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Don generally you follow rules so everyone doesn't think you are acting like a dick, if you don't care what people think then looks like there isn't much stopping you.
What I'm saying is that following rules is a very British thing. Trust me when I say that following the rules if and when you visit a foreign land will cause you grief.
If the parking bays are marked with white lines perpedicular to the pavement, yet everyone parks at 45º and there is a bay available at 45º, will you complain and wait until you can park according to the rules? Now who's the dick?
The British way of sticking to rules is really quite funny.
The British way of sticking to rules is really quite funny.
To you.
The rest of us love our ethnocentric indignation-fuelled vigilante moans, thankyouverymuch.
If the parking bays are marked with white lines perpedicular to the pavement, yet everyone parks at 45º and there is a bay available at 45º, will you complain and wait until you can park according to the rules? Now who's the dick?
I did exactly that in Australia and every car got a parking ticket. 😕
Culturally speaking.....
The western world generally lives by a set of 'DO NOT'S' that keep the mindless minority in check.
The rest of us just wanna get on with our own stuff with minimal hassle ne c'est pas?
I once got hollered at in Canmore AB for parking on the wrong side of the road.... they dont like it over there... no sireee. Eh.
I did exactly that in Australia and every car got a parking ticket.
It's not very Spanish, is it? As they say. 😀
Me hizo exactemente eso en Australia y cada coche se quedo consuiguio una molta aparcamiento. Entre en una oracion o frase...
Any better?
Muy bien. 😆
OH got a parking ticket by the police a few years ago for parking against the flow of traffic.
"follow this or some random strangers will get upset on the internet" isn't much of an incentive
Well, no, being considerate to others should be though?
What I'm saying is that following rules is a very British thing. Trust me when I say that following the rules if and when you visit a foreign land will cause you grief.
No arguments here. But, see my earlier All Murray quote; we might moan about it, but quietly we like it and wouldn't have it any other way.
OH got a parking ticket by the police a few years ago for parking against the flow of traffic.
I'd love to know how they enforced that.
Don The problem with picking and choosing which rules you follow gets u in trouble when someone else nearby chooses to ignore diAmetrically opposing rules.
I can break the limit down here its a 1 way street
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One way? Pfff no senor.
(Sorry dunno how to do squigly things on my phone)
I can break the limit down here its a 1 way street
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One way? Pfff no señor.
Which one of these is supposed to be wrong or are they both right? More importantly you want people to change the way they think and if you think you can go down a one way street in Madrid and you won't meet something coming the other way, that's when you'll have problems.
There used to be guidelones for driving in Madrid, specifically aimed at Brits and connected with traffic lights that went something like this. Do not stop at traffic light when on amber and going to red, the three cars behind you will be accelerating in expectation that you will jump the red too. Do you want to be responsible for causing an accident?
If you do go through a one way street and nothing happens, where's the problem?
If something travels the wrong way up the one way street and nothing happens, where's the problem?
I understand where you're coming from and I understand the Spanish way too and if you want to go over and tell them how to drive, I wish you good luck. They bthink differently and will happily waste their time trying to tell you're wrong too. It'is neither right or wrong, it's simply different.
How would you deal with, what I believe are/were, the laws of our Arab friends. As a Brit driver in a car accident, you will always be to blame for the simple reason that if you weren't in the country, the accident wouldn't have happened. How can you rationalise that into the Brit mentality?
You have to accept that people think differently.
You have to accept that people think differently.
Yep. There are "[i]people that think like me[/i]" and "[i]people that are wrong[/i]". 😉
shh graham you are not meant to mention the big hitters mantra in public
So it doesn't matter what you do if you don't get caught? And is that seriously the rules, in highway code espanol? Red=stop green=go red/amber=go very quickly? That Al murray quote is sounding better and better
Well done Don I'm not very patriotic normally but you've convinced me it's bloody awesome being british living in britain coz quite frankly the rest of the world sounds like ocularly rotational loons*.
* yes yes someone did recently tell me it's very difficult to impartially study other socities without feeling superior but the rest of the world still sound like nutters.
rule britania, britania rules....
if you get caught, you get caught. but if you don't get caught, what?
i'm sorry you can't see things from a different point of view. perhaps it's better you don't go abroad, eh?