Who the hell else can make a right turn on a red light? Maybe only in America. A red light is stop, just stop, not go anywhere till it turns green but not out there. So confusing & bloody dangerous.
I see an American family driving in Taunton, Somerset, England, the other week. They'd put a note in the back window saying, " Sorry for the shit driving, we're American. " !!! I got to admit I, Lol😂 , that brightened up my day.😁🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧👍🤙❤️🇺🇲
Around 64 countries drive on the left-hand side of the road - roughly 30% of the world’s countries and 35% of the world’s population. To help you plan your travels Tyler here is the list:- EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT Channel Islands (including Guernsey and Jersey) Cyprus Ireland Isle of Man Malta United Kingdom ASIAN COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Macau Malaysia Maldives Nepal Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT Botswana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe OCEANIC COUNTRIES AND REGIONS THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT Australia and its territories including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Norfolk Island and Tasmania Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand and its territories including Cook Islands and Tokelau Niue Pitcairn Islands Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu CARIBBEAN AND ATLANTIC OCEAN ISLANDS THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Falkland Islands Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT Guyana Suriname
It's hard to understand why you guys make such a fuss about driving on the left side of the road. Whenever anyone from Britain or Ireland goes to Europe with their cars, we have to drive on the right in our right hand drive cars whereas if you come here, you'll hire a right hand drive car which is right for the road. So we have two things to overcome and we manage easily. With respect quit moaning about how difficult it is for you poor things.
My understanding is that road signs are different in the US because there was an international agreement and most countries signed it but the US didn't.
@@myla6135 Why? Is it because they want to do something differently from the rest of the world? News Flash: the majority of the world drives on the right side of the road while the UK drives on the left. Does driving differently from the rest of the world make the UK arrogant to you or are you just being hypocritical?
@@redram6080 It's not sides of the road we are talking about here rammy, old bean. We are talking about international agreements and we all know that the US has an aversion to those unless it initiates them for its tedious interests. Now please calm down and stop with the American exceptionalism.
Yea, it truly is becoming unwatchable. I don't know if the guy is acting dumb or what. Someone said that he possibly pretends to learn things, even if he's seen them before, only because of the fact that every video would feel more individual, but that just doesn't seem to make any sense. It's just going to annoy the actual subscibers and regular viewers of the channel. Also another thing I assume is that he never reads the comments, but who knows.
I had an american girlfriend visit my hometown and she mentioned she had never seen the "old people crossing" sign when we came across one. She said when you see Deer crossings or anything, you go on the lookout for them. I saw an elderly person and said "look! There's one now!"
We call the trunk of a car the boot because, back in the days of horse and carriage, the storage area at the rear was where one would put one's riding boots.
Not quite; there's a bit more to it. The word _boot_ comes from the Old French _bote_ and did originally refer to riding boots, but from around 1600 it took on the meaning of "fixed external step of a coach." This later was extended to "low outside compartment used for stowing luggage" and hence the transferred use in Britain in reference to the storage compartment in a motor vehicle.
@@alanmorris9425 Right of way is set by the road rules. If you have right of way, the only time you surrender it is when someone else ignores your right of way, forcing you to surrender your right of way. For example, last week I entered a two lane roundabout, which means I had right of way to go around the roundabout. On that occasion, a truck and trailer that was going too fast failed to give way to me (breaking the road rules) by entering the roundabout in front of me, forcing me to yield (surrender) my right of way and stop, otherwise I would have ended up between the truck and its trailer. To give way is to respect the road rules so traffic can flow freely. Sometimes, you have to surrender your right of way to people who don’t respect the road rules and who put other road users at risk of an accident. To me there is a distinction between giving way as per the rules, and yielding to someone who can’t be bothered with the rules.
Honestly Tyler, it’s not difficult. People from the UK drive their cars in Europe or hire cars over there all of the time. After a few minutes of getting off a ferry or leaving the Eurotunnel people adapt quickly. Same as us going to the US, nobody ever makes a fuss about it.
@Russell-77 Americans always get their knickers in a knot at the thought of driving on "the wrong side of the road". That's probably because they have minimal actual driving skills, due to living their lives mainly driving in straight lines in automatic cars on Interstates!
The fact that the steering wheel is on the other side of the car actually makes it easier, because you drive with the driver closer to the middle of the road no matter driving in the UK or the US. Takes me about 10 minutes to get comfortable when I hire a car in the US. Now 4-way stops and turn on right are where I have problems!
Australia also runs on 240V, double the power output of the US. This also means we have much higher safety built into our systems. For instance, every power outlet has a switch for each socket, plus the appliances also have power switches. You need to watch the comparison video. People say the British plus are too big compared to the US, but we don’t have to pull the plug out of the socket every time, we can just use the switch.
The British plugs are also the safest in the world. The live and Neutral cannot be accessed until the Earth is present. It's ACTUAL problem solving engineering.
That difference in voltage wouldn't make it massively less safe and need all the precautions though, only a little. It's just good to have the precautions and smart engineering anyway.
This is the common voltage across the world. Much safer but Edison is to blame for the low voltage in the USA. The USA is to blame for the 110v in Japan.
@@george-ev1dq There are more fires with the lower voltage. For the same power you need twice the current, needing thicker cables but fires tend to be made at high resistance points, such as loose or corroded terminals.
Road/street signs around the world are universal, every English speaking country outside of North America uses "Give Way" signs. "Yield" is only used in the US and Canada, and is a word that sounds like it's from the days of King Arthur.
Apparently 16 countries use 'yield' including Ireland and British Virgin Islands (though the rest use 'Give way.').. Now I don't feel so 6th century! 🇨🇦🙃
14:00 Road signs are universal. Vast majority of the world uses the same/a variation of the same road sign design that's in the UK. The US (and probably a handful of countries) doesn't though. So it's yours that are not standard
Well, not entirely "universal" - someone from continental Europe would recognise most British road signs, but struggle with Irish ones, despite Ireland being [happily] in the EU and the UK having [sadly] left.
@johnclements6614 Not true. Most remainers have said they would've voted leave because none of the bad stuff that they were warned about has happened. UK has the highest growth compared to EU countries and lowest unemployment. The only bad outcomes recently are due to Covid and the war in Ukraine, which have nothing to do with Brexit.
I've lost track of how many US airport power sockets are worn out from use and the plug just drops right out. You can always tell the ones that work, from the crowd of people around them.
I'm British, but lived in California for 3 years. It's really not that hard to drive on there other side of the road/car, even right away. I even drove a stick over there so had to learn to change gear with the other hand. The biggest issue I'd imagine for Americans driving in Britain is that they'll struggle with the narrow roads, roundabouts and towns/cities that are not on a grid. Driving in the US I found SO much easier!
I was going to say this driving 'challenge' is the same for Brits visiting a lot of countries, including North America. Like you, I find it straight forward. A bit of extra thinking at first but it only takes a day to get used to.
The driver is always positioned to see most of the road, so when they drive on the left side, they sit on the right side of the car, & vice-versa. It makes sense because on a two-lane road they're nearest the middle & can see most of the road ahead.
This is exactly it. I follow the Yorkshire Peach, who moved to the UK from Georgia 10 years ago. She still hates driving on country roads and passing cyclists. She claims we’re like NASCAR drivers over here
He never reads this. His reaction channel is a game. He has other channels for different countries like his brother. He is like kind of acter. Ohhhh. I am surprised not. He cannot be as ignorant on uk news as he makes out. Other people doing reactions know there has just been uk election. 🤦♂️
I'd presume that for a driver, the only really hard part would be muscle memory when changing gears [and maybe some of the controls on the sticks on the steering column] due to them requiring you use your opposite hand [no idea if the gear positions them selves are the same or mirrored.] Then again, this would be a big difference anyway as American TV/movies acts like it's sorcery when someone knows how to "drive stick." Whereas that's the norm here.
