What some drivers don't understand is that indicators don't react instantaneously. There is a time lapse and if you are travelling at high speed, you can travel a significant distance before they light up. This is why on motorways, you often see the indicator light up just after the manoeuvre has started.
Yes. Lack of brain power leading to failure to observe a very sensible rule.
Here in Belgium, apparently, you're not supposed to signal at all on a roundabout until just before you leave. And they all drive on the wrong side of the road.
Mirror signal manoeuvre (is that a french word, and something to do with eggs!) Yup, speed limit is the maximum shown, on clear, perfect road conditions, not on thick ice or in the fog. We have a parade of shops with car park near us, I often come out of the drive, there is something coming, I wait and they turn into the car park, before reaching me.grrrrr! I have 2 dogs, but not a chocolate lab, so obviously, the "wrong" type of dog then!
Right. Here's one for you if you have nothing better to do on a Sunday evening.
I just used the phrase 'the whole kit and caboodle' to my Belgian OH. Not surprisingly, she didn't know what it meant, so I explained. But where does it come from? What the hell's a caboodle when it's at home?
I have an inkling that it might be connected with the British in India???
Edit: she's just told me of a Dutch word 'inboedel' which means 'everything contained in the house' Any connection I wonder?
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What some drivers don't understand is that indicators don't react instantaneously. There is a time lapse and if you are travelling at high speed, you can travel a significant distance before they light up. This is why on motorways, you often see the indicator light up just after the manoeuvre has started.
Yes. Lack of brain power leading to failure to observe a very sensible rule.
Here in Belgium, apparently, you're not supposed to signal at all on a roundabout until just before you leave. And they all drive on the wrong side of the road.
Mirror signal manoeuvre (is that a french word, and something to do with eggs!) Yup, speed limit is the maximum shown, on clear, perfect road conditions, not on thick ice or in the fog. We have a parade of shops with car park near us, I often come out of the drive, there is something coming, I wait and they turn into the car park, before reaching me.grrrrr! I have 2 dogs, but not a chocolate lab, so obviously, the "wrong" type of dog then!
PS Hubby is from "sarf London" and works in the motor trade,so the "internal" sound is turned off on the car cam!
I'd have thought that 'manoeuvre' (assuming it is French) means 'open hand' No idea why that should mean what it means in English though.
'ouef', of course is the French word for 'egg', leading to that well-known crack about the French President's breakfast.
(sorry to bring the discussion back to language...)https://www.google.be/search?q=manoeuvre&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=CZkjV6qfB6KHgAa6_brIAw
Latin, originally. Manus = hand; operare = to work
Right. Here's one for you if you have nothing better to do on a Sunday evening.
I just used the phrase 'the whole kit and caboodle' to my Belgian OH. Not surprisingly, she didn't know what it meant, so I explained. But where does it come from? What the hell's a caboodle when it's at home?
I have an inkling that it might be connected with the British in India???
Edit: she's just told me of a Dutch word 'inboedel' which means 'everything contained in the house' Any connection I wonder?
caboodle: a crowd or collection. Origin unknown according to dictionary.
I've always just said "the whole caboodle".