Larry Daniels wrote:
>The roads were so narrow that people parked their cars with the outside wheels
>up on the sidewalk. Even with that much extra room, we still passed cars from
>the opposite direction with less than 6 inches clearance on either side of the
>car.
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The reason, of course, is that those roads, especially those in small
villages, began as footpaths. Even those in some of the more historic
cities began life as simply a thoroughfare for carts and carriages.
Today, many roads are so narrow that when a car is spotted coming from
the opposite direction, one will stop and give way to the other, with
drivers usually exchanging a wave. The width of the roads is just one
of the reasons England is a nation of drivers I have found to be far
more courteous than most drivers in America, especially those in
Southern California where a wave may be of just one finger.
Buster Evans
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