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Driving in Australia can be expensive for Yanks. We had a friend who insisted on driving here and rented a car. By the time he got back to his hotel, he had to change two flat tires. Why? Because he kept hitting the curb really hard. Yanks, of course, drive on the wrong side of the road, but just as important is the fact that the steering wheel is on the right side of the car. This means you have a whole lot of car on your left that wasn't there before. That's why he kept hitting the curb.
You can imagine how he handled our roundabouts. The few they have in the states are generally small and in residential streets. So if you see a car going against the flow of traffic or just sitting there afraid to go, it could be a Yank.
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Anchors Big Set of Boots Bonnet Boot Carbie Speedo Holden Tyre Windscreen Ute Yank Tank Clicks, Klicks, K Overtake Pass Rego Number Plate L Plates Yellow Canary Zebra crossing Roundabout Clearway Bitumen Sealed Road Car Park Petrol Bowser Petrol Station Servo Prang Panel Beater Tyre Iron Caravan Kombi Divvy Van Booze Bus Comby Road Train Tip Truck Tipper Shank's Pony Pram Bike Push-bike Billy Cart Dray |
brakes extremely wide set of tyres on a car hood of a car, part that covers the motor trunk of a car carburettor speedometer. Not to be confused with speedos which are a famous Australian-made cossie (swimsuit). Australian make of car tire, as in a car tire windshield in a car utility vehicle (in the USA a pickup truck) American car kilometre (approximately 0.62 miles) pass pass each other driving in opposite directions car registration license plate required small sign with an L on it to let people know the car is driven by a learner-driver. Sign is attached to the front and back of a car. sticker put on your windscreen when your vehicle is deemed to be unroadworthy by the police pedestrian crossing, named for the painted striped lines on the roadway circular divider in an intersection that controls the flow of traffic. Used instead of traffic lights or stop signs. no parking blacktop, asphalt paved road parking lot short for petroleum, gasoline gas pump service station (gas station) for cars service station (gas station) for cars car crash shop or person that does body repairs to cars crowbar trailer or motor home any small multi-purpose van-like vehicle police van used to transport arrested people. Name comes from the divider between the police and nbsp; those arrested. Also called a paddy wagon. police van used for random breath testing for alcohol a 1 tonne van large truck pulling several trailers garbage truck truck with a tray that can be raised and lowered on foot baby stroller, short for perambulator motorcycle bicycle go-kart made by children wagon pulled by horses or bullocks |
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