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The “shock” of the allegedly narrow suburban road in Germany just looked so normal to my British eyes. That’s just the norm!
And in the UK you'd have a double decker bus route going along that kind of road too!
I mean, the guy is literally driving through a residential block. That's where people park their cars if the house doesn't have a dedicated garage (and not all homes do, space is a premium in a lot of places and few people are wasting that just to put a car on). There's hardly ever going to be any traffic there.
I get that for US drivers this is a bit of a culture shock that our roads, cities and everything isn't build to accomodate three big ass trucks abreast, but come on. If pulling over to let another car pass, a process that takes maybe ten seconds at worst, is something that makes that guy lose his mind he doesn't belong in a driver's seat anyway. This is just sad.
I call them United States of Asphalt : )
Narrowing the roads, as you could see in the video, naturally slows drivers right down. That's one of the greatest advantages of those roads (actually, they are streets, but nevermind semantics). There also so few cars anyway, so it's not much of a problem in the first place. On top of that, remember that suburban streets are not throughfares, they are destinations. Drivers don't go there if they don't need to be there, which is why it's so quiet and it's allowed to be narrow.
@@Csakbetksszmok Never heard that but based on the massive streets and parking lots if fits perfectly! Thanks for the laugh!
If you can't survive 5 minutes while pumping gas without watching a screen then this is a TV addiction on a whole other level...
And probably flooded with non news by Fox and advertisement spots. Brilliant.👍
I guess it‘s about revenue. There will be a lot of advertisement on these screens and the gas stations get paid for pushing this on their customers.
True, but that part wasn't serious claim. It comes from guy which makes funny videos with diffrences.
@@CarriettaCarrieWhite Yes, he does. But that does not mean there won't be people with glazed over eyes staring at the screens when pumping their $30 of gas. It would not exist if people wouldn't react to it.
I think that's the difference right there: it's only a few minutes, but lots of American cars have much bigger fuel tanks, so they take longer to fill up. It can get kinda boring, I guess. But sheesh, a tv?! Just flirt with other people, or silently judge owners of ugly cars, like normal people.
"That looks like a walking bridge... here!"
Oh stop, you guys don't walk. Anywhere.
True story.. in the early 90's I did my first trip to the USA. On my last but one day I was staying at a motel for one night to catch my flight the next day back to the UK. I decided to visit an outdoor mall nearby (about 2 miles in a direct line from the hotel). I had no car but it was a nice day so decided to walk. The mall boasted an "English Pub" and after 2 weeks of US beer I hoped for a real pint (good news they did real English ale!). I walked down the dead straight road on the pavement (aka sidewalk) on a suburban street (it wasn't some back street it was a main road with lots of cars) from the motel. Did not see a single other person walking (about 10am on a Saturday). A cop car passed me slowly going the opposite way then maybe 5 mins later came back the other way and pulled up and the cops got out and asked me what I was doing. I replied walking to the mall.. they asked from where and I said my motel. When they heard my accent they asked where I was from and I said UK. They smiled and went "oh a tourist. Have a nice day" and drove off. It was only later I realized it was the walking 2 miles that has caused them to stop me.
I'm Canadian, where I live there's no public transportation, no Uber or Lyft etc, and it's over 10 miles(20 kms) to town. It also takes over 24 hours straight driving to the next province over. Most Europeans don't have to concept of the distances involved in the north american countries between places. Yes some towns and cities have excellent public transportation, but a lot don't and it takes hours between one end of town and the other. We generally measure the distance between places in time for a reason.
On another trip years later I went skiing in Park City, Utah with a friend. Again we did not drive - coach dropped us at the motel and it has a shuttle both into town and to the ski resorts every hour all day. We checked in and asked if they had a bar - they did not. But reception said the nearby gas station sold beers. We asked for directions and he started "get back in your car and drive.." we stopped him and explained we had no car. He paused , thought awhile then said " see that corridor? go all the way down it, open the door at the end and you should see the gas station"
We did this and the gas station was about 200 m across a parking area! I mean it took like 2 minutes from reception - and no roads to cross or anything. The car would have meant getting back onto the highway, navigating a major junction and 3 right turns!! Jeez.
Mall Walking 😂
@ I had the same experience in Los Angeles. My wife and daughter had the hire car and wanted to visit another Mall. I didn't so walked back to the motel. No other pedestrians but I did discover a proper fish and chips shop on the way.
German here:
I have no idea why there would be a TV on at the gas pump.
Drawing 25 liters takes barely 1 minute. 😀
While the guy says it displays the news, it's mostly ads from what I've heard…
@@jk9554 here in Canada it's ads. and drawing 25 litres in about a minute sounds about right.
It's all ads that are just made to *sound* like news. No one ever actually watches or listens to them. In America we will not waste a SINGLE opportunity to advertise! lol There are even programs where you can sign up to turn your car into a moving billboard for hire. It's weird.
Exactly. Just another waste of money.
I was surprised to see this at a gas station where I usually go where half of the pumps suddenly got a small screen installed on the nozzle and speakers on the top of the pump. Yes it was just ads, and I felt like I could sink through the floor being put through that embarrassing experience. Imagine the guy ahead of you at pump 1 just fueling up as normal and suddenly he hears ads blasted out because I'm using pump 3 with the damn screens. I hope it never becomes a common feature here.
16:10 The two McDonald's thing, one is on one side of the motorway, the other on the other side, they're not next to each other. What he is saying is that there is no road for cars to move from one side to the other, only a pedestrian overpass, which is exactly WHY there are two McDonald's "next" to each other. They usually are technically the same store, owned by the same franchisee, just operating on both sides of the motorway. It is a better use of resources than building a complex interchange JUST for McDonald's when there is no other valid reason for car traffic to move from one side to the other.
Americans don't seem to get that Europe is ancient. Most places where people live are medieval, at least. So build for horse and carriage at most.
Besides, we'd rather save the land for houses, agriculture, or historic architecture and nature preservation instead of roads and parking lots. It's a matter of priorities.
no point in trying to educate them! Most cities in Europe are build before the Santa Maria landed on the Bahamas. I'm pretty sure most americans never heard of the Santa Maria.
I live in Ghent, Belgium, a pretty well-preserved medieval city and I had an American tourist ask me if we weren't jealous of the US since we couldn't afford new buildings and houses...
europe and especially the middle-east and such is also called 'The Old World'.
