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- From: snail@lsl.co.uk
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Coventry vs. London/etc
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.125743.2657@lsl.co.uk>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 11:57:43 GMT
- References: <BxtIsn.JE0@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <Bxv9zp.J2w@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <1992Nov18.130949.1853@impmh.uucp> <BxyH0o.9Ms@fulcrum.co.uk>
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- In article <BxyH0o.9Ms@fulcrum.co.uk>, davidw@fulcrum.co.uk (David Wilkinson) writes:
- > I think one of the main problems is that the locals drive on and off
- > it quite confidently, whilst the strangers in town dither at all the
- > junctions wondering which way to go and why all these cars are coming
- > at them - each much to the irritation of the other, each getting in
- > each others way. In this respect, it's not very different to most
- > other road systems.
- >
- > I can think of many places I hate driving much more than Coventry ring road.
-
- I remember my introduction to the North Circular was like a baptism of fire,
- they don't pull away that fast, but it's not unusual to do 70 in 40 zones, and
- that freaked me out.
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- Cambridge is odd the other way. People pull away very quickly and are quite
- aggressive, but the top speed is no where near as high as London.
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