Shoulder check

[jcdammeyer]

North Wales, UK:

• Sheep are stupid, they don’t care about cars or horns.

• Narrow doesn’t come close to describing secondary roads (country lanes?).

I drove myself, but very cautiously.


Guayaquil, Ecuador:

• Lane markings are considered suggestions - 3 marked lanes, 5 (sometimes 6) cars filling the available space.

• The nanosecond a traffic signal turns green, cars as far as 10 back start honking.

I left driving to the locals.

I second the narrow B roads in Wales. Very scary.
I sort of shoulder check depending on what I'm doing. For the most part my vehicle yells at me if I even think about changing lanes into someone. But there's a catch. I have to signal first. If I start signalling and there is someone who has sneaked up into the blind spot it beeps at me.
I even get beeped at as I merge and if the signal lever is still on and there's a car in the inner lane it thinks I'm trying to change lanes into it.

 

[Elektrishun]

LoL I assure you I don't drive that recklessly...

Oh, I wasn't passing judgement. Your comment and the fact it was a Porsche brought back that memory and I thought I'd share.

 

[Elektrishun]

@SomeGuy

Don't won't to go off track and turn this into a Porsche hugging thread but I have to say that if I could choose one Porsche to own it would be a white '86 944.

Something about the style I find very appealing. Apparently it's an exceptionally high maintenance Porsche but I'll bet it's still far cheaper than a wife and 3 kids.