@@SkinnyObelixdat meen je niet of we jaloers zijn op hun Gent is één van de mooiste plekken in België omdat die zo goed bewaard gebleven is 😅😂
There are no TVs at German gas pumps because we keep an eye on the price while filling up 👀 😂😂😂😂
Know your gas is 20% cheaper than ours in France 😭
👍😅😏
@@placedelechange I think he is talking about filling up for 20,-€ and then 2 days later again. That's what a lot of germans do. What i never understood and never will understand. Diffenerent story in summer i don't fill up to max if I now I won't use that car right away and use one of my other cars.
"We are truly living in future, everything speeds up. For example I'll fill my tank for same price way faster than few years ago!"
🫠🫠🫠
at 16:00... There are 2 McD because those 2 lots are NOT connected via road. So if you drive in one direction, you visit the one on that side, if you drive the other direction, you stop on that side.
Exactly! That guy was so close to getting it :D
Also, the rest stops are not always super aligned, so there is no pedestrian bridge. Usually these are just two separate rest stops with no road or pedestrian connection.
That's your answer. It serves 2 purposes. 1) You don't have to get off the highway entirely to reach the one McDonald's restaurant. Instead these one's are integrated into the highway kinda like a rest stop. 2) This is not just convenient but also makes it easier for tourists to stay on the right track, bc if they had to get off of the highway for their stop at McD they run the danger of going back onto the highway in the wrong direction, which - depending on where you are - can mean taking a backwards journey up to 20 miles before finding an exit where you can switch directions again.
Fully agree.
My guess is that it's also a bit safer, since the cars driving in opposite directions don't get near each other.
And easier for construction/addition - it's easier to add a 'detour' if a new stop is about to be built, compared to designing and building a new crossing.
and if they connected the two areas together by road, it would require a bridge or a tunnel which is expensive
Meanwhile in clown country; "They're mean to us. They don't even buy our cars."
Try making cars that work here.
Work here? They do not work in the US either, they fall apart after 3 years...
Or cars that fit on our roads, or fit in our parking spaces, or give the same km's per litre. I'm not sure americans appreciate the higher cost of fuel here.
I mean, I have seen Ram3500 with 3.5L diesel. And Russian speaking owner claimed it was stock.
That have safety standards too.
American cars are utter trash.
Massive, utterly useless, cheaply made, horrendously inefficient and woefully underpowered given their engine sizes.
I drive a German brand car, made in 2017.... it's a 4 wheel drive saloon ("Sedan") with 5 seats, 0-60mph in 4.6 seconds, 313 bhp, 630nm of torque and beats most cars off the line, it has a 3 litre engine.
In the USA they'd only manage to get as much horsepower from something with a 4 or 5 litre engine.
In Spain, we have a saying, "ignorance is very bold." Regarding bridges and narrow roads, they are not old, they are ancient and those bridges are so safe and resistant that the Roman legions walked on some of them. The big difference between driving in America and in Europe is not the infrastructure, it is the big difference that exists between the preparation and the skill of a European driver and an American driver. Just a little anecdote, I have a son working in Austin, one day I went to a shopping center and I parked diagonally in reverse, when I got out of the car two people applauded me, I am not Niki Lauda, I am a normal driver, I told my son and he laughed a lot and said, if you park in parallel in a space less than 10 meters, here you get a medal. The United States has four times the traffic accident rate of Spain, its highways are a real danger, they overtake you on the right and nobody, nobody moves into the right lane after overtaking, the priority rule at intersections is not priority to the right, priority goes to the one who arrives first!!!!
You forget... American drivers are some of the worst on the planet.
No ability, the tests are a piece of piss (they vary by state) and their cars are utter trash.
I'm a British person and was trained to RoSPA Gold standard, and former emergency services driver. Been to Spain many times and drove on the very narrow mountainous roads with 50+ metre drops 18 months ago, driving on the other side of the car, on the other side of the road, changing gear with the other hand. Even I managed it and after just about 2-3 hours of driving I was driving like it was natural.
Despite their hugely wide roads, and straight ones at that - the US has one of the worst fatality rates going when it comes to vehicles.
Far more deaths and serious injuries, and collisions than the UK, even per 100,000 people.
ok tvs at the pumps at gas stations is the weirdest american thing Ive heard of in a while :D
They like to hear how great America is on tv 😂
we have that in the uk at GO petrol stations and some of the circle K's The go stations would play meme edits of old movie clips but about their oil, not joking.
I've seen them here in Belgium too, in an Esso station. You're standing there filling up your car, then suddenly a loud ad starts playing on that TV. I've only ever seen ads for Esso's bonus card or something. And I even think they stopped showing ads after a while (it's been a while since I've been there, since I drive an EV now).
In Australia, the only tv would be inside the petrol station for the employee to watch when it's quiet! 😁
I was on business trip in US few years ago and it was real cultural shock. Paying first? Tried it, but card reader didn't liked my car, so I had to ask someone at gas pump. How much do you want to pay? Heck how would I know?! :D
5:50 the guy keeps complaining about the lack of space, but he has no problem getting around. The street is wide enough for the amount of traffic. If you make your streets unnecessarily wide, everything is spaced further apart, you end up driving more. The end result is the hellscape that is American suburbia.
Plus if you make the streets narrow, you automaticly drive slower. And thats not a bad thing in areas where there are children playing outside
There is also a rule (at least here in Sweden)
If the obstacle is on your side of the road. You have to give way. (you have to stop/slow down and let the other cars pass)
@@ASharkNamedWafflesame in Germany (all of Europe I think )
@@ASharkNamedWaffle That was the rule when lived in NZ as well back in the 70s/early 80s. Parked cars/bus/rubbish truck on your side YOU give way and wait until the road is clear to pull out and carefully pass Just basic common sense.
@@mats7492 Yes, same in the Netherlands. It's strange to me how the man driving is bothered by the facts he has to give way. There is plenty of space and he's in Germany, drive on the right side of the road!
Even here, cars will sometimes give way to me, a cyclist, on the smaller roads.
No, driving in pedestrian areas is solely an American problem. The rest of the world does not design things around the car, so everyone else knows what to do. That is solely an American issue
Plus nearly everyone else in the world signed or joined the agreement on traffic signs to make them universal everywhere. So they know the entry forbidden sign found at every entry to a pedestrian area.
People from the US need their signs with written english text to know what's allowed or forbidden...
And Canadian
Americans terrified of cars parked on the street and having to move over..... Need to visit some good old British terraced houses and see those streets.
People seem to forget that traffic signs found on some pedestrian areas do have additional panels allowing some vehicles during certain times.
People seem to forget that traffic signs exist.
