to homicide!!! How are your laws in europe??hope its not same as here....

it usually is the driver who is at fault. the same goes if the car in front of you suddenly stops and you run into him. unless you have witnesses, it is your fault.

NOOLigan wrote: it usually is the driver who is at fault. the same goes if the car in front of you suddenly stops and you run into him. unless you have witnesses, it is your fault.

Well unless the car in front hits something causing an unnnatural stop, it IS your fault because you were travelling too close.

go for a drive in Germany.

very refreshing.

I was able to drive faster on a public road than a fookin race track.

True. Only managed 135mph on the the Nurburgring but got to 145mph on an autobahn

and they have better sausages than us too :\ohwell:

and beer.

I fuckin love Germany. But dont like girls with hairy armpits

Barney Army wrote: go for a drive in Germany.

very refreshing.

I was able to drive faster on a public road than a fookin race track.

True. Only managed 135mph on the the Nurburgring but got to 145mph on an autobahn

and they have better sausages than us too :\ohwell:

and beer.

I fuckin love Germany. But dont like girls with hairy armpits

But you are OK with Mulletted retards in white T-shirts and leather jackets listening to Scorpions and Hasslehof and baying "SHOOOOOOo MEEEEEE"?

I assume yer car has a hard time in those last 10mph, cos that back straight is not exactly short.....then again I suppose it's mostly uphill and bu the time it's going down again you'r already considering how the fuck you can stop to get into the pit loop LOL.

Steve Campbell wrote:

But you are OK with Mulletted retards in white T-shirts and leather jackets listening to Scorpions and Hasslehof and baying "SHOOOOOOo MEEEEEE"?

I assume yer car has a hard time in those last 10mph, cos that back straight is not exactly short.....then again I suppose it's mostly uphill and bu the time it's going down again you'r already considering how the fuck you can stop to get into the pit loop LOL.

on the first point..yup, anyone with lane discipline is cool, no matter what haircut they sport, and the Germans know a man on a mission so get out of your way. Love 'em!!

Could have gone faster on the last straight, but an extra 10mph doesnt quite have the thrill when you just spent 10 minutes shittin yer pants! 135mph was just chillin on a straight trying to take in the experience.

True story was 2 mins into my first lap, sweating harder than I ever thought was possible, I got a text message, I had to laugh, I bet Niki Lauda didnt have such distractions!

I must do it again, rather than blab on about it for the rest of my life

I always try to be careful while driving. Maybe I even have some pedestrian crossing obsession. To hit someone on crossing means to be put in the jail. In other cases its different: one of my job-pal hit a drunk man by car, the judge said he was unguilty, no consequences. Drunky had to pay a big fine according to our Sobriety Act, whatever it means.

Not europe, but in Japan they have these magnets that go on new drivers vehicles and a another one to go on extremely old people's cars. If you get intoan accident with any of them, it is automatically your fault. The car could fall from the sky while you are stopped in front of a red stoplight and it would still be your fault.

JHC

Sounds pretty rough in Japan! In the US, it would be the driver's fault, unless there were witnesses or somebody found a suicide note. Most likely involuntary manslaughter, which is a misdemeanor, unless the driver had alcohol/drugs in his system. I'd like to drive in Germany not only because you can drive FAST there but because I've heard about what great drivers they are. The drivers in the US, for the most part, aren't that great because they don't concentrate on the figgin' road! They're too busy talking on phones and eating and drinking and...God knows what else. Have to say though, they are much better than the drivers in Bangladesh! I hear that they have rules of the road there, just that nobody follows them!

crossing the road as a pedestrian in cairo is quite an experience. the traffic is like the chariot race in ben-hur, only with fiats.

apparently you have to have a sticker on your car to drive on the autobahn in the czech republic? we got pulled over and fined for not having said sticker and had to take the back roads to our destination. anyone know if this is real or if my dad got ripped off by a dodgy police officer?

AgentWood wrote: crossing the road as a pedestrian in cairo is quite an experience. the traffic is like the chariot race in ben-hur, only with fiats.

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I think Egypt and Cairo must have the same driving instructors. In Dhaka, you literally drive right down the middle of the road and when you see someone coming in the opposite direction, you dodge them. I say "you", but I really mean the cab driver, as I wouldn't drive there on a bet. I've read in the Guiness Book of World Records that Egypt has the easiest driving test in the world. You dribe 500 feet in forward and 500 feet in reverse between some cones and viola, you have your driver's license.

Shellshocker wrote:

AgentWood wrote: crossing the road as a pedestrian in cairo is quite an experience. the traffic is like the chariot race in ben-hur, only with fiats.

I think Egypt and Cairo must have the same driving instructors. In Dhaka, you literally drive right down the middle of the road and when you see someone coming in the opposite direction, you dodge them. I say "you", but I really mean the cab driver, as I wouldn't drive there on a bet. I've read in the Guiness Book of World Records that Egypt has the easiest driving test in the world. You dribe 500 feet in forward and 500 feet in reverse between some cones and viola, you have your driver's license.