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Roundabouts: As a retired driving instructor y pupils hated them in the beginning but as their experience progressed they loved them - better that sitting at a red light for 3-4 minutes.
as the US threw out the etymology of their words in the 19th century, it's not surprising you're confused by "boot" and "give way". Boot is from the 16th century and was the footrail on coaches - later used to stow luggage, hence boot of a car (btw, bonnet and hood - same meaning, a head cover). Give Way is saying yield but after 1500 years of language development. it comes from old english weg (Old Germanic weg way) or wegan meaning to move. guess where wagon comes from. give way - move out of way (polite), make way - get out the way (order). it's how we talk (or did at least). Yield still has connotations with surrender in the germanic languages (Chivalry is still a thing) . blame Noah Webster
I’ll give the Americans this though: trunk also makes a lot of sense when you look at early car designs that had a literal luggage trunk strapped to the back of the car. I’ll tease the Americans like anyone else, but some of their terms for things and alternative spellings actually aren’t weird after all when you scratch the surface.
@@Dasyurid absolutely. it wasn't a dig. American English has just started it's etymological life and after the Webster dictionary, started a new branch of English development. it would really be interesting to see how much Spanish will influence it.
@@raverdeath100 Oh yeah, I didn’t mean to suggest you were having a dig. The trunk thing was just something I realised recently while watching some TV show or movie set when cars had literal trunks stuck on the back and the penny dropped for me.
The road signs in Britain are not different, they’re different in the USA, you’re the odd one out. The UK road sign images are widely used across the world as they depict the message no matter what language you speak. In the USA if you don’t speak English then you’ll have no idea what a road sign means
@@GazGaryGazza Here in New Zealand the majority of our road signs are American styled, this includes warning signs (yellow diamond shaped signs), construction signs (orange diamond shaped signs), & guide/information signs (green rectangular signs). Only our regulatory signs are European/universal (speed limit signs, etc).
Car stuff has the same names as Britain when you visit Australia. Car boot and bonnet. Australia andNew Zealand use the same signs as Britain, so it’s the US that’s different. It has a lot to do with the horse and cart era.
I will say, as far as the wattage, you can tell the 110 vs. 220 difference when you make hot water with an electric kettle. It's the most overt difference with water boiling in seconds in the UK (which is why people use them) and water boiling in minutes in the US (which is why people are just as apt to use the microwave). I appreciate that there are on-off switches for every plug but that also includes some showers, as well, in order to turn them on. It really does help save electricity, though. For driving, as an American now living in Scotland, I think the biggest thing to get used to was the curviness of the roads and how things don't follow a grid-pattern over here. Drives me crazy, honestly. I get it because the roads are older over here than over there which doesn't really allow for you to get lost and find your way back easily. If it's helpful for roundabouts, if you want to turn off at the first left on a roundabout, you put your turn signal on indicating left. If you want to go straight, you don't turn it on until you want to turn off. If you want to turn off at the last turn (to turn right, essentially, almost all the way around) you put your right signal on and then turn your left signal on when your about to turn off down that road to indicate intent. At least, that's what my husband does lol they're not as scary as they seem. The multi-lane roundabouts are scarier. Those going onto the roundabouts yield (or "give way") to passing cars so indicators are super important. Note that some signs you might see (like the "give way" sign) are sometimes found on the road without the letters. So you'll just come across a big, white arrow on the pavement pointing down at your car and I thought it was saying we were going the wrong way at first but it's just saying you're supposed to yield to other traffic. There's also a parking spot sometimes used near the entrance - like disability parking spots - for pregnant women/women and children. Also, I've heard SO many people say that Americans are really nice. I'm still very confused by that but a lot of people say that customer service is genuine in American (seeming) and people don't ask you about your day and make pleasant small talk over here. They do their job and you leave. I've not come across this and I feel like customer service over here is great but I also randomly tell people their shirt looks nice or they have great shoes and what not so it's possible that is on me. I have gotten people asking me to "say that again" which is nice. Lost in the Pond is great ❤️
"IT WOULD BE SAFER IF THIS STUFF(road signs) WAS UNIVERSAL" 😅😂 They almost are, except for in USA where the signs even differ from state to state. Nearly every aspect of road use in the USA differs from international standards and norms.
The road sign "Give Way" is pretty much self explanatory - Pull out in front of incoming fast traffic and force them to hit their brakes hard or otherwise crash. Which seems to be very common behaviour on British roads.
And to Cornwall. There used to be Motorails, too. It used to be cheaper for two to catch the sleeper from Bristol to Glasgow, with your car, than the petrol to get there. It was a great way to get to the Highlands.
Brits aren't as confused by driving on the right as Americans are about driving on the left because we go to the continent (mainland Europe) very often where they drive on the right
Living near the Channel Tunnel we see lots of people from Europe over here and they seem to have no problem driving on the left when Europe drives on the right, and I had no problems when driving in the US and Canada, even on my first trip. It seems strange to me that Americans have such a fear of it.
Similar signs tend to be the same the world over ... in fact we used to have "STOP AND GIVE WAY" signs many years ago but our round STOP signs said "HALT" ... the international standard uses the US octagonal "STOP" signs, which we have adopted. Other countries have adopted them with the worfing in their own language. Our "YIELD" signs, now "GIVE WAY", are larger than other countries that often have no wording. We have very few "STOP" signs ... but "GIVE WAY" signs are everywhere. There are signs that the US have that many others don't ... eg the yellow lozenges and many signs are only words ... whereas the international signs are generally symbols - some of which are to say the least 'quirky'!
Basically yeah, our blenders work harder/faster, water boils quicker in an electric kettle, things connected to the mains and not USB charge quicker etc. The adapter steps down the voltage along with providing the US type connections so your appliances don’t blow.
Lol, where I live there's a 20-minute trip I take regularly, and there are 8 roundabouts on the way of varying sizes and types. It's weird to drive without encountering one.
There are new road rules now, too. Cyclists, pedestrians and buses must be given priority. When overtaking a cyclist ( not motorcyclist) you must give 1.5 metre width clearance or can risk fine. My advice would be don't drive, use coaches, buses and trains. Do not use the rickshaws in London, especially if you come from America. Be careful.
It's possible to travel by train from London to Paris. In case you wonder how the train crosses the Channel, it goes via the Channel Tunnel. Cars and lorries are carried by giant sized trains through the Channel Tunnel to France.
Re 3:00 US vs UK electricity - a higher voltage means for power, the higher the number of amps is the higher the amount of electricity. In a physics lesson I touched a Terminal with about 1,000v, but because the amp age was minuscule I wasn’t injured.
Well it's all balanced on Amps, Volts and Watts. You can always calculate one of you have the other 2, but yes the total output is measured in at least 2 always. But British are 230v or 240v by default. When you look at the plug it will tell you the Amperage and often the Wattage and/or Voltage. We also have fuses in our plugs often, as well as a fuse in the spur. Just lots of important safety measures.
I think foreign visitors wishing to drive in the uk should have to take a test to qualify. A lot of foreign countries have dire standards of driving and driving tests. The UK test is very rigorous.
@@nedludd7622The OP did not mention France, Germany or other neighbours with high driving standards and good road safety statistics. He kindly and politely anonymised those countries whose nationals should not be permitted to drive in the UK before passing a test. These countries include - but are certainly not limiited to, IMO - the USA.
Every time a Brit goes to Europe or a European goes to the UK we swap the side of the road we drive on! It takes a few moments to retrain your brain and then you can get on with your driving. You just have to forget the American Dream and STAY AWAKE!
Road signs are universal...almost everywhere else in the world. :-) We all signed up to the Vienna convention for standardisation of road signs. America refused.
Many of our socket outlets now can be obtained with 5V USB outlets. You can see them of the first outlet at 2 mins 29s. Very handy for charging and USB fittings such as LED lamps etc. The term Boot comes from horse-drawn carriages that had a boot locker at the rear to store outside boots and wear lighter shoes when travelling, but the roads could be muddy and the driver would get the boots from the locker for the travellers to change into when alighting from the vehicle. Most road signs ARE universal, it's just that American ones are different. For example at junctions our signs are a standard colour and are similar to a simplified road map to actually represent the junction or roundabout at a glance.