Most of us in Europe drive small cars with small gas tanks, no time to watch TV 😂😂😂
and we do not need any more advertising to buy things we do not need or want
@ 👌
9:58 I think it's a "Cupra". It used to be a sub-division of Seat (spanish car manufacturer). They did build some tuned up variants of the standard Seat cars (like GTI with VW or M series of BMW or Abarth for Alfa). But now they are a manufacturer of their own.
It is. The colour scheme (copper on black) is quite a giveaway, and if you do an image search for 'cupra steering wheel' you'll see.
It could be a Cupra Leon, at least it looks like one from the bits we could see :D
Cupra is not a sports car subdivision of Seat anymore. Seat cars are no longer being made, basically Seat was rebranded and now only Cupra exists.
@@KriZZ-1985 You can still buy Seat, the change over to only Cupra is planned for 2030.
@@FuschelChan Okay, thank you. I did not know that.
When I was a kid in France, around 1992, a village was severely damaged by a flood (Vaison-la-romaine), one of the only thing remaining intact was the 2000 bridge built by the Romans in the middle of the village.
What is a "2000 bridge"?
I guess 2000 years old bridge.
@ Sounds right.
Interestingly, in the UK, Americans who move here and take the UK driving test on average, 30% of them fail after having passed in the US. We have much stricter rules and regulations, and honestly, this is a good thing!!!
and that's still not the most difficult test in Europe ;)
I was horrified by that woman with only one hand on the wheel in a tight civic area.
@@dlipinski83 that's correct. In Poland are (were?) much difficult, not mentioning Finland, where before test you must do special risk related training (driving in icy conditions, for example).
Leave it to the USA to let literally anyone (regardless of knowledge, skill, and mental health) handle possible hazards like guns and heavy vehicles. I'd say that's one scary 'freedom' they are proud of.
is that 30% including manual?
because i doubt it would be that low.
At 23:00 you can tell it's a two way by the parked cars. They are facing both directions. An important note: If someone waits to let you go or reverses for you - always raise your hand to say 'thank you'!
I was about to make the exact same comment about the parked cars. It's a very good way to tell when you're not familiar with a street and you think you might have missed a sign. If all the cars are parked facing the opposite direction, you're going the wrong way.😬
And you definitely should thank anyone for facilitating you in any way on the road. It's common courtesy.
And move aside as soon as you can, don't make the other car reverse farther than necessary
@@Judith_Remkesthere was a space on the left he should've pulled into, bet the other driver was cursing him 😂
The parked cars are not necessarily 100% correct way. At least in Finland you can park your car on which side you want facing which way you want. Even on 2 way streets.
Dashed white line down the middle of the road indicates its a two way street. I would guess given all the cars in close proximity to a church that its a Sunday morning, that would be why its so busy there.
The lane discipline is not because people are nice, it is because the traffic rules are clear and the police WILL give you a hefty fine if you do not drive in the correct lane and hold up the traffic.
Well, SOME of us are nice too 😊
That bridge can withstand 12t so even an American can walk over it. But one at a time please 😂
16:55 *Activating German super power*
DUDE, keep your HANDS to the wheel! KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL I SAID!
And stop filming while driving. He's constantly looking away from the road at the camera. Completely distracted.
I was, watching the woman driving and why csnt she use a steering wheel properly
Main character syndrome!
My dad ('70/ '80's) would steer with his knees, when rolling a sigaret, or clapping to music. With 3 young kids in the backseat, nobody wearing seatbelts. Different times, but crazy, when you think of it now 😂
Saaaaame
Maybe if Americans had lessons with a proper driving instructor, and a worthy test, they might be better drivers.
Just maybe, they drive tank size vehicles without any serious education.
Overall education today in the US is way below the standard that they used to have a century ago.
That's why D E I ( Didn't Earn It) is going down the drain.
They want as many people possible in cars for car- and oil industry. A European 5 year old would pass their test.
If they had tests like in EU, there would be half empty roads in US :D
@@DreitTheDarkDragon What about this ; www.youtube.com/@JustRolledIn
In the civilized world your vehicle has to be top fit.
@ omg, just looked at thumbnails and that was already enough. And yes, mandatory checks of cars are also nice difference between EU and US.
Visibility is perfect on those bridges if you are on a horse or driving a carriage, which was the only traffic around when the bridges were built!
It's enough for a car too ... because you creep over them anyways due to the "hill". It's not like there is a lot of traffic.
Visibility in a car is also perfect, open the side window, put your head out and watch the traffic over the bridge. Its easy but not for americans, think ahead 😂😂😂
8:07 We do that in Sweden as well. The "inner lane" is the fast one and for passing other cars, while the "outer lane" is slower.
In some places, there is a "thrid" lane next to to the "outer" one, but that is reserved for emergency vehicles, busses and taxis, because those can't/shouldn't get stuck in traffic.
Yep, i think it might be normal in civilized countries :)
If you're not sure if a street is one way or two way, just look at the parked cars. If they park in both directions, it's two way!
17:00 this kind of "American" driving style gives me anxiety, how can someone be traveling so fast and take both hands of the wheel for any extended amount of time.
My thoughts exactly!!
Main character syndrome!
Coupled with the fact that he is making a video at the same time, and has so little attention on his driving that he makes hand gestures while doing that. I would not feel comfortable being driven by him.
How is this an American driving style, wtf are you talking about
@@GTIFabric It's an American style of driving, since it's mostly the ones from the U.S.A. that do this. Not hard to understand, unless.....
I don't understand that last one. That oncoming car waited so that the Americans could go into the gap on the left, which they were supposed to do by law. And then nobody would had have to back up.
if they had stopped, wound the window down and said "Sorry american tourist," Then much laughter would have ensued and all would have been forgiven. A drink on the "Guess what I met on the road today?" story would have spread the merriment further.
It's a Murican driver. And the Britten was being very polite. But you right, should have pulled into the gap. Murican ignorance on the wrong side of the road.
I noticed that too, but I immediately thought the gap was not big enough for an American driver. It would take him forever to get his car all the way in there to give the oncoming car enough room.
That Gap was very small. One should had to park to fit in there... My truck driver father told me once the unwritten rule of single lane two-way problems:
- Smaller one backs up
- If same size, closer to the pass gap backs up.
- If same distance, the one with les patience backs up :)
@@framegrace1 As a driver of smaller cars, this is new to me. Don't count on that one too much! The second one is definitely the most sensible, but that still may not be the case everywhere (doesn't downhill traffic have right of way in some areas?)
these bridges have been checked out by engineers. They had weight limits of 13 and 10 tonnes, so totally safe to drive over. There is a bridge in my area that is over 800 years old, I love that this country still has things this old
Sadly, Americans dont comprehend age or history or building to last or, well, most anything.
