From: Bill Eastman
> The Puerto Ricans must be very frugal people judging by all the money
> they have saved not making the roads any wider than absolutely
> necessary to accommodate two adult goats passing each other. Left
> front fender damage from "offset head on collisions" is very much in
> evidence.
On Jeremy Clarkson's Motor World a while back he was in a taxi at night
out in the countryside (no street lights). They approached a pair of
headlights on full beam and was surprised when the taxi driver slowed to
a crawl to pass them, even more surprised when they came up behind a car
with no rear lights - the two drivers had stopped for a chat. "How did
you know?" he asked the taxi driver!!! Probably explains why so many
people have "accidents" that they always blame on the other driver.
In Portugal a few years ago a local told us that the reason there were
so many accidents on blind bends was that was the only time that an
overtaking driver couldn't see any oncoming traffic.
PaulH.
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