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    Quote Originally Posted by Badjelly View Post
    I have hired vehicles in Australia and USA. They didn't ask me to pass a test.
    I've hired them in Australia, Mrka and Belgium, and all they cared about was my money and driver's licence. It would've actually been a good idea if they asked me about road rules, because I forgot to ask. I had to ask a cop in San Jose how the rules worked, and in Belgium I was out on the road and suddently realised I had no idea.
    So, I thought I'd just observe drivers at intersections, see if I could work it out. Aparently, Belgians have no idea what the road rules are either!
    Quote Originally Posted by Badjelly View Post
    And besides, the accident described in the original post was caused by a person failing to remember to drive on the left-hand side of the road. You can't test for that.
    Many Noo Zilunders can't keep left either. And even our traffic police seem to have probelsm sometimes with remembering the basics, so we should expect the odd mistake from furriners.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    I seem to remember a similar thing that happened just out of Gladstone (Wairarapa).
    Yank woman tourist or whatever came upon a group of bikes, swerved onto the WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD, killing one and seriously injuring others.
    I rode past the scene a few days later and the police road paint markings and bits of fairing all over the place was kinda sobering.
    Not sure what happened to her, maybe just pissed off back to the US...??
    Riding has enough dangers already without having to deal with this shit!!
    Let the good times roll

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