Sorry to say, but the US gas prices are out of control. You HAVE to think about the environment. No choice.
Their new Emperor thinks otherwise. It's all a scam and fake news apparently.
Out of control, how do you mean? American petrol prices are low.
In France and UK we have shared spaces where vehicles intermingle with pedestrians and cyclists. The results are fascinating in that vehicles drive slower and pedestrians are always aware of cycles and vehicles. The Munich footage reminds me of those shared spaces.
The best rest stops in Europe are found in Switzerland where everything is super organised and spotlessly clean.
I always recommend that when you arrive in UK/Europe book a two hour driving lesson, especially for help with roundabouts and narrow streets. It helps give you a little bit of confidence.
Is that possible? Never heard about it
@@tarwod1098 Yeah, you can book lessons in every driving school - you just have to ask. You can also do this if you didn't drove for a long time and feel unsafe so that you get your confidence back in your driving skill.
@ thanks, good to know!
Plus, in Europe 90%+ of all cars are manual stick, not automatic. The car rental companies have an abnormally large portion of damages by Americans, often burning off the gearbox within a very short distance, coz they cant figure out manual.
My tip when visiting Europe: don’t rent a car.
as a brit i can't comprehend the concern when people see "weak bridge" followed by the tonnage limit - those bridges have stood for centuries with farm carts trundling over them that weighed up to 10 tons themselves, a car isn't a problem. and yes, they're narrow, that just means you drive carefully. sounding your horn is a good idea and remember, most cars you're going to encounter are local - they know the risks. living in Wales i had to reverse about a quater of a mile because i met a tractor with a trailer. it happens.
edit - the last clip, yeah, the road is 2-way, the cars are parked in both directions.
Farm carts up to ten tons? Are you suggesting a horse could pull a ten ton cart? Because it most certainly could not
It even said 13 T - but if you only know imperial it might get difficult
@@willp6723 4 horse haywains - made of oak and pulled by draught horses. a common sight in farming areas from about 300 years ago. a horse drawn carriage could weigh 15t
edit - the loads were about 5 tonnes - the carts and carriages themselves weighed more.
@claudiakarl2702 Ton vs Tonne (i.e. Imperial vs metric) is only about 100KG different. so really not something to worry about when driving a normal car over a 13T bridge!
i used to deliver heating oil and commercial diesel years ago and most of deliveries were deep in the country side. 4 wheel tanker that is no londer then an average van is 18T so them signs are very useful.
We don't need a telly on the fuel pump - just watching your bank balance drop as you're filling up is our idea of garage forecourt entertainment. And playing the 'try to get the maximum fill to the nearest whole 10p but not going over by 1p' game is a skill in itself.
yea, try that in east europe with average 800 eu pay.. horror show right there, no need for telly.. XD
@@chrisperyagh they started introducing tellies here in the Netherlands at gas stations right when I switched to an EV.
Luckily EV charging stations are not equipped with commercials. Some people say that's yet to come and they will put ads in our car's cabins, but we already have that: it's called the radio.
all the go stations have tv's and they used to play these obnoxious ads and even some memes lol until people complained haha.
@ I can see that with EV charging stations seeing how long they can take to recharge, but for the few minutes spent refuelling around 80 litres of petrol or diesel (or LPG if that's still a thing in the UK), you'd only have enough time for a few adverts instead of an entire feature film.
I managed to stop on exactly 50.00 once.
Petrol Station win!
That last one? Space on left he should have pulled into 😂. You give way to oncoming traffic if the obstacle is on your side.
16:04 - each McDonald is on different side of highway. In Poland when you are on highway, you can turn back (change direction) every ~10 kilometers, therefore it makes sense to have restaurants on each side so you don't need to drive additional kilometers. Also density of those restaurants is enough to have sufficient customers from one direction so they are not cannibalizing themselves
yup and theyre just tiny kitchens with reduced menus too
5:40 In most countries in Europe you are actually required by law to stop behind the obstacle (which is here the white Tucson) and let the upcoming traffic pass, especially in these suburban neighbourhoods. Here in Belgium, we are really strict about yielding, also on junctions, and you will get salty fines if you don't respect this rule.
Bruxelles is another level. My son lived there for a year so I visited a lot. The minute you lift your foot to put it on the crosswalk all traffic stops dead!
That's what the guy said, right? This is Germany, so yes, it's the law here too.
Also in such a residential neighborhood, speed limit is probably 20 mph or maybe even less. The narrow road design in such a case is a choice for a reason. I am not talking about some city centre that existed long before Rudolph Diesel was born. This residential road was designed that way knowing there'd be cars.
@@baldhermit The Netherlands has the same design. We call it traffic calming, where the narrow roads and brick roads slow people down naturally. We also have the yield rule like Belgium does.
@@izibear4462 My hometown is quite barbaric in that regard (in European standards). I have practically been standing ON THE ROAD, and people have not yielded. Also, a couple weeks ago, I almost collided with a car as a pedestrian. I saw that the car was coming FROM A ROUNDABOUT, and I was expecting the driver to yield. Nope, they zoomed right through the crosswalk. I managed just barely to stop (I was running), but because it was a bit slippery, it was very close.
In Germany, you do your driving lessons with a professional driving instructor. Believe me when I say that everyone knows such narrow streets and lets their students drive there😁
Like everywhere in europe pretty much
And also ist basically normal to miss parts of the driving test first try. I heard so many failing even the second time. Its just so many questions in the theoretic test.
Backing up the car is a weekly occurrence here UK. Part of living in a old village with ancient roads.
Remember that in Germany and maybe Europe resitential area streets are often designed to slow down traffic. Sometimes side-parking spots are given in a way to make zig-zag driving necessary so the right of way changes from you to oncomming traffic and back.
Working as a transport coordinator on movies in Europe. At the end of every movie the Americans would turn in their rental cars, virtually all damaged.
'The parking spaces are so much smaller than in the U.S.'
So are the fckin cars!
The problem aren't the sizes.
Are the skills of the drivers, kkkk
As is the ability of the driver...
In Sweden, Norway and Finland heated seats are standard, some car brands have heated steering wheel. It depends on where in Europe you are.
In Croatia, a heated steering wheel sounds like a circle of hell
Heated seats are a pain in the ass according to me 🤣
Super common in Scotland too. I hate them though, it feels like somebody's been sat in the seat before me, gives me the ick😂
I'm Canadian I live for my heated seats and steering, I can relate to Norway etc weather. Mainly Brits, just don't understand the winters we get.