My Mother-in-law lives in a British house built in th 60s. The sockets are standard 13 amp, however, none of the several original sockets (some have been replaced) do not have switches.
"What does this sign mean?" - It literally says what it means on the sign. It means the same even if there is NO text on it. As to which side of the road people drive... It's inherited from back when horses drew carriages. As to driving in britain, I would have to drive an automatic transmission, because i wouldn't be able to shift manual gears with my left hand. As to the road signs.. You're right that it would be better if they were universal, but it's the american signs that are different.
I am Welsh/British born and bread, I live right in the border of England, it’s 5 mins away from me, I go past “Welcome to England” and “Welcome to Wales” signs a lot. In my lifetime of 42 years, i have been to London a total of 5 times. I’ve seen all the sights, Buckingham palace, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, number 10 Downing Street, Clarence House, the changing of the guards, Windsor Castle, we also visited Legoland while we were visiting Windsor for the weekend to see the castle.,I’ve been to all the places I wanted to see. I went to London to take my daughters to a concert once and we stayed a few days and they got to take photos with Buckingham palaces and Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s cathedral, we went to Harrods, we went to Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the Uk. I’ve done it all 5 times. Would I chose to go to London again? No, I wouldn’t. It’s hectic and everyone’s rushing and it’s fast paced, in the financial district everyone looks at you like you are a piece of crap, or just look through you and bump into you while they are talking on the phone and don’t even acknowledge you let alone say sorry. Londoners can be rude. It’s like they’re fed up of tourists. I asked a woman a question in the financial district and she full on ignored me and just walked off. The Escalators are super long and you have a line of people just rushing past you and knocking into you. The tube is scary when you have children with you. Londoners are nicer at night time when they have had alcohol. It’s not somewhere I would choose to go again. I’ve done it 5 times, it stressful, not laid back, and I was glad to get home. I love Portmeirion in Wales, I love all the castles we have in wales. I’ve been to look around many of them as we have an NT card. I love Barmouth. I have taken beautiful sunset photos in Barmouth. I love snowdonia and Lake Vyrnwy, I love Tenby and Caldey Island, all in Wales, I live in North Wales and North Wales is home to the most beautiful and dramatic landscapes, offering plenty of opportunity for outdoor pursuits. Beautiful beaches and green picturesque mountainous views. I’m extremely proud of where I live and watching videos like this one, makes me realise and take notice of the beauty and amazing scenery all around me, I take more notice of the architecture and landscapes and definitely take more notice of castles when I drive passed them. There are more than 600 castles in Wales. Some have been lived in continuously for a thousand years, while others are romantic ruins. Many are native Welsh castles, built by Welsh royal dynasties, often in very beautiful places. I do love Scotland and the beauty of Scotland. And one of the most amazing places I’ve visited is the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland, it gave me goosebumps and I felt very emotional there for some reason. The Giant's Causeway formed just under 60 million years ago, and at that time Ireland was still attached to North America. Europe was starting to rip away from North America, and as it did so it created huge rifts in the earth's surface. It’s a sight to behold, an you can feel the history there as you know many people have walked on there since humans began. I love visiting lakes that are surrounded by mountains and have villages at The bottom of them. Little villages were people used to live, with houses and school houses and churches. Villages that were flooded on purpose to create resivours to provide water for other cities . I like looking out at these lakes on warm days to see if I can see the top of a church spire or any part of the village poking out of the water. Knowing that underneath the water, was once a Village with a community of people living there is a weird feeling, again, I feel emotional there, it touches me. Especially when I know the villages at the bottom of these lakes were full of people protesting and begging the government not to flood their home, begging for their village not to be flooded. Visit London if you haven’t been. But there are so many beautiful magnificent things to see in the Uk, majestic places that don’t seem real. They beat London hands down. Americans should Venture out of London and see the beauty of the UK.
Steering wheel is on the right of a car because most people are right handed and the dominant hand/arm is used to hold/turn the wheel, left hand for gear stick, radio, dash controls, hand gestures etc! 100% safety first.
british road sign are easy, once you know the format, The triangle sign is information and warning, like the give way, and the old people crossing, usually next to nursing care homes and the likes The round sounds are more orders, what you must do, lie the stop, or no entry, or no uk turns, Other signs that help are our road signs, for direction to places, white background for B roads, Geen background for A roads and dual carriage ways, and blue background for motorways. what is a help, is we have to learn these in our driving test, we dont do a driving test in a car park, the off you go 70 miles an hour with no clue really, figure it as you go in america
Our plugs contain fuses from 1, 2,3,5,7,10,13 Amp fuses, basically our fuses are used in conjunction with the power draw of the device eg a power brick for a laptop uses a 5am fuse. Re driving we still use the medieval system, eg a knight carried his sword on his left hip, so he could defend himself from any enemies! We also give priority the right hand side! Eg if you and the person on the right arrive at the same time, you yield/give priority to them. The Tube in London (Which is now 250 miles) was put into action before any subway in America. Also our British rail system is 10,072 miles, which would the same as travelling from London to New York almost 3 times.
The word boot is the general word used in carriages for boxes or other storage areas. It was continued in Britain when cars came into use. In the USA trunks were strapped onto the back of carriages, and that word was carried over instead. In the UK electrical outlets are known as sockets- that is a thing that something fits into- such as a ball and socket joint or a socket wrench. Having the wheel on the right of the car means that your right hand, which is mostly dominant, stays on the wheel while the left does anything else needed like changing gears. Not the reason for driving on that side, that is just an advantage.
Voltage: less copper, smaller chance of overheating, higher possible power, higher efficiency. My kettle takes about 13A at 230V, making it about 3kW. Good luck finding one like that in the US.
On a work day I generally do 26 roundabouts per day. 13 to work and 13 on the way home. It takes 20 minutes to get to work so that's an average of just over 1 roundabout every 2 minutes. Hate the things, but like them more than traffic lights.
I’ve encountered a few Americans in my village, when I hear them I am impressed, I always want to ask them “Where are you from? And why are you here? What made you decide to come here? I don’t ask them anything though, I just enjoy listening to their accents and nudging whoever I’m with to listen and look over because there are Americans 🙈 I do have an American friend, I’ve known her since we where kids, we were pen friends and we used to write to each other all the time (she was my mums beauticians niece). We occasionally called one another and I remember she had so many channels to watch on TV and at the time, in the UK, we only had 5. And that 5th channel was new. On every call she was always watching TV, which was strange to me because I rarely watched TV as there wasn’t much to watch so it was boring. I’d be out making rope swings on trees with my friends, playing rounders and riding our bikes. So it was crazy that her life seemed to be centred around the TV. But with all those channels and all that choice she had on what she wanted to watch, I was a bit jealous that I didn’t have that in the Uk! Just 5 channels man! 😂 she was younger than me and she used to be up as late as she wanted watching TV, and I didn’t have a TV in my room and I had to be in bed at 7:30pm, as my mum was very strict. So yep, I was envious of her 😅
Plugs again. Yes, British plugs are all fitted with a fuse to stop overload. Also, that third pin is for an earth wire (not always necessary, but on larger appliances it really is). That earth wire reduces any risk of being electrocuted. It also works with the socket (outlet, I think you called it?) in as much as without that pin, the socket will not work. So, no two pinned plugs will work in our sockets. Also, the sockets have a switch so you can't randomly shove a plug in one and hey presto, it's on!! Seriously, our electrics are much safer than yours.
In Australia we drive on the left, we walk down the footpath on the left, we stand on the left when we use an escalator. We call it an indicator because we are indicating if we’re turning left or right or if we’re changing lanes. I prefer roundabouts to traffic lights. The main rule to remember whilst using a roundabout is you give way to a vehicle on your right.
