TOP 10 Peeves about driving in England

(without apologies to David Letterman)

1. Driving on the left (wrong) side of the street. Why can't they get it right? Everyone else in the world (except the former British Empire) drives on the RIGHT side of the street!
2. Roundabouts (traffic circles or "circuses") They were sometimes useful if you need several rotations to decide which turning to take. But many of them were "virtual" circuses, merely paint over a traditional rectilinear intersection. They would have been laughable if you weren't expected to negotiate them.
3. Narrow lanes and huge lorries (trucks).
4. No directional signs on country roads! This may be a way to keep the rabble on the motorways.
5. Street name signs in random locations on sides of buildings. (If they were there at all!)
6. Parking facing either direction. Particularly hair-raising when turning into a street to find a car heading right toward you (later determined to be only parked the wrong way!)
7. Signs that either didn't follow (or weren't included in) my pocket guide to international signs.
8. Two-way streets with parked cars completely using one lane.
9. Parking halfway up on the pavement (sidewalk) and half in the lane.
10. Lane and directional information painted on road where you can't see it in traffic.

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