I heard some cars even have electric heater for your oil/water circuit, so you can easily crank your car in winter without all parts wearing out due to being cold. Sadly it's usually sold (even as spare parts) only in those countries and basically being unobtainium anywhere else, even if you wanted to pay extra for it.
1:06 read the sign. That brigde is rated for 10 tons total load
And bridges rated for much higher have been taken down by much less.
@@Squarecubez Where?
@@Squarecubez in third world counties maybe, not in Europe
thank you!
@@lidewijvosItaly…
That German driving test is so accurate, i remember my instructor saying "its not a secret that you are checking the mirrors"
The only scary thing on European roads is clueless American drivers.
At 23:10, the Americans in the tight street, who do not have priority, pass a gap in the parked cars and made the other car back up.
They should have just pulled over to let the car with priority pass.
That's how it done unless double flashed with headlights indicating you should continue instead of using the gap.
Yes, that was simply really ungracious.... there was no need to make the other car reverse.
And he didn't even thank him for backing up. So rude. But than again so typically american.
He's also driving too fast for the situation. Very bad driving.
17:23 this guy is an idiot for letting the steering wheel go like that just to talk. He talks about driving on the German highway, but if you keep doing that bs at those speeds you'll get heavily fined for reckless driving, and rightly so!
Especially as he's filming while driving and constantly looking away from the road to the camera. That's not allowed because it distracts him from paying attention to the traffic.
Main character syndrome!
At 177 kmh. (That's 110 mph.)
Because YOU would never let the steering wheel go for only one second, of course!
Calm tf down. He had his hands close to the wheel the whole time. Everyone does that from time to time, especially if the car got features like lane assist and so on. The car will keep moving straight forward even without anyone clinging to the steering wheel!
@@Wolfspaule Thats a good statement, from someone who watches reaction videos!
Blue nail woman is awful. Try two hands on the wheel, not using flat hand steering, both fails if you did those sin a driving test in Europe…..but You all drive auto’s, so never really learn to drive anyway.
Yes, I agree 100 % ! She was really terrible! 🤨
That one handed, flat hand driving really got me, I was practically shouting at the screen - control the car properly!
For me it was the guy on the autobahn 17:00 😱
I hope in the future there will be a regulation to test the drivers from the usa if they come to the EU :DDD If I had jumped out of the car, it would have been even safer :D
Even though flat hand steering will not get you through a driving test, most people will do it, while maneuvering your car, e.g. to park in a tight spot, where you have to often turn your steering wheel from full left to full right. I don't see many issues with that flat hand steering. You just have to know when to do it and when it is dangerous. At the low speed she is driving in those narrow roads, I don't see such an issue with that (you can even see, she uses two hand steering at the beginning of the clip).
Those 'weak bridge' signs are generally on older stone bridges which were built way before motor vehicles existed. They are perfectly fine if the weight limit is observed.
Americans dont get, that there are bridges, aquaduct and other Roman feats of engineering, that are 8-9 times older than their country, which still stand today, perfectly safe and functional, coz they were build properly. Unlike the crap they build in the US, coz they expect to build new in a few years anyway.
Everyone in the USA seem to have a huge car, yet none seem to have any skills at driving..... Funny that. But they do have roads so wide you don't even need a steering wheel. :)
Worried that U.S. driver just guessed it wasn't a one way road, meaning he wasn't looking at road signs!
To be fair, it was 2 way, so there would not have been any sign, and you wouldn't know you hadn't seen a sign, because it wasn't there.
Also pay attention!!
The row of parked cars had ones facing opposite directions,; a sure give away it is two way road.
You can tell from the parked cars that he was ok do drive in that direction.
The guy complaining about the Audi, it's a rental. Not going to put expensive options in that like you would in a private car that you own.
Yeah but I've honestly never seen an A6 without power steering. I bet it was just broken.
@@Arsenic71 just audi things :DD I think the 80 was the last one without power steering (the base model)
I wonder what he'll think when he finds out that Audi's, Merc's and BMW's are used as taxis in Europe
@@Arsenic71it had power steering. just not Powered seats
Never understood why people want some of those toys. Do I take the option of lifting a handle to move the seat forward or an electric motor that will cost me hundreds to fix when it breaks.
Where I am from in the Netherlands road width is a way to control for driving speed. So, if you have neighbourhoods where people live, they make the roads narrow on purpose to incentivize slow driving. If you have a (somewhat) wide two-way street in a suburban neighbourhood, people are less likely to obey speed rules and it's simply less safe. It seems to me sometimes that people from the USA perceive this as a flaw in infrastructure rather than a feature, likely because it makes things less comfortable for the driver and (generally speaking) people from the USA have a very car-centric perspective, but it's entirely intentional to make it safer for everyone.
The Netherlands also has some of the narrowest highway lanes in Europe, which is why trucks are only allowed to 80 km/h. The traffic density and many exits are a factor as well.
@@Yvolve Don't talk BS. Europe has road-width regulations, and in the Netherlands all motorways lanes (autosnelwegen) are at least 3.25m to 3.5m wide, with a handful of these lanes being 3.2m. National roads (autowegen) have lane widths of at least 2.75m. The smaller to lane width, the lower the maximum speed. EU trucks are limited to 90kmh, not 80.
"Where I am from in the Netherlands road width is a way to control for driving speed" That's why your country has never won any WRC championship
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Sorry couldn't resist 😂
Yes, in Australia we have nature islands and speed bumps in residential streets to protect the people, it works! 🙋
@@grebnetgil2800 The speed limit for trucks is 80 km/h in the Netherlands. The limiters might be set for 90 but the legal limit is still 80, also on snelwegen. Or whatever the legal limit is below 80.
Tell my truck driving instructor lane width isn't the reason. This is the answer I got when I asked why the speedlimit is 80 in the Netherlands and 90 almost everywhere else.
We Brits do not drive on the " wrong " side of the road, we drive on the opposite side of the road, words matter, if we were driving on the wrong side of the road, we would be driving towards oncoming traffic, we just travel in the opposite way Americans do, see how easy that was to fix.
that narrow roads are from the time before they invented cars
That second bridge is called a 'hump-back' bridge. They are quite common in the UK and the rule is, when approaching the bridge, slow down and sound your horn to let any cars coming the other way know you are there. As for the 'Weak Bridge' sign, these are mainly a warning for commercial vehicles. The maximum weight limit is also posted, in the case of the first two bridges this was 13 and 10 tons respectively. Re TVs at the pumps; when I was in the RN back in the 70/80s we would sometimes visit US ships we were working with (btw US ships being 'dry' there was no shortage of American sailors want to visit a British ship). Couple of things I noticed, TVs in the work spaces, even workshops. Also, vending machines... everywhere. Apparently, you could join the US Navy as a 'vending machine maintenance guy' and that was it, that was your job on board.