Because the police are busy rounding up insurgents in Iraq, there are NO traffic laws there right now. It's a big free-for-all. People going obnoxious speeds, normal 4-lane roads somehow turn into 23 lanes that mysteriously start and end; stoplights are ignored, as is every traffic sign; you should see when rush hour hits, I expected circus music to be played.

JHC

68Pontiac wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

AgentWood wrote: crossing the road as a pedestrian in cairo is quite an experience. the traffic is like the chariot race in ben-hur, only with fiats.

I think Egypt and Cairo must have the same driving instructors. In Dhaka, you literally drive right down the middle of the road and when you see someone coming in the opposite direction, you dodge them. I say "you", but I really mean the cab driver, as I wouldn't drive there on a bet. I've read in the Guiness Book of World Records that Egypt has the easiest driving test in the world. You dribe 500 feet in forward and 500 feet in reverse between some cones and viola, you have your driver's license.

Because the police are busy rounding up insurgents in Iraq, there are NO traffic laws there right now. It's a big free-for-all. People going obnoxious speeds, normal 4-lane roads somehow turn into 23 lanes that mysteriously start and end; stoplights are ignored, as is every traffic sign; you should see when rush hour hits, I expected circus music to be played.

JHC

You've been to Iraq?

Shellshocker wrote:

You've been to Iraq?

Uh oh....

here we go.....

i quite enjoyed New York. There a don't walk sign meant walk. I wonder if it still is like that.

NOOLigan wrote: i quite enjoyed New York. There a don't walk sign meant walk. I wonder if it still is like that.

Just don't expect the cars to stop for you, or you'll be sorely disappointed!

68Pontiac wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

AgentWood wrote: crossing the road as a pedestrian in cairo is quite an experience. the traffic is like the chariot race in ben-hur, only with fiats.

I think Egypt and Cairo must have the same driving instructors. In Dhaka, you literally drive right down the middle of the road and when you see someone coming in the opposite direction, you dodge them. I say "you", but I really mean the cab driver, as I wouldn't drive there on a bet. I've read in the Guiness Book of World Records that Egypt has the easiest driving test in the world. You dribe 500 feet in forward and 500 feet in reverse between some cones and viola, you have your driver's license.

Because the police are busy rounding up insurgents in Iraq, there are NO traffic laws there right now. It's a big free-for-all. People going obnoxious speeds, normal 4-lane roads somehow turn into 23 lanes that mysteriously start and end; stoplights are ignored, as is every traffic sign; you should see when rush hour hits, I expected circus music to be played.

JHC

sounds a lot like bangkok.

AgentWood wrote:

68Pontiac wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

AgentWood wrote: crossing the road as a pedestrian in cairo is quite an experience. the traffic is like the chariot race in ben-hur, only with fiats.

I think Egypt and Cairo must have the same driving instructors. In Dhaka, you literally drive right down the middle of the road and when you see someone coming in the opposite direction, you dodge them. I say "you", but I really mean the cab driver, as I wouldn't drive there on a bet. I've read in the Guiness Book of World Records that Egypt has the easiest driving test in the world. You dribe 500 feet in forward and 500 feet in reverse between some cones and viola, you have your driver's license.

Because the police are busy rounding up insurgents in Iraq, there are NO traffic laws there right now. It's a big free-for-all. People going obnoxious speeds, normal 4-lane roads somehow turn into 23 lanes that mysteriously start and end; stoplights are ignored, as is every traffic sign; you should see when rush hour hits, I expected circus music to be played.

JHC

sounds a lot like bangkok.

One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble Not much between despair and ecstasy One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble Can't be too careful with your company I can feel the devil walking next to me

Are there other countries, aside from England, that drive on the left side of the road?

[magenta]shedmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Are there other countries, aside from England, that drive on the left side of the road?

You mean aprt from Wales Scotland and northern Ireland? Yes, The republic Of Ireand (would make for an entertaining border tho if they didn't ) and some others, not all of which are bits of rock we nicked off someone else.

I seem to recall getting baffled one year watching the Japanese GrandPrix. There's a highway running under Suzuka Circuit, and I remember a long debate on what side the cars were driving on....it was 530am, we were mentally minced, and the shot of the highway was in the backgrund of a camera tracking a car doing over 200 mph :D NO idea what was concluded.

I know Japan has their cars drive on the left side of the road. I heard that they got the idea from England, aside from the schooling system and the parlimentary government.

Shellshocker wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: i quite enjoyed New York. There a don't walk sign meant walk. I wonder if it still is like that.

Just don't expect the cars to stop for you, or you'll be sorely disappointed!

they were usually stuck in a traffic jam anyway.

Steve Campbell wrote:

[magenta]shedmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Are there other countries, aside from England, that drive on the left side of the road?

You mean aprt from Wales Scotland and northern Ireland? Yes, The republic Of Ireand (would make for an entertaining border tho if they didn't ) and some others, not all of which are bits of rock we nicked off someone else.

