Opps I meant to say OR forgive me for a little mistake and the prev posts
seem to have understood what I meant.

Actually never heard of an outcry about brake lights and nearly all the
people I know over in the UK which is many do not use the emergency brake
and I used to live there for 28 years of my life and 11 was driving. Also
most people do not really apply the emergency brake on a hill unless rather
steep, as we have nearly all master moving off the help by knowing when the
clutch bite point.

Also I did say it still takes them sometime to move even after the
intersection is CLEAR. I have to disagree with the manual been faster as I
have both and it's amazing just take the foot off the brake and hit the
accelerator pedal and away you go instead of release the clutch until bite
point is reached, then release brake, press accelerator and release clutch o
that seems like a lit bit longer. Plus when driving an auto make sure you
press the accelerator pedal more than 1mm usually to the floor is good.

I love the people you also are 2 footed drivers and rest there foot on the
brake pedal and wonder why they need an oil and brake pad change every 3000
miles, my wife and I cannot stop laughing when we see that one.

O and I love how people are just driving along and feel the need to hit the
brake which causes everyone else to brake since they are not looking 10
seconds ahead and then you have a lovely traffic slow down. Well that's
what happens in WA state and I have lived here 4 years. CA state did not
notice it too much but I only lived there for 5 months and it was out in the
country.

Well that's my main problems with driving in the U.S and that's a weight off
my back at least until I have to go to work I guess I need to get back to
the Scotland as driving here is driving me nuts

"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
.umich.edu...
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 wrote:
>
>> I does mean get ready to go and once you have passed your test there is
>> no need to have the emergency brake while seating at traffic lights and
>> 99% of people do not do this.
>
> Believe it or not, there are complaints being registered with British
> authorities about glare from brake lights of vehicles waiting at red
> lights. There's a public outcry against what is considered the lazy and
> improper procedure of using the service brake rather than the
> emergency/parking/handbrake at red lights.
>
> The amusing thing is that UK-spec (ECE) brake lights are permitted to be
> only a little over half as intense as US-spec (SAE) brake lights.
>
>> I loved the comment about since most cars are manual, it amazes how many
>> america drivers take forever to move when the light turns green and the
>> intersection is clear and I know that they are driving an automatic.
>
> Why should this amaze you? Americans don't pay attention to their driving,
> and even when they do, hesitation is warranted as there is always the
> likelihood that some other bubbleheaded bleach-blonde (of either sex) will
> be too busy yacking on a celphone or too self-impressed with his choice of
> SUV to be bothered stopping for the opposing red light,
>
>> think this why it takes two tries to get through traffic lights and it
>> does not help that 99% of the roadways use traffic lights and stop
>> signs.
>
> Um...huh? There are no intersections with "traffic lights and stop signs".
> It's one or the other.
>