Narrow roads? We have this thing called courtesy, where the driver least inconvenienced backs up to a passing place.
Next, you don't drive at 60 down these roads. Slow down and prepare for another car.
Lastly our driving tests arent a 15 minute drive to Macdonalds and back. We have to demonstrate over about 50 minutes that we can drive safely over a range of roads including residential. And if you think thats daunting, look at the German driving test.
Yeah, and there's a pretty comprehensive theory exam/test you have to pass as well, to get your driver's license. At least in Sweden.
"Oh no, my precious butt needs a ventilated robotic seat and my lily-white fingers can't hold a non-heated steering wheel! BTW in the US I commute to my job as a hairstylist in a lifted Ford F-550 V-12 TYRANNORAPTOR truck, because I need the ground clearance."
TYRANNORAPTOR... 👀👍😁😂🤣
effin hell man, still lauging 😆
You must be poor, didn't even opt for the Helldemon Stinkeye spec.
As a Canadian I LOVE my heated seats and steering thank you very much lmao! I need the clearance for the meter plus of snow we can get in a night... Our Ram is not a pavement princess, it's actually a business work vehicle(auto repair garage) and also used for towing the boat and sled trailer. The main vehicle is a Kona though and I adore my little toy SUV, that actually handles -40, deep snow, rural dirt roads and everything well. The AC isn't bad for the +40 - 50c days either. People forget places like Canada/US have temp extremes for weather most of europe never or rarely experiences.
@@cheallaigh Half of Europe gets that type of wearther in the winter, only the south and the western don't get a lot of snow and very lov temps
In the Netherlands traffic light also jump from red straight to green. Although some traffic lights for cars have a circular light that indicates how long until it goes to green. These indicators are however very common for bicycle traffic lights.
Funny thing is when Americans come to Europe, especially to travel around small picturesque towns and they rent a big (by European standards) SUV right at the airport. Because we have to fit in and be comfortable. Man, you have to fit in the streets first, which are sometimes narrower than your fridge.
As for rest areas on motorways, they thought of it this way. Parking for those who need a break on the road is on both sides, as are toilets, but in order not to build a McD and a KFC on each side, they build one on each side and make a footbridge, if you don't like one, you cross to the other side and you can eat something else. A burger will kill you sooner than walking 100 meters to get it.
weak bridge signs only apply to trucks and heavy vehicles
Good to know! That would have made me nervous, too.
Weak bridge signs apply to all vehicles what are you talking about
Most cars will not meet the max weight for most weak bridges. Unless they are vastly overloaded.
@tomstorey8559 there is a weight limit on the sign above or below and no normal car weighs 10 tonnes 😂 so it's completely fine for cars otherwise no government would allow cars, the UK is not a third world country
If it's a 3T sign only vehicles under three tons can go over it, if it's a 5T sign only vehicles under five tonnes can go over it and so on, make sure you know how heavy your vehicle is before going over especially in towns as a lot of places have cameras that will ticket you if you go over in a vehicle over the weight stated
That one car brand you didn't recognize was Cupra. It used to be just a sporty trim and spec level for Seat cars but became it's own marque
In effect, Cupras now are electric Seats, like Polestars are electric Volvos
@@RichardRenes Nope, they are not. Cupra offers 4 models in petrol or as hybrid, and 2 different electric models.
@@RichardRenes out of 6/7 cars they sell only 2 are EV's. Hell, one of the cars they sell (Formentor) had an Audi RS3 5 cylinder
In 2023 they announced they're winding down the Seat brand to focus more on the Cupra badge. Will probably still be making the Seat till 2030 though.
@@Shoomer88 The last they said, they will use the Seat brand for EV based products. Whatever that means. THey started with a very cool electric moped with remobable bateries (You can remove it and take it home to recharge like a carry on luggage) called Mo
10:02 "CUPRA" - subsidiary company of SEAT
16:02 There is no way to cross to another side of the road on a highway or expressway (for safety reasons), so in order for people going inbound and outbound roads to have access to rest stop, there are duplicates build. essentially the guy answers himself in the short he is just too "oblivious" to understand it. Like how Are You going to cross to another side if there is only pedestrian crossing and no way for a car to drive from one side to another...
Also on the matter of LPG, it is popular in some countries (Poland included) because it is much cheaper than diesel or gasoline. Right now standard gasoline in my city (Kraków third largest city in Poland) is 6,72 per liter of 95 octane gasoline so for 06.02.2025 it is 1,67 USD per liter, while the LPG is 3,06 so 0,76 USD per liter. I've seen a lot of taxi drivers driving hybrid cars like Prius or Auris or Corolla using LPG to lower the fuel costs. Also You can buy car with LPG straight from factory/dealer
What's the Cupra 'driver' doing with her hands? Who even drives like that? Oh yeah ...
@@chrisperyagh I saw once a police bodycam video, the way he used his steringwheel was insane, hands on the outside hands on the inside, I can't describe it. And when he reached the crime scene he start shooting through his windshield.
problably a Formentor
Seat doesn’t exist anymore, Cupra is the sporty brand of the Volkswagen Group
@@heindaddel2531 Seat still exist. It never was the sporty brand of VW group. Cupra was the sporty spec of Seats cars. Ibiza Cupra, Leon Cupra....
narrow streets in neighbourhoods are much safer than wide streets becouse you automaticly slow down, and even accidents that may happen are with much lower speeds and therefor les impactfull for everyone invloved
Heated. Steering. Wheel.
Boy, Poland gets much colder than Italy and that's like the first time I heard about heated steering wheel.
The bridge was probably there centuries before the car was invented.
I live in Yorkshire and I've driven over that bridge a couple of times!! It's pretty wild.
And is still rated at 10 tons. The one before is 14 tons. Crazy how strong such an old bridge can be.
It was probably there centuries before the Americas were discovered.
@@Yvolve They built solidly in the Middle Ages.
@@Yvolveand that's why they -buckle-
* edit: span in an arch
Everywhere in Europe gets mosquitoes 🤦😂
Wasps dont bite, they sting🤦😂
Living 3 years in Ireland I'm yet to see a mosquito.
Just like mosquitoes and bees. And if you are allergic to bees, you better have an emergency kit with a suction thingy in it. It will save your life sucking it out.
@@GdzieJestNemo That's not possible. Maybe you just don't look.
