Posted on 03/01/2014 11:33:29 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
Edited on 03/01/2014 2:35:12 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Ok, what is the point?
Our exchange student was exaggerating or what?
Since she was Japanese and relating a negative about her country, well, most likely she was more accurate than a study.
However, that was in 1987 - so maybe they are better drivers now.
Datsun....my husband and I had a very tiny (what they called a station wagon) in college and to answer your question - no.
Why did Pontiac mount the tachometer on the hood of a Firebird ? Why do Westerners walk in the house with shit on their shoes instead of removing shoes before walking through he house ? http://image.highperformancepontiac.com/f/30995944%20w750%20st0/hppp_1101_01%201967_pontiac_firebird.jpg
Drunk posting sometimes allow my weak-headedness to come out.
You’re right.
But ‘spit’. Them’s fighting words.
From your link:
Our IDD is an unofficial translation of your Driver’s License in two formats: A Translation Card, translating your permit in 16 languages, and a Translation Booklet, translating your Driver’s License in 9 languages. These unofficial documents will help you overcome language differences when traveling. As a complementary feature, our advanced translation card saves a digital copy of your valid Driving Permit in your Smartphone!... Amazing.
International driving permits, which are booklets issued by governmental agencies or private organizations designated by a country’s government, are the only official translation of a person’s driver’s license. Our translation has no official status and does not confer any legal privileges or rights on consumers.
So all it is, is a translation of your drivers license so that a foreign cop can understand the info on your home county license. You must have your home country license to accompany the IDL.
And this thread reminds me, I need to go get one. Going to France in May.
That stretch of I-15 used to be notorious for speed traps.
Read the comments at the link.
Since then I've only traveled in countries that didn't require one. Trying to maintain those other-side-of-the-road skillz... I do recommend buying the extra insurance when renting a car in "other-side" nations. I clipped my rental car's side mirror on a narrow street in UK a few years back.
I got one 4 years ago and 6 years ago for European vacations, so I pretty much already knew what I was going to find if I delved into your link.
Oh, and regarding “other side” nations: The only place I’ve ever driven thus is in Bermuda, and that was just a scooter. And I raced motorcycles as a teenager, so I’m pretty comfortable on 2 wheels. The trick I learned was to continually silently recite the mantra “drive left, look right” while driving, and that worked reasonably well for me. But Bermuda 25+ years ago was pretty low-density/intensity driving.
London, I was very glad to stick to the Tube and cabs.
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