Manual Transmissions

[steve hawkins]

Perhaps all the Auto's are being dumped in the good old U S of A, as they cannot sell anywhere else?

Its a control thing - stop lights take the decison away from the driver...We used to have roundabouts and 'give way junctions' to keep the traffic moving......but traffic lights are getting more common over here now...And they are putting them on roundabouts as well

Ever sat an a stop light for a minute or two when it is on Red....And you are the only motorist to be seen in any direction?

Noooooo!

[trolle]

The Danish military recieved under the Marshall help in the fifties a lot of surplus American gear including  GMC lorries from wwII. When I served in 1970-72 I learned to drive the GMC which had a manual non-synchronized H-shift. It was a heavy car to drive with no powersteering and I almost toppled over once driving up a slippery hill. My instructor left the car in a hurry and did not seem very pleased afterwards.

So I am trained in the noble art of double-d-clutch.

greetings from a still freezing and white north (the ground and roads have been snow covered since December 19 last year)

[Ed Miller]

Traffic lights on roundebouts?  That's just crazy.  No, I bet it generates revenue, doesn't it?  Do they have those evil red light cameras on them?

[Bengt_Phorqs]

Ever sat an a stop light for a minute or two when it is on Red....And you are the only motorist to be seen in any direction?

Noooooo!  

Most of the traffic signals here are magnetically triggered by wire.  Unfortunately every motorcycle I own does not have enough ferrous metal to trip the light so it's very common to sit through several cycles of the light - assuming one doesn't get frustrated and just go when there are no cars about.  It's like those "Walk - Don't Walk" signals.  My common sense tells me that it's cross traffic and not red lights that kill pedestrians.  Just don't ever think of jaywalking in downtown Dallas though.  You'll get a $200 ticket! [smiley=thud.gif]