Having people from other countries in Britain is so common we don't even bother turning our heads, unless they are Australian ( we are so similar in every way it's scary).
fortunately, the clutch and the brake are in the same position... but ! the windshield wiper command and the turn signal command are the other way round....
Yield sounds like a medieval word to me... _Then said the knight unto Arthur, Thou art in my daunger whether me list to save thee or slay thee, and but thou _*_yield_*_ thee as overcome and recreant, thou shalt die._
Re: Give Way signs, sometimes they don't even have text, just a red triangle (pointed down) with a white fill, used as advance warning of an upcoming Give Way sign.. We also seem to "duplicate" some signs as paint on the road surface.
We have the same issue of having to change sides on the road when we go to mainland Europe. Not my favourite thing either, to be honest, I understand your initial anxiety 😳Don't panic though Tyler, you won't need to go anywhere near a steering wheel, just pop onto a train, or coach, or bus ... easy! 🤪 You don't have to keep pulling the plug out of the socket every time for most appliances. Just throw the switch, it's actually quicker, and safer than the US way. Europeans criss-cross the continent by rail, it is so easy and available, the US could do the same but with the states. The USA is actually smaller than Europe, so if the powers that be put a little effort into it I'm sure they could come up with something 🙄 Americans are lovely... when they stop shouting!! 🤪
A couple pf things you may also find interesting / useful. 1) UK electric is 230 v 50 Hz whereas US electric is 120 v 60 Hz. The frequency will affect the speed of anything with a motor. Also the US goes anti clockwise on their roundabouts, the UK goes clockwise.
Lawrence is wrong again. The standard voltage in the UK is 240 V. On the continent it's 220 V. In a rare moment of insanity, the EU standardised on 230 ± 10 V, but the old national standards still apply.
The voltage used throughout Europe (including the UK) was harmonised in January 2003 at a nominal 230v +10%/-6% 50 Hz, according to the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard IEC-60038. Prior to that it was 240v in UK, and 220v in the rest of Europe. This, however doesn't mean there has been a real change in the supply, since the tolerance encompasses the full range of voltages accepted by the nominal 220v and 240v standards The only change is in the “label”, so electricity supply companies don't actually have to change the supply voltage. To cope with both sets of limits all modern equipment is therefore able to accept 230v +/-10% as set out in IEC-60038 (2022) i.e. 207-253v.
I've not met a lot of Americans in my life, but the few I met have been very outgoing and kind of nice. My first encounter with an American was in Bergen at a Hotel when I was like 12, and I also met the girls mother and her Norwegian grandmother. I couldn't speak that good English at the time, but the girl who was named Signe and lived in Brooklyn was very friendly and we exploored the hotel together and in oone of the floors there was a picture with broken glass on it and she rushed down to tell the reseptionist so they could fix it. I think that was very nice of her to tell them, even though they probably knew about it already they thanked her for telling them. The second time it was two girls that went to the bible school, it was a friend of mine that knew these girls and met them at Mc Donalds and one of the girls started shouting "I wanna be like jesus"😮 I was shocked, and it didn't end there as we were going to a consert the same evening and I thought it was a rock band or something, boy was I wrong, it was hip hop rap music, and the lyrics was about god and jesus and in the middle of the consert they encouraged people to be saved by jesus or something, I tried to hide so they couldn't tell I was not a christian, it was really scary. The third time I met two Americans that had a fight going on between them and what was supposed to be a nice weekend with friend that make cards and stuff, they ruined the whole thing and because of them we have not had any more gatherings, we had them for ten years before they ruined everything with their conflict and they were very loud and the one sitting across my table started to spread out all her stuff, and she even made me move my table and took like half of my table and her two tables. I got a bad headache because there was a flickering light right abve my table when I had to move it and I was sick the whole three days so I didn't tell her to move her stuff and let me have my table back. The other woman was just very loud and spoke badly of this other woman. I think I liked the woman that took my table better though, and she actually gave me some tea because she had made me move my table and such, so she was aware that I didn't like the move and I think maybe if I didn't get the headache I would just have switched places to another table that wasn't occupied at the time but I didn't know it was free until later, so I didn't make it before someone else took it, not an American but she could have been.
If you plug something that's designed for 120v into Britain's 240v, it'll take double the voltage, quadruple the power and it'll blow up. Unless it's designed for multiple voltages. For example, laptop and phone chargers can usually take anything from Japan's 100v to the UK's 240v because they have a voltage converter built into them. Devices usually have their compatible voltages and frequencies written on them, so check! Speaking of that, you might want to get a voltage converter just to be safe before coming to the UK. They're about £15-£30 ($20-$40) on Amazon UK.
Yes the higher voltage in uk means out appliances like kettles can boil water faster than they would be able to in America, it also means that large appliances like washers/dryers/refrigerators/ovens do not need to be specially wired in they can just be plugged into a standard uk socket/outlet to power them.
During my one and only trip to USA I went to NYC. I visited Grand Central Station, which was massive, with gazillions of platforms all with trains parked up. I think there are more tracks than you give credit in this vid. Other things for drivers, At Zebra crossings (crosswalks according to Capcha), pedestrianshave right of way even if they are waiting to cross unless the crossing has traffic lights (not orange flashin beacons) as well. Most cars have manual gearboxes in britain, whereas most have automatic transmission in the USA. You can catch trains and buses that take you almost all over our relatively small island but the almost is important if you plan to visit the wilds of Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland, Yorkshire, The Cotswolds or the Lake district..At some point you're likely to need to use a taxi or hire a car. But as the video said, Get Out Of London, much as NYC isn't All America has and Paris isn't all the France had, London is a large sprawling city most of which probably isn't of much interest to tourists on a short trip. Hi and see the hills, the lakes and mountains, the castles and ancient stone circles. Visit the extremities. It's a very varied land with lots to see. Remember, the Anglo Saxons have been completely in charge for about a thousand years. Before them we had Celts, Picts, Romans, Saxons, Angles, Vikings and Normans all sticking their oars in.
Listen Tyler, we have a good brain! If you have to drive on the other side of the road the universal rule is simply "Keep The Passenger to The Kerb side" Its that simple! takes minuets to change brain waves lol I have driven both sides many times although I have to admit turning at Rail crossings can get a bit confusing! But Just "Keep The Passenger To The Kerb"!
Plugs. This is why we use kettles that plug into wall sockets for our cups of tea and coffee and do NOT heat the water in a microwave. Kettles, even full ones, take about 3 minutes to boil. American kettles would take forever, because your voltage is soooooo looooooow. No wonder yous don't drink tea so much, as the water needs to be boiling before you add the tea, and microwaves are no good for this.
I think a lot of the reason we have fuses in the plugs is because the standard rating for a socket circuit in the UK is 32 amps, a lot of other places I’ve been it’s been around 20 amps, so it makes more sense to rate it down with a fuse at each plug for safety.
@10:10 When he says Veh-hey-culs! He’s literally taking the piss! It’s just ‘vaycul’ here! NOT VEY-HEY-CUL! As a Brit, that word CRACKS ME THE F UP when pronounced by Americans! We say the word in TWO syllables not three…
Lost In The Pond is great for UK/US comparisons & I love their channel (Yep I subscribe to them). Please look at more of their stuff. The bloke is so fun & informative & I love his delivery
I've watched a few people doing the American reacting to Britishness. You're def the most interesting to watch. Keep it up Tyler. Always a great watch and I've suggested a Mr Bean clip I tihnk you'll love.
@@wessexdruid7598 Power projection and DESTRUCTION. Ask those in the countries they ''liberated'' [we have quite a few as refugees here, their views are ''enlightening'' to say the least]
The US only spends 3.5% of it's GDP on the country's military (I'm assuming that's what you meant by defense). I highly doubt that's much more than whatever country you live in
@@redram6080 The only country spending more than the USA is Poland (4.1%) - but then look who is on their border and has previously invaded them. Many NATO countries struggle to spend 2% of GDP, although all have committed to try and spend that by end 2024, however Canada & Belgium are expected to fail. So yes - it's nearly double. But also remember, your largest troop deployments are not in NATO (Japan & S.Korea) and what your really buying is global force projection.
