Originally Posted by
BearX220
The most scared I have ever been in 35 years of crisis-free driving was in the rain on the M5, Birmingham to Bristol. Tiny flimsy cars zooming along at 90-100mph, huge lorries thundering by and cutting you off with inches to spare... US interstates are comparatively well-mannered.
I share your grief, brother
One 'Big Issue" in UK is the foreign [ie European] trucks with the steering wheel on the wrong side. I don't know why they do that, but it happens a lot
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It's always worth checking the registration/licence plate to see where they come from before committing to a manoeuvre.
The only consolation is that in the UK people [generally] only overtake on the outside. The 3-dimensional challenge in the USA is quite interesting.
I apologise for the tiny flimsy cars used on UK roads ... so many of our roads are small roads, of course. It's a small country. I always rent a 'small house on wheels' for my comfort and safety in the USA.