2. 2. Watch out for Old People (Bless their hearts!)
3. After you turn left onto a new street and your wife says with increasing force, “Left…. Left! … LEFT!!!.... DARYL LEFT!!!!” then that probably means you should move over to the left lane and not for you to turn left again!
4. Don’t go into auto-drive mode, you WILL end up driving on the right side of the road. Driving requires your brain to multi-task and when you neglect to focus on driving on the left side, your auto-drive will turn you onto the right side.
5. Be ready for roundabouts. They don’t have many stop signs, at least I cannot recall any. Figure out the etiquette of turn signals in the roundabouts before driving (I still don’t get it.)
6. Even if you do figure out the etiquette of turn signals, you may not be able to apply it. Most cars here are manual and your left hand must multi-task with shifting gears and hitting your turn switch (a skill I have yet to learn.) I am not sure why the turn signal is not on the right side where your free hand is; maybe it was just the car that we had rented.
7. Do not forget, as we did, to ask for an automatic transmission car from the rental agency.
8. 8. Be ready for NARROW streets. If cars are parked on the street, be prepared to take turns with oncoming traffic to make it through. Even if there isn’t a car parked there you still may need to take turns getting through.
9.If you are out in the country and you see a sign that says “for narrow cars only” avoid it! Even though you are driving a very narrow car, the lovely bushes on each side scrapping against your rental car will cause nervous tension to exceed the pleasure of enjoying the beautiful countryside, as you stress about the £600 liability charge that you may have to pay.
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