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Those who like to travel the world “on wheels” know firsthand about the difference in driving mentality: driving styles, levels of responsibility, attitude to the rules around and
An attentive and experienced driver knows much more about what is happening on the road than meets the eye. A walkie-talkie is of course good and handy, but you can also do without it. You just need to know the language of the road. Blinked “oncoming traffic” – “turn off the high beam” or wait for an ambush. The truck turned on the turn signal in a straight line and does not slow down? Left – feel free to overtake, right – do not climb, there is a stream. “Emergency” thanks, a short “distant” – we accept gratitude.
Drivers have such communications all over the world, but in order to recognize a signal, if you are on foreign territory, you need not only to see it, but also to know its “translation”. And that can be different in every country.
Let’s say that our eternal “friends”, the Americans, have their own language, completely different from our car language. A striking example is a package on a wing mirror, a street rear-view mirror. Is this a signal from your wife that it’s time to go to the store, or from a neighbor who plans to come over in the evening? Or is it some kind of local, deeply localized form of “separation”? Like, you take off the package, and there’s something illegal and “if anything, we’ll call the police.” No, everything is much simpler.
A plastic bag tied around the rear-view mirror means that the car is not running, needs repair, but has not been left behind. There are also many cars on America’s roads that for one reason or another turn out to be unnecessary for their owners. Such cars are evacuated, looted and sometimes even burned – however, as elsewhere. And there really are enough, because life in the United States is richer than in our latitudes.
By law, such cars must be transported to special parking lots, where they will live out their lives if the owner does not show up. “Transfer” and storage cost money, and the bill, of course, is billed to the owner, not the state. And since the courier company is private, it is beneficial for him to make as many “flights” as possible so that the car cannot lie on the side of the road – it will “sweep” everything on its territory.
To avoid unnecessary costs and accidental evacuation, Americans who encounter problems on the road and are forced to leave the car wrap the rearview mirror with the most ordinary plastic bag. Like, don’t pick it up, I’ll be back soon and I’ll clean it myself. This is unlikely to save you, like our emergency gang, from fines for parking incorrectly. But with such a “flag”, of course, it comes out cheaper, because at least you do not have to buy a “swallow” in a special parking lot.
An attentive and experienced driver knows much more about what is happening on the road than meets the eye. A walkie-talkie is of course good and handy, but you can also do without it. You just need to know the language of the road. Blinked “oncoming traffic” – “turn off the high beam” or wait for an ambush. The truck turned on the turn signal in a straight line and does not slow down? Left – feel free to overtake, right – do not climb, there is a stream. “Emergency” thanks, a short “distant” – we accept gratitude.
Drivers have such communications all over the world, but in order to recognize a signal, if you are on foreign territory, you need not only to see it, but also to know its “translation”. And that can be different in every country.
Let’s say that our eternal “friends”, the Americans, have their own language, completely different from our car language. A striking example is a package on a wing mirror, a street rear-view mirror. Is this a signal from your wife that it’s time to go to the store, or from a neighbor who plans to come over in the evening? Or is it some kind of local, deeply localized form of “separation”? Like, you take off the package, and there’s something illegal and “if anything, we’ll call the police.” No, everything is much simpler.
A plastic bag tied around the rear-view mirror means that the car is not running, needs repair, but has not been left behind. There are also many cars on America’s roads that for one reason or another turn out to be unnecessary for their owners. Such cars are evacuated, looted and sometimes even burned – however, as elsewhere. And there really are enough, because life in the United States is richer than in our latitudes.
By law, such cars must be transported to special parking lots, where they will live out their lives if the owner does not show up. “Transfer” and storage cost money, and the bill, of course, is billed to the owner, not the state. And since the courier company is private, it is beneficial for him to make as many “flights” as possible so that the car cannot lie on the side of the road – it will “sweep” everything on its territory.
To avoid unnecessary costs and accidental evacuation, Americans who encounter problems on the road and are forced to leave the car wrap the rearview mirror with the most ordinary plastic bag. Like, don’t pick it up, I’ll be back soon and I’ll clean it myself. This is unlikely to save you, like our emergency gang, from fines for parking incorrectly. But with such a “flag”, of course, it comes out cheaper, because at least you do not have to buy a “swallow” in a special parking lot.
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