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Date Posted: Wed, 01/29/03 3:05pm
Author: Bella
Subject: Re: Well, I should have known
In reply to: lagirl 's message, "Re: Well, I should have known" on Wed, 01/29/03 11:09am

>Earth--
>The story my son heard was about an expatriate
>American living somewhere in Britain who had
>previously lived and driven in Los Angeles, Chicago,
>Detroit, and possibly Boston. [I'm not sure about
>Boston.]
>
>Anyway, he thought that after all of that driving
>experience, that the British driving license exam
>would be a snap. But he never has passed it and just
>keeps renewing his American license.
>
>That part about his American license sounds a little
>fishy to me. Don't you have to have some sort of
>proof of residence? But maybe he has it sent to a
>relative's home in the US, I don't know.
>
>As for the license for the TV, my son said "Americans
>would NEVER put up with that!"
>
>True, but we put up with GW Bush. What can I say?.....
>lagirl

Yes, but then we put up with Tony Blair AND paying for a TV license:) So what does that say about us.

You've got a point, people driving in inner city traffic in America, ought to be able to pass our test. I get really paranoid on 3 lane roads, when traffic is whizzing by at twice the speed limit, I stick to my 55 mile per hour limit (fast enough, on our kind of roads, in my view) while others whiz by at 90 miles per hour. That's my biggest problem.

I wonder if blocking Americans from passing the driving test here is not entirely honest, I don't imagine most British people drive better!

Bella

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