Asking as the driver is aside and can see the centre lines in the road you’ll be fine. Just ensure that as a driver - you are not closest to the side walk and you are on the side closest to the centre dividing lines on the road and you are good. If an oncoming driver stops and you stop, you should be able to roll both of your windows down and talk to one another as both drivers are closest to the middle of the road. Your front passenger should always be closer to the sidewalk. Driver - positioned closest to the centre of the road centre lines. Front passenger - always positioned closest to the sidewalk. Keep that in mind at all times and you’ll be fine driving in the UK😊
i visited usa for 6 months, getting the swap to driving on the opposite side of the road is no problem, especially since practiced in crete several years earlier, the problem comes when tired and on autopilot (brain driving, or riding in my case, but reacting to road conditions by instinct, using hindbrain to scan for erratic movements) lawrence is going mildly overboard with the whole different names for things, anyone who knows cars knows multiple different names from across the world for all the parts on a car. Especially since its easy to hire left hand drive cars in the uk, its just going the opposite way thta you get left hand drive or nothing. yes the roads normally have nursing homes or hospitals near them with the oap's crossing, but we also have a sign for children crossing wildlife crossing, boulders crossing (when you are going through places with loose rock surfaces anywhere nearby) lol cheapest way to catch a train from north to south of the uk is to actually get an internal flight, commonly less than £100 to get to any large airport, its common to be paying £120 to get around 60 to 80 miles via train, and may take all day with how many times trains are delayed or just plainly stopped. there are 3 types of americans to most british people, Appalachians, Californians and Texans, if you take how americans across the states see each of those states themselves, Texans with thier bigger is better boasting saying everything is so small, californians who seem to have a stick up thier arse, and then the whole appalachians who are nice quiet americans who, will shoot anything and eat it in either a bbq or stew .... this is sort of the same as seeing all the english as londoners of some sort, its what mainstream media puts forth. Again this is because the only americans we consume on a regular basis are the ones from TV that are overly emphasised in thier accents and actions
It's not the British road signs that are different, they are the same as the rest of the world. It is the US that has the odd road signs.
Correct. Most UK signs follows a UN standard.
Who the hell else can make a right turn on a red light? Maybe only in America. A red light is stop, just stop, not go anywhere till it turns green but not out there. So confusing & bloody dangerous.
And no roundabouts.
@@frankmitchell3594 There is a place (state) in the US that has more rounderbouts than the UK I believe.
@ChrisShelley-v2g seriously more than the UK? I've got at least 20 and I live in a "small" town.
I see an American family driving in Taunton, Somerset, England, the other week. They'd put a note in the back window saying, " Sorry for the shit driving, we're American. " !!! I got to admit I, Lol😂 , that brightened up my day.😁🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧👍🤙❤️🇺🇲
I'll have to look out for that 🙂
@@cherylgrimes4080 up near Sainsbury jct 25. 😂
The only thing that I know about Taunton is the west Somerset heritage railway
Around 64 countries drive on the left-hand side of the road - roughly 30% of the world’s countries and 35% of the world’s population. To help you plan your travels Tyler here is the list:-
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT
Channel Islands (including Guernsey and Jersey)
Cyprus
Ireland
Isle of Man
Malta
United Kingdom
ASIAN COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
East Timor
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT
Botswana
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Seychelles
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
OCEANIC COUNTRIES AND REGIONS THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT
Australia and its territories including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Norfolk Island and Tasmania
Fiji
Kiribati
Nauru
New Zealand and its territories including Cook Islands and Tokelau
Niue
Pitcairn Islands
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
CARIBBEAN AND ATLANTIC OCEAN ISLANDS THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Grenada
Jamaica
Montserrat
Saint Helena,
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States Virgin Islands
SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT
Guyana
Suriname
So is that basically (what was) the entire British Empire then?
except the ladies they drive on the path 😂😂😂😂
@@treescape7 Yep, Japan, Indonesia, Mozambique, Thailand, East Timor, Macau all parts of the British Empire 🙂
@@treescape7Not all of them but the majority yes ex British colonies.
It's hard to understand why you guys make such a fuss about driving on the left side of the road. Whenever anyone from Britain or Ireland goes to Europe with their cars, we have to drive on the right in our right hand drive cars whereas if you come here, you'll hire a right hand drive car which is right for the road. So we have two things to overcome and we manage easily. With respect quit moaning about how difficult it is for you poor things.
It's because the American driving test is, how can I put this? Designed for idiots.
Americans also pretty much insist on automatic gearboxes. The idea of a clutch pedal and gear stick is like rocket science to many Americans 😂😂😂
I once heard that there was a study on which is side was safer and came out there was less accidents on British roads while turning into traffic
To be fair there are plenty of British people too scared to drive over in Europe.
@richardthomas2818 Meanwhile Brits are too scared to drive when a single snowflake touches the road... 🤣
My understanding is that road signs are different in the US because there was an international agreement and most countries signed it but the US didn't.
Sounds like standard US arrogance. ☺
@@advanced_ict The USA don’t like abiding by international treaties.
Sounds right 🙄
@@myla6135 Why? Is it because they want to do something differently from the rest of the world? News Flash: the majority of the world drives on the right side of the road while the UK drives on the left. Does driving differently from the rest of the world make the UK arrogant to you or are you just being hypocritical?
@@redram6080 It's not sides of the road we are talking about here rammy, old bean. We are talking about international agreements and we all know that the US has an aversion to those unless it initiates them for its tedious interests.
Now please calm down and stop with the American exceptionalism.
All these years in doing endless UK reactions, you surely can’t be shocked to learn (again?) that the steering wheel is on the other side of the car?
Getting ridiculous, isn't it... 😂
😂 was going to say I'm sure he has seen that before. Maybe it's just our superior British intellect.
Yea, it truly is becoming unwatchable. I don't know if the guy is acting dumb or what. Someone said that he possibly pretends to learn things, even if he's seen them before, only because of the fact that every video would feel more individual, but that just doesn't seem to make any sense. It's just going to annoy the actual subscibers and regular viewers of the channel. Also another thing I assume is that he never reads the comments, but who knows.
He is dumb !
Yes you are and table manners are appalling to say the least
I had an american girlfriend visit my hometown and she mentioned she had never seen the "old people crossing" sign when we came across one. She said when you see Deer crossings or anything, you go on the lookout for them. I saw an elderly person and said "look! There's one now!"
We call the trunk of a car the boot because, back in the days of horse and carriage, the storage area at the rear was where one would put one's riding boots.
Agreed. We would say a trunk is akin to a suitcase because you can carry a trunk and a suitcase away.
Not quite; there's a bit more to it. The word _boot_ comes from the Old French _bote_ and did originally refer to riding boots, but from around 1600 it took on the meaning of "fixed external step of a coach." This later was extended to "low outside compartment used for stowing luggage" and hence the transferred use in Britain in reference to the storage compartment in a motor vehicle.
To me, ‘Yield’ feels more like “Surrender” or “Give In” whereas Give Way feels more like a request to be considerate towards other road users.
Yes, you surrender the Right of Way to other traffic
@@alanmorris9425 Right of way is set by the road rules. If you have right of way, the only time you surrender it is when someone else ignores your right of way, forcing you to surrender your right of way. For example, last week I entered a two lane roundabout, which means I had right of way to go around the roundabout. On that occasion, a truck and trailer that was going too fast failed to give way to me (breaking the road rules) by entering the roundabout in front of me, forcing me to yield (surrender) my right of way and stop, otherwise I would have ended up between the truck and its trailer. To give way is to respect the road rules so traffic can flow freely. Sometimes, you have to surrender your right of way to people who don’t respect the road rules and who put other road users at risk of an accident. To me there is a distinction between giving way as per the rules, and yielding to someone who can’t be bothered with the rules.
