quote:Originally posted by Rick:
Motorway must be the same as highway or, in the case of California, freeway? It might have something to do with the fact that none of the driving examiners are crazy enough to be in the same car driving at those speeds with someone 16 years old. That may apply to the States.
I wonder if driver instructors are more prone to being drunks. I’m fairly sure mine had to be admitted to rehab. Now that I think about it, the times I got into an accident, I should have sued my driving instructor.
They are like freeways. Most driving instructors do now give a final lesson on a motorway, but there is no requirement to do so.
When they were first created in (M6 in 1968), BBC TV gave information films, but there is only now the Highway Code that no-one looks at after they have passed their theory test.
So, you get drivers:
Taking root in lane 2
Indicating exit after they have started the manoeuvre, and leaving the darn thing on for 100 yards.
Drivers in lane 3 suddenly realising they have nearly missed their exit.
Those who talk about 'slow' and 'fast' lanes - there are no such things.