Re: IML: Driving an Imperial in Europe

["niplimousines" <niplimousines@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with you,I been drive a 1998 30'strech. lincoln town car in Portugal
without problems
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From: "Hugh & Therese" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Driving an Imperial in Europe


> Which Europe are we talking about?  Cars there are not under powered.  The
> same Japanese cars that do well in the USA do well in Europe.  The word
> Europe is almost meaningless here as there are so many variations.
Driving
> in Greece is not the same as driving in Belgium.
>
> So, I used to drive larger and more powerful vehicles than Imperials in
> Scotland and sometimes northern England.  Large panel vans and ambulances
> among others.  It was fine.  They have eighteen wheeler trucks there too.
> The suggestion is that Imperials are the biggest thing on the roads in the
> USA.  This is a very odd basis for a discussion.  Too much has been made
> about the differences between roads in "Europe" and in the USA.
>
> In my recent experience, driving in Texas is a lot freer than it is in the
> UK.  The state there is very intrusive.  There are remote cameras all over
> the place that will cause you to receive a speeding ticket by mail if they
> "catch" you on the remotest roads.  I would not say that British highways
> are built for higher speeds than Texas, plus they have more restrictive
> rules, such as no passing on the inside lane, etc, etc.  The speed limit
> which the engineers have determined to be safe is the same in both places.
>
> The tiny little village my mother comes from on the southernmost tip of
> Ireland hosts a gathering of big American cars every year.  They are wide
> but no wider than a tractor pulling a large load of hay.  I'd love to have
> known about Imperials back then.  Maybe I even saw one but didn't know it.
>
> I have been a professional driver on both sides of the Atlantic.  The best
> thing you can do with any idiot who insists on driving too fast on public
> roads is to let them go by and away from you.  Statistics prove that those
> who think they can drive faster than is safe on public roads are putting
> others in jeopardy and I chose to let them thin the herd away from me.
> There are also subtle but significant differences between driving styles
> between cities, such as San Antonio, Austin and Houston, the places I have
> frequented most.  There are certain rules that get bent more in one place
> than another.  You see the same in the UK.  I have not driven a right hand
> drive car on a left hand road, or vice versa, which would be a challenge
> under any circumstances, I'm sure.
>
> Hugh
>
>
>
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