What I said only by implication, but should have made clearer, is that British standards of "nothing approaching" are also different from American. But my brother is direct and impatient enough that he'll quickly figure out that in Britain, you slip into any space between cars that you can.
It's verboten to pass someone on the inside.
This is technically illegal in the US as well, but not enforced (unlike our stop signs, which are enforced with a mania). I'm not sure how it's interpreted, however. Taking the UK sides of the road as as examples, it's one thing to be in the right (fast) line and go around on the left, but what if you happen to be in the left lane anyway and come across some slowpoke in the right lane? Are you forbidden to cross an invisible line extending perpendicular from their car? What if there's 3 or more lanes? And I presume that none of this applies during stop-and-go jams. Surely there's no infraction if the left lane creeps slightly less slowly than the right lane.
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Date: 2013-06-19 11:47 am (UTC)It's verboten to pass someone on the inside.
This is technically illegal in the US as well, but not enforced (unlike our stop signs, which are enforced with a mania). I'm not sure how it's interpreted, however. Taking the UK sides of the road as as examples, it's one thing to be in the right (fast) line and go around on the left, but what if you happen to be in the left lane anyway and come across some slowpoke in the right lane? Are you forbidden to cross an invisible line extending perpendicular from their car? What if there's 3 or more lanes? And I presume that none of this applies during stop-and-go jams. Surely there's no infraction if the left lane creeps slightly less slowly than the right lane.