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Originally Posted by Bethberry
England is higgledy-piggledy and absolutely the reverse of the more rational nations of centralised bureaucracy.
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This is why things like the London transport network are so complicated, and well, why just about
everything vaguely Govermental is complicated. It has to be, or else lots of people would not have jobs; it is in the
interests of the public servant to make things complicated and so complex that whole departments must be established just to manage them. See Yes Minister for further reference...
At least London
has a public transport network. I always return from visits there singing the praises of Ken Livingstone, Great magician of clean, cheap and regular buses. We'll have him in Yorkshire if you're sick of him.
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Originally Posted by lmp
Brit tailgaters, who are far and away worse than American tailgaters; seriously, they must have a deathwish! I admit that I didn't always drive as fast as the speed limit, but then I don't believe in sending my car into adverse camber at every bloody turn either! Who decided how fast you can drive around curves in that bloody country, anyway? But leaving no better than a five foot gap between their front bumper and my rear bumper, on average? Absolutely bonkers nuts, I tell you.
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It's in the Great British Unofficial Driving Test. Tailgating (which often also includes liberal use of two fingers and swearing) is usually carried out on anyone observing the national speed limit on motorways, which most drivers just ignore. The same goes for most roads, which is where another skill comes in, that of spotting speed cameras and slamming your brakes on. And
that kind of driving can most definitely go to Mordor.