@@desperadox7565 generally you don't need to look for them. In Poland if i left a window open with a light on the room would be swarmed. Meanwhile here nothing. You can even go for a walk near some lake or forest and not experience any bites
Wasps can do both, bite and sting. But the later is more common.
why, no why do I need a TV on a gas station?! I came here to tank a gas, not to watch a TV (well, I don't even watch TV at home, but it is not a point). Yep, I'm from Germany
They started introducing them here in the Netherlands right when I switched to an EV.
EV charging is much better 😅
Australian here, we have TV’s at our petrol stations/fuel pumps and no one watches them we also have LPG.
Ad space, probably.
@IcanBePsycho never seen one and I'm aussie!
@@heatherhoward2513 Go to a Caltex
Rental Audi in Germany, Would be the same that a rental Mustang is totally normal in the US, but not in Europe 🤷
if the parked cars are all pointed the same way, its a one way road
23:02 the reason the driver coming towards him will be cussing is because he should have pulled intot he gap on his left to let it past. Etiquette!
LOL He’s driving at 170km/hr and he talks with his hands and looks at the camera? That’s actually crazy, I would be guiding that steering wheel with my eyes on the road and let my mouth do the talking! He needs to drive like he’s in an F1 car, fully focussed and ready for anything!
Yep 110mph and not concentrating on his driving, absolutely moronic.
He is definitely not on the Autobahn as he is talking. Look out of his side window, everything is passing way too slowly for 170 km/h, and he is approaching a roundabout.
He is lucky he didn't lose his drivers license. He is way over limit for that road !
Rookie figures.
110mph isn't as fast as a lot of people think. Most people think it is, but actually you can drive quicker than that with a degree of risk mitigation. I'm former emergency services in the UK.
The driver training alone has you driving at speeds of 140-150mph on the outside lane of a motorway in an unmarked car with NO lights flashing. The idea is to get you comfortable driving and controlling the car at higher speeds on fast roads, before they throw in lights and a siren for which the tone needs to be changed/turned off in certain situations. Put into context that most response runs are at about 70mph on 30mph roads and actually 140-150mph on a 70mph road is similar.
The general public just don't understand keeping control at speed.
9:35 This joke refers to one of the backbones of driving lessons in Germany. You constantly have to check all mirrors to know what's around you, and driving instructers will remind you of that every few seconds, if you don't do it noticably. 😁
As in Denmark - and don't forget to look over your right shoulder too before turning 😁.
True
If you just move your eyes to check the mirror the instructor can’t see that your doing it. So moving you head is the only way
Yeah, exaggerated head movements to make sure the test examiner can see that you are checking your mirrors.
Most adjust the mirrors so that you just can't see them, so you automatically move your head when you check the mirror. Was really weird when I got into my own car and not had to move my head to check, lol
Same in the UK.
You know the driver is american when he speaks with his hands and doesn't hold the steering wheel 🙌👐
That was getting me soooo mad
Try being a passenger with a Spanish driver 😮
DSV, on the truck, is a Danish Firm and one of the largest transporters in the world, by that! Like Maersk, which is also Danish!
We have many “” Residents free“” areas in Germany, which means that residents and visitors can park here but no through traffic for other cars is allowed.
Maybe you should know the traffic signs before you drive in another country!!!😉
It is fun to drive in the UK. I´m a Danish retired truck driver, and I love driving in the UK. Not all the roads are small, but some are very small. I admit that the first time I had to deliver Christmas trees in London, it was quite a challenge to drive in the wrong side of the road, and at the same time navigating completely unknown roads. That was way before GPS and Google Maps. But you get the hang of it quickly. And the brits are generally very helpful.
I second that. On average British drivers are much more considerate and courteous than German drivers.
And that drive in the Yorkshire Dales in the beginning. Thats about as rural, as u can get in England! The area is notorious for its very beautiful landscape with, yes, ancient narrow roads and bridges and dividers (not sure about the correct English term) of stone along the roads and between fields, exquisitely perfectly build of stones from clearing the fields 100s of years ago.
15:40 when it comes to two McDonald's restaurants, it is a freeway (140km/h) or high speed road (120km/h) so those are two seperate one way roads. Traffic gets split to two parking and rest areas. Also its easier to build than some overpass.
True. Sometimes when you miss your turn you need to drive like 13-40 km more to correct your course.
You're supposed to beep your horn when going over a single lane bridge to warn any oncoming cars so they can pull over.
don't forget, many of the towns/places all across Europe go wayy back - so single lane roads are the result of cars in, say Roman times... or medieval times.
And the caps on bottles thing drives me crazy - it was implemented recently by the EU - I hate it (as do most people, it actually is a topic to talk about and rant about with collegues at work or friends)
Both hands on the wheel in those narrow roads!
You've got to remember that the towns in most of Europe are really old and were not designed or layed out for cars.
or if they arent made for verry long combi cars and or suv
first modern ish Cars where alot smaler
and that's a good thing!
Of course there are mosquitos in Germany. Weird that he says there aren't any.
I guess he comes from an area with much more mosquitoes, so in comparison it seems like Germany has none. Depending on where in Germany he was and comparing that maybe to a swampy area in the US, I can totally see why he would think so.
Hi there in Britain is common for cars and lorries to honk at the base of steep bridge and Hills to see if they is a another vehicle on the other side of sed bridge or Hil especially when is a narrow road
That car brand is Cupra. Basically premium/faster version of SEAT. Cupra will open dealerships in USA soon.
Mc’D on either side is because they’re built in a place on the highway that doesn’t connect, so as you can only drive in one direction you have the option for a rest stop on both directions. Of you look again it’s a standard european two lane one way road (aka highway). In Denmark we’re allowed to drive up to 130km/h on these, in some zones 110km/t and then there’s road work that typically brings it down to 80km/t. Though you can find several more speed limits on these roads depending on zone and current situation.
With the low end spec of cars, this is normal, as when u are buying a car, most ppl dont buy whats standing around on the lot (at least in germany), you configure your car the way (and price) you want. So you start witha base modell , choose your engine ,color, interior and add all the creature comforts you want e.g heated seats, ac, parling assistance and so forth.so for example pulling the numbers out of thin air ,you can get a base line model for 15k or upgrade it to the max to 50k ... "same car" . And many rental companys have a base model or the luxury model of a car available for different price models.
Myself and my wife used to go camping all the time in the Yorkshire Dales and the north York moors. I towed a 1000kg folding camper on those tiny roads behind a Mk8 Civic 2.2 diesel. You learn to pay attention and read the road ahead pretty damn quickly.
