Audi Caravan

[mike]

I once had a very nice chat with  Belgian traffic cop
who exlained to me (in perfect English) that the speed
limit was 130 KILOMETERS an hour not 130 MILES an
hour.

mike

 --- ed armstrong <edshred2000 at yahoo.com> wrote: >
Tom,
>
> I didn't make it to Holland this trip but a visit
> many
> years ago (1987) left me with the impression that
> the
> driving was disciplined there as well. Sure you
> couldn't go flat out on the autobahn, but 120-130
> kph
> was no problem as long as you kept an eye out for
> cops
> (those guys with helmets driving the Porsche 911s,
> thats taking safety to extreme, do they still do
> that
> ?)
>
>
> --- Tom Nas <tnas at euronet.nl> wrote:
> > ed armstrong <edshred2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >As someone who has just experienced the amazing
> > German
> > >autobahns and even autoroutes of France and Spain
> > (see
> > >my post "European Impressions") I can say that
> the
> > >underlying key to safe high speed driving is
> > following
> > >the axiom "Pass left, drive right." We may say
> that
> > >this style is encouraged here (in the US) as
> well,
> > but
> > >over there it is followed like a religion. In
> > Europe,
> > >the fast drivers _expect_ you to move over from
> the
> > >fast lane and they will _wait_ until you do so.
> > They
> > >themselves will move over too at the first sight
> of
> > >clear traffic in the right hand lane. In 3000 km
> of
> > >driving I only witnessed a "pass on the right"
> one
> > >time!
> >
> > You should spend more time in Holland next time...
> >
> > Aaaargh, I was going to stay out of this!
> >
> > Tom
> >
>
>
> =====
> -ed
>
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