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Originally Posted by superchow
I was taught to have to trust other people's driving - which here in the US is quite impossible.
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My driving instructor and other ones from people I've spoken to, all say that you are to assume everyone on the road is stupid and does not know the rules (British highway code in this case). Rather oddly you are also taught not to assume anything will go as you think it should and drive defensively.
Driving stupidity is universal and not limited to one country, i've done some stupid things myself, and seen plenty of stupid and dangerous driving in my 3 short years of driving.
This talk of american driving makes me wonder what it would be like if America had roundabouts like here in england.
My town has a lot of this merging crap as mentioned in the thread starter, one half mile stretch goes from 1 lane, to 3, then 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, then another half mile down the road goes to 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1 and this includes having roundabouts in them. You really do need to have your wits about you on this section, even if you traverse it frequently, had rather a few close calls i can tell you.