I have found driving here to be really easy. The roads a straight, the cruise control is a button away (even in my heap of a car) and people seem to leave you to it. The only time you tend to hear a beep from another driver is usually because you are waiting at a red light, but you are allowed to turn on red and they are just reminding you that you are in America.
The only time when the driving is a bit of an issue is when it comes to roundabouts. This is a fairly new phenomenon that is gradually being introduced here and people just don’t understand them. I would love to say it is just the older generations who have a problem with it but there are really no exceptions to the rule. It seems that quite a few people get to the roundabout and forget who has right of way and how to indicate.
When they drive up to it is not done in an aggressive way, but rather a very polite way… “You go first… No you… No I insist” as the cars gently edge towards each other ready to collide.
Yesterday I saw a lady stop on the side of a roundabout to let someone through and cause a two car pileup behind her! Who should get their car towed away first? “You go first… No you… No I insist”.
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