This was a good one! Some interesting clips there.
The strangest one for me was definitely the German suburban street, haha. Completely normal street with a lot of room and absolutely no traffic. Seemed like they guy was annoyed about the lack of room even though he was able to drive through without having to give way to anyone.
I'm Italian and I live in the nothern part (colder) of the Country. I have never ever feelt the need for heated seats nor heated wheel .. If you are really that cold just drive with gloves and your jacket on until the heating system warms the car ...
We don’t drive pick up trucks and huge SUVs because we don’t need them. Nor do you 😊
Disagree having lived there for 11 years. Millions live in extremely rural areas and drive over an hour to a grocery store, therefore need larger cars. A Ford Focus won't cut it on those country roads.
@@izibear4462rubbish.
@@izibear4462 So you are saying Europe has better country roads than America. Because a Ford Focus is perfectly fine for country roads there 😉
@@izibear4462 A Lada Niva is smaller than a Focus, even a three door Fiesta, and will crush any American truck both in price and off-road capabilities. Americans don't need big cars, they want them. They were fine driving those same roads in even worse conditions with Ford T models and old Ford trucks much smaller than those today.
Americans have big trucks because they want them, because advertisements they need them and because car companies need to meet less regulations by making big-ass trucks.
Where I live, no one drives a car, and it's for a reason.
* Over half the roads are dirt and some are only seasonally used as logging. To say they're rough and can rip out a lower vehicle under carriage is putting it mildly.
* It's winter here 9 months out of the year most of the time. Depending on where you are snow can end in June and restart in August. Temps can get as low as -50 not including windchill.
* Where I am originally from, they averaged 40' of snow a season. Where I am now, 3' of lake effect and 15'+ drifts overnight isn't uncommon. Currently there's over 5' of half compacted snow on my deck left from the over 12' we've already gotten.
* We play where's the lanes/road for months at a time.
* I'm a 152cm, the hood of our Ram is just below that, and that's higher than the top of most cars. We've driven out of our driveway onto our dirt road with snow that high... In other words you'd not get out of a lot of driveways in winter in a car.
* People always forget the climate extremes that most of europe never or rarely experiences compared to north americans.
European cities are designed for people on foot, bicycles and public transport. They are not designed for cars. Most tourists have no need for a car in Europe as public transport is fast and efficient - unlike the USA. Unfortunately, Americans' first idea is to rent a car when in all probability, they don't need one.
despite oldtown areas aren't designed for cars, the rest of many European cities definetly are designed for cars as well. At many cities it's quite common to have normal to super sized roads circulating the downtown area
And they always rent big cars which is a bad idea for people who are not used to narrow streets!
@ car rentals offer anything from small to large cars
@@EnjoyFirefighting in my country cities are often laid out like this:
a (70km/h) ring road around the city
several 50km/h roads going throughout the city
every other road that has destinations on it (shops, houses etc) 30km/h
a downtown/city center that is pedestrian/bike only (with of course access for delivery and emergency vehicles)
often the residential neighbourhoods have one way roads or dead end roads to make it so people can't sue the roads to rat-run.
but residential neighbourhoods have plenty of cycle paths/lanes going throughout them, often making it quicker to cycle through the neighbourhood than drive through it.
so yes, cities in my country are build for the people living there.
we do accommodate cars, but in cities they are not the first priority. that would be moving people efficiently, and bikes/walking and public transit is way more efficient than driving.
but maybe that's because i live in The Netherlands, and the rest of the Europe (and the world) has to catch up to us.
@ are you ... like ... in the Netherrlands? Doesn't sound like Germany, Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Czech Republic, ...
TV's at the pumps in the EU would likely get defaced. We have enough adverts as it is!. We are not an extreme capitalist place like the US is. Honestly, I find the extreme hypercapitalism in the US to be a very negative thing. Would you not like to full up your car in peace!!
An American bought up a chain of petrol stations here in Denmark and introduced TV with commercials at the pump. I tore up my petrol card for that chain and do not come there anymore. They also introduced that you have to pay at the teller for gasoline before fuelling if you do not have a card and thus made it impossible to fill the tank fully up. If they annoy you with things to increase the "noise" and your consumerism of garbage then boycott and do it immediately.
I don't think TVs at gas pumps would get defaced in Europe, at least not in Germany. As seen in the video you fuel up first and then pay. And in the video there was the question, if they don't fear people will just fuel up and run. Well, of course they thought about that and that is the reason gas stations are equipped with cameras, so they can identify who stole the gas and send the police there. So there are not many idiots who would do a crime like damaging property by defacing it, directly in front of a camera.
In Europe, trucks over 3.5T have to drive on the right lane, unless they have to make a left turn or overtaking slower traffic, then they can change the lanes.
This applyes to passenger cars too, to keep the left lane free for emergency vehicles or overtaking.
You should also mention that on a 3 lane highway they're strictly not allowed on the left lane.
At least in theory.
In the UK, the rule is that _on motorways with 3 lanes or more,_ lorries, buses and towing vehicles are not allowed to use the right-hand lane. If the motorway only has 2 lanes then both lanes are fair game, and if it's a non-motorway road with 3 lanes then all lanes are fair game. Obviously, the rule still applies that you should keep left unless overtaking or turning right.
These pumps are so outdated: says a guy from a country where they still use paper checks to pay with..
the oldest road bridge in the UK is considered to be Tarr Steps, a clapper bridge located in Exmoor National Park, believed to have been built shortly after 1000 BC. There are even Roman constructed bridges still in use for pedestrians use.
My own experience with rental cars in europe: I am from Belgium and a couple of years ago went to Italy with my girlfriend, she wanted to drive there but i didnt want to pay for Europe assistance (insurance and towing in all of europe ) the cost of that insurance + some tol roads like the alpine tunnel would pay for our Flight and a retal car. so i decided to rent a small car from a german company at the airport for 10 days just to get around. price was 170-200 euro for 10 days. when we arrived they had ran out of cars (the ones on offer in that price range) and we got a free upgrade to a brand new 2019 Mercedes A class with around 6000 KM on it. very good experience.
"that bridge looks older than America" starts to laugh like a rich American....
I'm a German Car Guy - and for my first Holidays in Scotland I chose a manual rental Car - it was kind of strange, to switch gears with the left hand and to drive on the left side of the road, but it was very cool, too. ;-)
That very first shot between Hawes and Bainbridge is very familiar. It's the bridge over Gayle Beck, used to visit my dad's family there every year.
you "might not pass the test"? no you are definitely failing lmaoooo