I seem to recall getting baffled one year watching the Japanese GrandPrix. There's a highway running under Suzuka Circuit, and I remember a long debate on what side the cars were driving on....it was 530am, we were mentally minced, and the shot of the highway was in the backgrund of a camera tracking a car doing over 200 mph :D NO idea what was concluded.

didn't norway change from left to right in about 1970.

BTW us commonwealth countries lie Australia and New Zealand also drive on the left hand side.

rule of thumb while driving in new yorK: never use blinker to signal lane change, because that spot will be snatch away.

NOOLigan wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote:

[magenta]shedmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Are there other countries, aside from England, that drive on the left side of the road?

You mean aprt from Wales Scotland and northern Ireland? Yes, The republic Of Ireand (would make for an entertaining border tho if they didn't ) and some others, not all of which are bits of rock we nicked off someone else.

I seem to recall getting baffled one year watching the Japanese GrandPrix. There's a highway running under Suzuka Circuit, and I remember a long debate on what side the cars were driving on....it was 530am, we were mentally minced, and the shot of the highway was in the backgrund of a camera tracking a car doing over 200 mph :D NO idea what was concluded.

didn't norway change from left to right in about 1970.

BTW us commonwealth countries lie Australia and New Zealand also drive on the left hand side.

as do thailand, india (commonwealth), the virgin islands (US and british), south africa (commonwealth), and a few others, i'm sure.

in the USVI, they drive on the left (at least they did in the early '80s) but use american-made cars with the steering wheel also on the left. it makes for an interesting ride.

Steve Campbell wrote:

[magenta]shedmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Are there other countries, aside from England, that drive on the left side of the road?

You mean aprt from Wales Scotland and northern Ireland? Yes, The republic Of Ireand (would make for an entertaining border tho if they didn't ) and some others, not all of which are bits of rock we nicked off someone else.

I seem to recall getting baffled one year watching the Japanese GrandPrix. There's a highway running under Suzuka Circuit, and I remember a long debate on what side the cars were driving on....it was 530am, we were mentally minced, and the shot of the highway was in the backgrund of a camera tracking a car doing over 200 mph :D NO idea what was concluded.

I do recall reading somewhere a few years ago that the Japanese do in fact drive on the left. Makes for a bit of a problem in the tolls booths when they drive an American car, as the Americans don't put the steering wheel on the right side for their Japanese friends.

Steve Campbell wrote:

I seem to recall getting baffled one year watching the Japanese GrandPrix. There's a highway running under Suzuka Circuit, and I remember a long debate on what side the cars were driving on....it was 530am, we were mentally minced, and the shot of the highway was in the backgrund of a camera tracking a car doing over 200 mph :D NO idea what was concluded.

I'm sure the Japanese drive on the left, cos when you buy a car from there it's right hand drive (and covered in stickers saying "Groove on the road in ecstasy and joy"). That's one of the reasons that Jap inports are so popular over here.

Suzuka is a figure 8 track - the bridge goes over another bit of the track. Does it go over a road as well?

Don't think I've ever seen Suzuka sober. Well you tend not to be at that time of night. It makes it a very confusing Grand Prix to watch.

I remember watching it one night and saying "look, a funfair" then getting a full can of lager thrown at my head because it was the 56th time I'd said it during the race.

Yes, the Japanese do drive on the left. Getting used to driving on the left hand side was fun. Once turned left, and went on the wrong side of 4lane road with a cement center median. Didin't notice it until I was 1/4 mile down the road and saw a bunch of headlights coming in my direction at 60 km hour. Braked fast and put it in reverse, doing 60. The driver's were giving me some pretty interesting faces.
My wife (girlfriend at the time) had a Pontiac (strange coincidence, huh?) and that really felt strange for the steering wheel to be closer to the sidewalk.

JHC

I was that man!

I met a bloke coming the other way in Perth (Scotland) a few years ago. Similar thing, concrete reservation on 2-lane road with loads of trucks in the other lane. I must have pulled a couple of interesting faces myself, but was really concentrating on not dying in a horrible wreck.

The only thing I remember about the driver of the other car was his face: pressed up to the windscreen, shaking his fist at me as he flashed past. Clearly he thought that I was the one in the wrong lane.

Col, the highway doesn't run under that bridge, it seems to dive under the whole circuit, can't remember where tho. And yes I too have been battered for making constant referrences to "fiendish little yellow devils" and their wonderful "suzukaland" funfair idea. MY mate wouldn't stop playing my guitar during the 1998 Japanese GP, I warned him once, he continued, so I stood up, walked over too him, reached down and pulled all 6 strings off it at once with a noise that will remain with me for life....pure bliss, not to mention a fantasy come true.

The day after the 1999 race we found half an inch missing from the TV screen where out host had launched his living room at it once he learned that Schumacher had no intention of helping Eddie to win.

BTW...yo don't need to be in the wrong lane to get killed by oncoming traffic....try heading up to Larne from Belfast to get a ferry at night.....as you get onto the darkest bit of road you can imagine....all the trucks frm the ferry that just docked start piling down the other way...and OMG it looks like the sun came up early with the amount of light those boys have.