By the way, the trucks, or sorry, lorries are huge! Especially when they are on the very narrow "single carriageways" which are often barely two lanes, but people drive 60 down. That's actually my biggest issue with driving here. The narrow roads. Not narrow like the small road back in Korea, but not much bigger, and people drive way faster on them. Our van has automatic folding mirrors on them, and I feel like I should fold them in whenever we pass a truck. I honestly hold my breath every time hoping we don't get sideswiped. Ah the joys.
This brings us to our new words for the day. Kerb and verge. As in, the roads would be so much better if they had verges, or if the kerbs were set back a little farther! Enjoy!
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You're supposed to close your eyes when you pass on the narrow roads. Otherwise the magic doesn't work.
narrow roads. I'm w/ you about the narrow roads. The speed limits on these little side streets will be 50km/hr (~30m/hr) and I'm going about 40km/hr w/ people riding my bumper! I did already hit the back of my car into some cinder blocks at the back of my driveway (of course it was the day after I moved in at 0430 when we had a recall and I didn't know they were there!)
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