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Old 09-18-2006, 01:39 PM   #74
MaggieL
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Originally Posted by BigV
Well all my insticts were sdrawkcab-ssa and I *always* started by looking to my left as I started into the street.
Most of the zebras in London have been thoughtfully painted "LOOK LEFT" or "LOOK RIGHT" as appropriate right on the edge of the street pavement.

I guess they got tired of hosing all the Yanks who looked the wrong way off the street. :-)

Actually, I must say London drivers are extremely courteous to pedestrians. Which is a good thing, because the congenstion charges have reduced the traffic to levels at which some insanely high speeds are possible on very metropolitan streets. I was amazed at how quickly London traffic moves...
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