Honestly Tyler, it’s not difficult. People from the UK drive their cars in Europe or hire cars over there all of the time. After a few minutes of getting off a ferry or leaving the Eurotunnel people adapt quickly. Same as us going to the US, nobody ever makes a fuss about it.
@Russell-77 Americans always get their knickers in a knot at the thought of driving on "the wrong side of the road". That's probably because they have minimal actual driving skills, due to living their lives mainly driving in straight lines in automatic cars on Interstates!
The fact that the steering wheel is on the other side of the car actually makes it easier, because you drive with the driver closer to the middle of the road no matter driving in the UK or the US. Takes me about 10 minutes to get comfortable when I hire a car in the US. Now 4-way stops and turn on right are where I have problems!
Australia also runs on 240V, double the power output of the US. This also means we have much higher safety built into our systems. For instance, every power outlet has a switch for each socket, plus the appliances also have power switches. You need to watch the comparison video. People say the British plus are too big compared to the US, but we don’t have to pull the plug out of the socket every time, we can just use the switch.
The British plugs are also the safest in the world. The live and Neutral cannot be accessed until the Earth is present. It's ACTUAL problem solving engineering.
That difference in voltage wouldn't make it massively less safe and need all the precautions though, only a little. It's just good to have the precautions and smart engineering anyway.
This is the common voltage across the world. Much safer but Edison is to blame for the low voltage in the USA. The USA is to blame for the 110v in Japan.
Not double the power, double the voltage does not mean double the power, 1 Kw is the same in the US as it is anywhere else in the world.
@@george-ev1dq There are more fires with the lower voltage. For the same power you need twice the current, needing thicker cables but fires tend to be made at high resistance points, such as loose or corroded terminals.
Road/street signs around the world are universal, every English speaking country outside of North America uses "Give Way" signs. "Yield" is only used in the US and Canada, and is a word that sounds like it's from the days of King Arthur.
Ireland also uses Yield! They also use the same yellow diamond warning signs as the US.
And 'ILDIWCH' in Wales...
@@ado543Actually the colour and shape in Ireland are the same as Britain.
Apparently 16 countries use 'yield' including Ireland and British Virgin Islands (though the rest use 'Give way.').. Now I don't feel so 6th century! 🇨🇦🙃
@@gerardflynn7382 Yes I know, but the word “yield” is used.
14:00 Road signs are universal. Vast majority of the world uses the same/a variation of the same road sign design that's in the UK. The US (and probably a handful of countries) doesn't though. So it's yours that are not standard
Well, not entirely "universal" - someone from continental Europe would recognise most British road signs, but struggle with Irish ones, despite Ireland being [happily] in the EU and the UK having [sadly] left.
@@frankhooper7871
We gladly left.
Unfortunately it makes no difference to who actually rules
@@WreckItRolfe 52% voted to leave. Many of those now regret the way they voted.
@johnclements6614 Not true. Most remainers have said they would've voted leave because none of the bad stuff that they were warned about has happened. UK has the highest growth compared to EU countries and lowest unemployment. The only bad outcomes recently are due to Covid and the war in Ukraine, which have nothing to do with Brexit.
@@johnclements6614 Don't know a single leaver who 'regrets' it and I've never been polled about it. These polling companies are full of sh*t.
US plugs don't look strange to us, they just look limited and flimsy.
I've lost track of how many US airport power sockets are worn out from use and the plug just drops right out. You can always tell the ones that work, from the crowd of people around them.
I'm British, but lived in California for 3 years. It's really not that hard to drive on there other side of the road/car, even right away. I even drove a stick over there so had to learn to change gear with the other hand. The biggest issue I'd imagine for Americans driving in Britain is that they'll struggle with the narrow roads, roundabouts and towns/cities that are not on a grid. Driving in the US I found SO much easier!
I was going to say this driving 'challenge' is the same for Brits visiting a lot of countries, including North America. Like you, I find it straight forward. A bit of extra thinking at first but it only takes a day to get used to.
And yes, the lanes, not the driving, will be the hardest to adapt to coming from the US to back roads in the UK and Ireland.
The driver is always positioned to see most of the road, so when they drive on the left side, they sit on the right side of the car, & vice-versa. It makes sense because on a two-lane road they're nearest the middle & can see most of the road ahead.
Plus the fact that because you can drive a manual transmission means that you have the best anti-theft device in the US.
This is exactly it. I follow the Yorkshire Peach, who moved to the UK from Georgia 10 years ago. She still hates driving on country roads and passing cyclists. She claims we’re like NASCAR drivers over here
Mate, you've reacted to British plugs at least 10 times by now
He never reads this. His reaction channel is a game. He has other channels for different countries like his brother.
He is like kind of acter. Ohhhh. I am surprised not.
He cannot be as ignorant on uk news as he makes out. Other people doing reactions know there has just been uk election. 🤦♂️
@@Mike-po2gx Who is his brother?
@@Mike-po2gxYeah you can tell he's performing by the way he laughs. Fakest laugh ever.
@@roblister5183 either that, or he is as thick as he sounds lol.
He never learns !
" Boot" comes from the 18-century carriages "boot locker" where you put your belongings including your boots .
As a Brit driving in America for the first time i found it simple just keep the center line on the drivers side
I'd presume that for a driver, the only really hard part would be muscle memory when changing gears [and maybe some of the controls on the sticks on the steering column] due to them requiring you use your opposite hand [no idea if the gear positions them selves are the same or mirrored.]
Then again, this would be a big difference anyway as American TV/movies acts like it's sorcery when someone knows how to "drive stick." Whereas that's the norm here.
Roundabouts: As a retired driving instructor y pupils hated them in the beginning but as their experience progressed they loved them - better that sitting at a red light for 3-4 minutes.
as the US threw out the etymology of their words in the 19th century, it's not surprising you're confused by "boot" and "give way". Boot is from the 16th century and was the footrail on coaches - later used to stow luggage, hence boot of a car (btw, bonnet and hood - same meaning, a head cover). Give Way is saying yield but after 1500 years of language development. it comes from old english weg (Old Germanic weg way) or wegan meaning to move. guess where wagon comes from. give way - move out of way (polite), make way - get out the way (order). it's how we talk (or did at least). Yield still has connotations with surrender in the germanic languages (Chivalry is still a thing) . blame Noah Webster
I tried to explain this in a comment, but you've done a MUCH better job. Really good comment 👍
I’ll give the Americans this though: trunk also makes a lot of sense when you look at early car designs that had a literal luggage trunk strapped to the back of the car. I’ll tease the Americans like anyone else, but some of their terms for things and alternative spellings actually aren’t weird after all when you scratch the surface.
@@Dasyurid absolutely. it wasn't a dig. American English has just started it's etymological life and after the Webster dictionary, started a new branch of English development. it would really be interesting to see how much Spanish will influence it.
@@raverdeath100 Oh yeah, I didn’t mean to suggest you were having a dig. The trunk thing was just something I realised recently while watching some TV show or movie set when cars had literal trunks stuck on the back and the penny dropped for me.
The road signs in Britain are not different, they’re different in the USA, you’re the odd one out. The UK road sign images are widely used across the world as they depict the message no matter what language you speak. In the USA if you don’t speak English then you’ll have no idea what a road sign means
@@GazGaryGazza Here in New Zealand the majority of our road signs are American styled, this includes warning signs (yellow diamond shaped signs), construction signs (orange diamond shaped signs), & guide/information signs (green rectangular signs). Only our regulatory signs are European/universal (speed limit signs, etc).
I’m British, and I have plugged my charger in and forgot to turn the switch on. 😂
Car stuff has the same names as Britain when you visit Australia. Car boot and bonnet. Australia andNew Zealand use the same signs as Britain, so it’s the US that’s different. It has a lot to do with the horse and cart era.
That's because they are former British colonies.
@@gerardflynn7382 And the US wasn't?
