Warning to UK Dwellars: MaggieL visits in July

[MaggieL]

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...