Re: speed governing (and Poirot)

[David Weiss <dzweiss@worldnet.att.net>]

cpalmer@dingo.webo.dg.com (Chris Palmer) wrote:

>  This was one of the first things I learned when I was living in Milan
>  in the '70s. Those Belgians were a menace. Archetypal left lane hogs,
>  and they would swing into the left lane at any time without 
>  (apparently) checking their mirrors.

Worked in Antwerp in '89, and the first thing I learned was the "right
hand rule", which works differently than here in the States.  In
Belgium, unless there are traffic controls (eg. signals) the guy on the
right has the right of way, period.  So if you're on the a main drag and
a guy comes out of a side street into your path, it's your fault if you
hit him!  The exception is if he "hesitates" at the intersection, he is
presumed to have yielded the right of way.

I wanted to buy an Audi to bring home, but there wasn't time to figure
out the taxes/duties/import restrictions.

--Dave Weiss
  '91 V8 5-spd
  '93 90CS UnQ