Comments on: Driving USA http://www.cloudsoup.com/weblog/2008/06/11/driving-usa/ no soup, no clouds Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:32:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: alimac http://www.cloudsoup.com/weblog/2008/06/11/driving-usa/#comment-348 alimac Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:14:10 +0000 http://www.cloudsoup.com/?p=732#comment-348 Once stopped for jumping a Red outside Stanford University on El Camino Real. I tried to explain to the Officer my 2 middle Scottish names in addition to first and last. Exasperated by the heat I got the fatal "ya can tell it to the Judge in the morning" My colleagues at Stanford explained I must write to the Court explaining I was avoiding danger jumping the Red. Which was true as I was followed by a teen blonde in a chevy 56 coupe. I could not rely on her stoppin if I did. I worked! On another occasion I overtook a yellow school bus parked in front of a fire Engine. This give new meaning to double jeopardy. I tried the same excuse and after 6 months got an apology Once stopped for jumping a Red outside Stanford University on El Camino Real. I tried to explain to the Officer my 2 middle Scottish names in addition to first and last. Exasperated by the heat I got the fatal “ya can tell it to the Judge in the morning”

My colleagues at Stanford explained I must write to the Court explaining I was avoiding danger jumping the Red.

Which was true as I was followed by a teen blonde in a chevy 56 coupe. I could not rely on her stoppin if I did. I worked!

On another occasion I overtook a yellow school bus parked in front of a fire Engine. This give new meaning to double jeopardy. I tried the same excuse and after 6 months got an apology

]]> By: David http://www.cloudsoup.com/weblog/2008/06/11/driving-usa/#comment-328 David Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:33:28 +0000 http://www.cloudsoup.com/?p=732#comment-328 I've driven in Washington (DC) too - Can't remember the speeds being as low as that but I did see a crash just outside Union Station on a Sunday morning. I’ve driven in Washington (DC) too - Can’t remember the speeds being as low as that but I did see a crash just outside Union Station on a Sunday morning.

]]> By: Wim-Jan http://www.cloudsoup.com/weblog/2008/06/11/driving-usa/#comment-327 Wim-Jan Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:53:09 +0000 http://www.cloudsoup.com/?p=732#comment-327 it is just what you are used to. I came to the USA on 14th June 2008 and it was the first time driving in the USA. So you need to have more awareness for the unusual. First rule: in the beginning, drive 5-10% slower as the signs tell you. Yes, everyone overtakes you. But is that dangerous? At these low speeds? I am used to drive 180-240km/h and not 65mph on the most! And then the speed in Washington: 25mph! Also the Americans have patience. So dangerous is only the one ignoring that he/she is in another country with other rules. it is just what you are used to. I came to the USA on 14th June 2008 and it was the first time driving in the USA. So you need to have more awareness for the unusual. First rule: in the beginning, drive 5-10% slower as the signs tell you. Yes, everyone overtakes you. But is that dangerous? At these low speeds? I am used to drive 180-240km/h and not 65mph on the most! And then the speed in Washington: 25mph! Also the Americans have patience. So dangerous is only the one ignoring that he/she is in another country with other rules.

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