@@gerardflynn7382 I know this, I’m Australian. 😃🇦🇺
The majority of road signs here in New Zealand are American styled actually.
@@dallasfrost1996 Really? I wonder how that happened!
I will say, as far as the wattage, you can tell the 110 vs. 220 difference when you make hot water with an electric kettle. It's the most overt difference with water boiling in seconds in the UK (which is why people use them) and water boiling in minutes in the US (which is why people are just as apt to use the microwave). I appreciate that there are on-off switches for every plug but that also includes some showers, as well, in order to turn them on. It really does help save electricity, though.
For driving, as an American now living in Scotland, I think the biggest thing to get used to was the curviness of the roads and how things don't follow a grid-pattern over here. Drives me crazy, honestly. I get it because the roads are older over here than over there which doesn't really allow for you to get lost and find your way back easily. If it's helpful for roundabouts, if you want to turn off at the first left on a roundabout, you put your turn signal on indicating left. If you want to go straight, you don't turn it on until you want to turn off. If you want to turn off at the last turn (to turn right, essentially, almost all the way around) you put your right signal on and then turn your left signal on when your about to turn off down that road to indicate intent. At least, that's what my husband does lol they're not as scary as they seem. The multi-lane roundabouts are scarier. Those going onto the roundabouts yield (or "give way") to passing cars so indicators are super important. Note that some signs you might see (like the "give way" sign) are sometimes found on the road without the letters. So you'll just come across a big, white arrow on the pavement pointing down at your car and I thought it was saying we were going the wrong way at first but it's just saying you're supposed to yield to other traffic. There's also a parking spot sometimes used near the entrance - like disability parking spots - for pregnant women/women and children.
Also, I've heard SO many people say that Americans are really nice. I'm still very confused by that but a lot of people say that customer service is genuine in American (seeming) and people don't ask you about your day and make pleasant small talk over here. They do their job and you leave. I've not come across this and I feel like customer service over here is great but I also randomly tell people their shirt looks nice or they have great shoes and what not so it's possible that is on me. I have gotten people asking me to "say that again" which is nice.
Lost in the Pond is great ❤️
the thing to remember when driving in most countries is that the driver is in the middle of the road so the driver can see the traffic better,
"IT WOULD BE SAFER IF THIS STUFF(road signs) WAS UNIVERSAL" 😅😂
They almost are, except for in USA where the signs even differ from state to state. Nearly every aspect of road use in the USA differs from international standards and norms.
The road sign "Give Way" is pretty much self explanatory -
Pull out in front of incoming fast traffic and force them to hit their brakes hard or otherwise crash.
Which seems to be very common behaviour on British roads.
"Let the train take the strain." You can also get a sleeper train if going from London to Scotland overnight.
And to Cornwall. There used to be Motorails, too. It used to be cheaper for two to catch the sleeper from Bristol to Glasgow, with your car, than the petrol to get there. It was a great way to get to the Highlands.
I shouldn’t worry Tyler about how you’d drive in the UK we all know you aren’t going to leave the US, although you’d be most welcome
Probably will never leave Indiana 😀😃😄
Brits aren't as confused by driving on the right as Americans are about driving on the left because we go to the continent (mainland Europe) very often where they drive on the right
I am flabbergasted that you've never met a British person. They're all over the place in Canada
Living near the Channel Tunnel we see lots of people from Europe over here and they seem to have no problem driving on the left when Europe drives on the right, and I had no problems when driving in the US and Canada, even on my first trip. It seems strange to me that Americans have such a fear of it.
They really don't like change. I've driven in America several times, and in Europe, multiple times, including through Paris.
There is the American way - and the 'wrong' way...
We require high voltage in order to run efficient kettles.
Also, yes they are much safer.
Similar signs tend to be the same the world over ... in fact we used to have "STOP AND GIVE WAY" signs many years ago but our round STOP signs said "HALT" ... the international standard uses the US octagonal "STOP" signs, which we have adopted. Other countries have adopted them with the worfing in their own language. Our "YIELD" signs, now "GIVE WAY", are larger than other countries that often have no wording. We have very few "STOP" signs ... but "GIVE WAY" signs are everywhere. There are signs that the US have that many others don't ... eg the yellow lozenges and many signs are only words ... whereas the international signs are generally symbols - some of which are to say the least 'quirky'!
Basically yeah, our blenders work harder/faster, water boils quicker in an electric kettle, things connected to the mains and not USB charge quicker etc. The adapter steps down the voltage along with providing the US type connections so your appliances don’t blow.
Lol, where I live there's a 20-minute trip I take regularly, and there are 8 roundabouts on the way of varying sizes and types. It's weird to drive without encountering one.
There are new road rules now, too. Cyclists, pedestrians and buses must be given priority. When overtaking a cyclist ( not motorcyclist) you must give 1.5 metre width clearance or can risk fine. My advice would be don't drive, use coaches, buses and trains. Do not use the rickshaws in London, especially if you come from America. Be careful.
buses do not have priority.
@george-ev1dq Where I used to live, local government said they did.
@@angeladormer6659 Local government councils do not write the RTA or the HC, buses have zero priority over any other vehicles in the UK.
It's possible to travel by train from London to Paris. In case you wonder how the train crosses the Channel, it goes via the Channel Tunnel. Cars and lorries are carried by giant sized trains through the Channel Tunnel to France.
Re 3:00 US vs UK electricity - a higher voltage means for power, the higher the number of amps is the higher the amount of electricity.
In a physics lesson I touched a Terminal with about 1,000v, but because the amp age was minuscule I wasn’t injured.
Well it's all balanced on Amps, Volts and Watts. You can always calculate one of you have the other 2, but yes the total output is measured in at least 2 always. But British are 230v or 240v by default. When you look at the plug it will tell you the Amperage and often the Wattage and/or Voltage. We also have fuses in our plugs often, as well as a fuse in the spur. Just lots of important safety measures.
I have never been to Aymerica, heaven forbid, but I know that Give Way means Yield.
Remember, it was Germans that got you to the Moon.
And the French who won their freedom for them ...
I think foreign visitors wishing to drive in the uk should have to take a test to qualify. A lot of foreign countries have dire standards of driving and driving tests. The UK test is very rigorous.
How chauvinistic, countries such as France, Germany, and others have "dire" standards too. Whatever "dire" means in your description.
@@nedludd7622 for this example,read America spelt dire.
They need to for Ireland as well. You can often tell which countries have good standards and which don't.
@@nedludd7622The OP did not mention France, Germany or other neighbours with high driving standards and good road safety statistics. He kindly and politely anonymised those countries whose nationals should not be permitted to drive in the UK before passing a test. These countries include - but are certainly not limiited to, IMO - the USA.
In Scotland signs are also in Gaelic.
And in Ireland - both bits.
@@tacfoley4443 No Gaelic road signs in Northern Ireland
Every time a Brit goes to Europe or a European goes to the UK we swap the side of the road we drive on! It takes a few moments to retrain your brain and then you can get on with your driving. You just have to forget the American Dream and STAY AWAKE!
Road signs are universal...almost everywhere else in the world. :-) We all signed up to the Vienna convention for standardisation of road signs. America refused.
Many of our socket outlets now can be obtained with 5V USB outlets. You can see them of the first outlet at 2 mins 29s. Very handy for charging and USB fittings such as LED lamps etc. The term Boot comes from horse-drawn carriages that had a boot locker at the rear to store outside boots and wear lighter shoes when travelling, but the roads could be muddy and the driver would get the boots from the locker for the travellers to change into when alighting from the vehicle. Most road signs ARE universal, it's just that American ones are different. For example at junctions our signs are a standard colour and are similar to a simplified road map to actually represent the junction or roundabout at a glance.
My Mother-in-law lives in a British house built in th 60s. The sockets are standard 13 amp, however, none of the several original sockets (some have been replaced) do not have switches.
So - they all do?
