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Subject: Re: I wonder if Randy could fit this in during spring break week. Author: ralph058 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:58:45 03/28/13 Thu In reply to: Javahead 's message, "Re: I wonder if Randy could fit this in during spring break week." on 21:28:02 03/27/13 Wed Since I look both ways, even on one-way streets, that wasn't a problem. However, I did have problem with the turn signals. I usually turned on the windshield wipers. >How do rural NZ roads compare to the US? I found that >British rural roads seemed awfully narrow (and I grew >up in a rural part of the US) - by US rural-road >standards, many of the roads in Britain seemed about >1.5 lanes, not a full 2. And twisty. I didn't run into any narrow roads except for what would be best described as trails (two lane ruts) in a few locations. I only got off the state highways in a couple of locations, but they were OK. The road along the south side of Otago Harbour wasn't narrow but followed the cliffs and was quite twisty. The road up to the Royal Albotross Colony offered a definite pucker factor because of the severe drop off on the wrong side of the car. There are very few expressways in the country. I think Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin have the only ones. Wellington's wasn't particularly crowded during the rush hour, but Auckland's was. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: I wonder if Randy could fit this in during spring break week. Author: Javahead [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:28:05 03/28/13 Thu I always look both ways - problem was the missing gut-level understanding of which was closer to my side of the road. So I ended up doing several back-and-forth cycles; good neck exercise, but I suspect I amused observers. I'd forgotten the windshield wiper vs turn signal issue - yes, I did that more than once too. Between work and family, I visit these countries reasonably often, but just long enough between trips to lose the acquired reflexes. I'd feel worse about it if a British-born colleague who I traveled to the UK and Ireland with mentioned that *he* sometimes took a day or so to fully adjust back. Even so, I was still happy to let him handle the majority of the driving. >Since I look both ways, even on one-way streets, that >wasn't a problem. However, I did have problem with the >turn signals. I usually turned on the windshield >wipers.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: I wonder if Randy could fit this in during spring break week. Author: ralph058 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:15:50 03/28/13 Thu NZ paints the yeild signs as triangles on the pavement. They look like arrows coming toward you. The instant reaction was that I thought I was going the wrong way. Fortunately, I never used them to chose the lane to turn into. >I always look both ways - problem was the missing >gut-level understanding of which was closer to my side >of the road. So I ended up doing several >back-and-forth cycles; good neck exercise, but I >suspect I amused observers. > >I'd forgotten the windshield wiper vs turn signal >issue - yes, I did that more than once too. > >Between work and family, I visit these countries >reasonably often, but just long enough between trips >to lose the acquired reflexes. I'd feel worse about >it if a British-born colleague who I traveled to the >UK and Ireland with mentioned that *he* sometimes took >a day or so to fully adjust back. Even so, I was still >happy to let him handle the majority of the driving. > >>Since I look both ways, even on one-way streets, that >>wasn't a problem. However, I did have problem with the >>turn signals. I usually turned on the windshield >>wipers.