On Monday 15 October 2007 15:49, Craig wrote: > By the way, Doug: Looking both ways on a one-way street is not excessive > caution; when I worked for the "diplomatic corps" overseas (not in > Canada, I hasten to say) we would routinely drive the wrong way up a > one-way street while watching in our rear-view mirrors for a possible > tail. I'm sure I've taught many pedestrians in several countries to look > both ways. Recently a UK subject arrived at our local airfield, picted up his car, drove out on the local road, and almost instantly smashed into a car with two elderly ladies, who both died, I believe, while he suffered just minor injuries. Naturally, he was on his way home, thoughts far from driving and drove on the wrong side, while the ladies did what they were supposed to do: drive on the right side, and slowly! His speed was higher, his car was heavier and both weered towards the same side of the road, as they turned the corner ... Happens ever so often in Scotland as well, the other way round of course. Once two cars met at speed on a tiny winding Scottish mountain road, and both cars crashed into each other, down in the ditch, one German and one Scottish. Almost funny if it hadn't been fatal, and that there two families in the cars! Tord *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 15 2007 - 14:43:51 PDT
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