But in England at least the drivers are more polite. I ran into a couple strange things (to me) while driving in England...one was the Box Junction "Do not enter until your exit is clear." I'd never seen this before but it is sort of like a 4 way stop sign in that everyone stops at the intersection and no one enters until the intersection is clear and they can get through it. The other weird thing I saw was in Scotland on a B road (at the time I was there -- don't know if it has changed since or not). The B roads are the smallest and usually in rural areas and don't get much traffic. the road was a SINGLE lane and I don't mean one lane going in each direction--I mean literally ONE lane and every half mile or so there was an area where you could pull over so any oncoming vehicle could pass by. I also saw on that same B road a sign that said FORD AHEAD. This was literally a place where you had to ford a small stream--there was no bridge. It was lovely and quaint...great experience and I lived to tell about it. Joan In a message dated 5/7/2010 9:35:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Those on heavily trafficked roads, in England or Jersey, are scary.

In Ulster the roads are generally good. It is only in Scotland (mainly in the Highlands) that you get a lot of single track roads. Until the last couple of years the A road to Mallaig from Fort William was single track for about 20 miles. At the Weekend I was on the Ardmaurchan Peninsula where the roads are all single track. If you are going to drive in the UK it is as well to have read the Highway Code http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/travelandtransport/highwaycode/index.htm Enjoy Edward Andrews > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 2:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [S-I] SCOTCH-IRISH Digest, Vol 5,Issue > 140--Traveling in Ireland > > But in England at least the drivers are more polite. > > I ran into a couple strange things (to me) while driving in > England...one was the Box Junction "Do not enter until your > exit is clear." I'd never seen this before but it is sort of > like a 4 way stop sign in that everyone stops at the > intersection and no one enters until the intersection is > clear and they can get through it. > > The other weird thing I saw was in Scotland on a B road (at > the time I was there -- don't know if it has changed since or > not). The B roads are the smallest and usually in rural areas > and don't get much traffic. the road was a SINGLE lane and I > don't mean one lane going in each direction--I mean literally > ONE lane and every half mile or so there was an area where > you could pull over so any oncoming vehicle could pass by. > > I also saw on that same B road a sign that said FORD AHEAD. > This was literally a place where you had to ford a small > stream--there was no bridge. > > It was lovely and quaint...great experience and I lived to > tell about it. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 5/7/2010 9:35:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight > Time, [email protected] writes: > > Those on heavily trafficked roads, in > England or Jersey, are scary. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message