When Giving Directions...

[RoundTower]

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"Intersection" isn't as commonly used in English as it is in American. We'd say "take the next left", or "go left at the lights", sometimes "go left at the crossroads" (crossroads is our normal word for intersections of two roads), and if you're on foot, maybe "go left at the crossing".

I was thinking about the Pittsburgh left. In Queensland, we have something similar. You don't give way to traffic going straight on, but you are supposed to give way to the right, unless signs state otherwise. It's the opposite to the rule in the UK, and almost universally ignored in Brisbane and the rest of the southeast, but apparently observed at unmarked junctions in the rural areas. Hilariously, at some junctions in Melbourne, you turn right from the furthest left lane in a "hook turn" (that's like going left from the furthest right for Americans). It actually works, but no one knows how. Maybe magic.

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that is only when the right hand lane is a tram lane though, so that cars don't get stalled there and block up the trams.

[antidan444]

I'm convinced if I ever visit England, and I have to drive, on the left side of the road ... I will surely die.

[Mark_K]

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I'm convinced if I ever visit England, and I have to drive, on the left side of the road ... I will surely die.

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Seriously...

The driving on the left side isn't that bad it's the right turns...

In the US, it's automatic look left, then turn right...
Well this is a recipe for disaster in England... If I'm paying attention it OK but throw in things like being lost, looking at a map, arguing with the wife, etc...
I still have a mental picture of a car barely clearing my front bumper while my wife is yelling STOP!!!

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[Our House]

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I still have a mental picture of my wife barely clearing my front bumper while a car is yelling STOP!!!

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