"What does this sign mean?" - It literally says what it means on the sign. It means the same even if there is NO text on it. As to which side of the road people drive... It's inherited from back when horses drew carriages. As to driving in britain, I would have to drive an automatic transmission, because i wouldn't be able to shift manual gears with my left hand. As to the road signs.. You're right that it would be better if they were universal, but it's the american signs that are different.
The Wales picture is Conwy ❤🎉 I used to live there and it's absolutely beautiful and miss it so much
I am Welsh/British born and bread, I live right in the border of England, it’s 5 mins away from me, I go past
“Welcome to England” and
“Welcome to Wales” signs a lot.
In my lifetime of 42 years, i have been to London a total of 5 times. I’ve seen all the sights, Buckingham palace, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, number 10 Downing Street, Clarence House, the changing of the guards, Windsor Castle, we also visited Legoland while we were visiting Windsor for the weekend to see the castle.,I’ve been to all the places I wanted to see. I went to London to take my daughters to a concert once and we stayed a few days and they got to take photos with Buckingham palaces and Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s cathedral, we went to Harrods, we went to Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the Uk. I’ve done it all 5 times. Would I chose to go to London again? No, I wouldn’t. It’s hectic and everyone’s rushing and it’s fast paced, in the financial district everyone looks at you like you are a piece of crap, or just look through you and bump into you while they are talking on the phone and don’t even acknowledge you let alone say sorry. Londoners can be rude. It’s like they’re fed up of tourists. I asked a woman a question in the financial district and she full on ignored me and just walked off. The Escalators are super long and you have a line of people just rushing past you and knocking into you. The tube is scary when you have children with you. Londoners are nicer at night time when they have had alcohol. It’s not somewhere I would choose to go again. I’ve done it 5 times, it stressful, not laid back, and I was glad to get home.
I love Portmeirion in Wales, I love all the castles we have in wales. I’ve been to look around many of them as we have an NT card. I love Barmouth. I have taken beautiful sunset photos in Barmouth. I love snowdonia and Lake Vyrnwy, I love Tenby and Caldey Island, all in Wales, I live in North Wales and North Wales is home to the most beautiful and dramatic landscapes, offering plenty of opportunity for outdoor pursuits. Beautiful beaches and green picturesque mountainous views. I’m extremely proud of where I live and watching videos like this one, makes me realise and take notice of the beauty and amazing scenery all around me, I take more notice of the architecture and landscapes and definitely take more notice of castles when I drive passed them. There are more than 600 castles in Wales. Some have been lived in continuously for a thousand years, while others are romantic ruins. Many are native Welsh castles, built by Welsh royal dynasties, often in very beautiful places. I do love Scotland and the beauty of Scotland. And one of the most amazing places I’ve visited is the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland, it gave me goosebumps and I felt very emotional there for some reason. The Giant's Causeway formed just under 60 million years ago, and at that time Ireland was still attached to North America. Europe was starting to rip away from North America, and as it did so it created huge rifts in the earth's surface. It’s a sight to behold, an you can feel the history there as you know many people have walked on there since humans began. I love visiting lakes that are surrounded by mountains and have villages at The bottom of them. Little villages were people used to live, with houses and school houses and churches. Villages that were flooded on purpose to create resivours to provide water for other cities . I like looking out at these lakes on warm days to see if I can see the top of a church spire or any part of the village poking out of the water. Knowing that underneath the water, was once a Village with a community of people living there is a weird feeling, again, I feel emotional there, it touches me. Especially when I know the villages at the bottom of these lakes were full of people protesting and begging the government not to flood their home, begging for their village not to be flooded. Visit London if you haven’t been. But there are so many beautiful magnificent things to see in the Uk, majestic places that don’t seem real. They beat London hands down. Americans should Venture out of London and see the beauty of the UK.
Steering wheel is on the right of a car because most people are right handed and the dominant hand/arm is used to hold/turn the wheel, left hand for gear stick, radio, dash controls, hand gestures etc! 100% safety first.
Road signs are universal, its the US that hasn't adopted the international standard.
Road signs are different all over the world not just the US.
I Have visited America several times and I had no trouble driving on the WRONG side of the road.
british road sign are easy, once you know the format, The triangle sign is information and warning, like the give way, and the old people crossing, usually next to nursing care homes and the likes
The round sounds are more orders, what you must do, lie the stop, or no entry, or no uk turns,
Other signs that help are our road signs, for direction to places, white background for B roads, Geen background for A roads and dual carriage ways, and blue background for motorways.
what is a help, is we have to learn these in our driving test, we dont do a driving test in a car park, the off you go 70 miles an hour with no clue really, figure it as you go in america
Our plugs contain fuses from 1, 2,3,5,7,10,13 Amp fuses, basically our fuses are used in conjunction with the power draw of the device eg a power brick for a laptop uses a 5am fuse.
Re driving we still use the medieval system, eg a knight carried his sword on his left hip, so he could defend himself from any enemies!
We also give priority the right hand side! Eg if you and the person on the right arrive at the same time, you yield/give priority to them.
The Tube in London (Which is now 250 miles) was put into action before any subway in America. Also our British rail system is 10,072 miles, which would the same as travelling from London to New York almost 3 times.
The word boot is the general word used in carriages for boxes or other storage areas. It was continued in Britain when cars came into use. In the USA trunks were strapped onto the back of carriages, and that word was carried over instead.
In the UK electrical outlets are known as sockets- that is a thing that something fits into- such as a ball and socket joint or a socket wrench.
Having the wheel on the right of the car means that your right hand, which is mostly dominant, stays on the wheel while the left does anything else needed like changing gears. Not the reason for driving on that side, that is just an advantage.
Why is Tyler surprised at things he's already reacted to?
Voltage: less copper, smaller chance of overheating, higher possible power, higher efficiency. My kettle takes about 13A at 230V, making it about 3kW. Good luck finding one like that in the US.
3 kW kettles are common place in the US nowadays, the US uses both 220v and 110v.
Road signs are universal. But unfortunately the US doesn't use the universal signs and uses different signs to everyone else.
@@dallasfrost1996Really? When did that happen?
Every time videos have discussed the different plugs, they have also mentioned the different voltages - so how can you not have known it 'till now.
Just remember that the “steering wheel” in Britain is known as the “capstan” 😂
Or 'helm'. Not to be confused with a medieval foot soldier's torn or steel head protection.
We call it 'the tiller' here in the north of England.
Crumple seems incapable of retaining *any* information.
Superior British intellect mate. That's all it is.
He doesn't want to - nor care. That's where he and his twin do differ.
On a work day I generally do 26 roundabouts per day. 13 to work and 13 on the way home. It takes 20 minutes to get to work so that's an average of just over 1 roundabout every 2 minutes. Hate the things, but like them more than traffic lights.
I’ve encountered a few Americans in my village, when I hear them I am impressed, I always want to ask them “Where are you from? And why are you here? What made you decide to come here? I don’t ask them anything though, I just enjoy listening to their accents and nudging whoever I’m with to listen and look over because there are Americans 🙈 I do have an American friend, I’ve known her since we where kids, we were pen friends and we used to write to each other all the time (she was my mums beauticians niece). We occasionally called one another and I remember she had so many channels to watch on TV and at the time, in the UK, we only had 5. And that 5th channel was new. On every call she was always watching TV, which was strange to me because I rarely watched TV as there wasn’t much to watch so it was boring. I’d be out making rope swings on trees with my friends, playing rounders and riding our bikes. So it was crazy that her life seemed to be centred around the TV. But with all those channels and all that choice she had on what she wanted to watch, I was a bit jealous that I didn’t have that in the Uk! Just 5 channels man! 😂 she was younger than me and she used to be up as late as she wanted watching TV, and I didn’t have a TV in my room and I had to be in bed at 7:30pm, as my mum was very strict. So yep, I was envious of her 😅
Plugs again. Yes, British plugs are all fitted with a fuse to stop overload. Also, that third pin is for an earth wire (not always necessary, but on larger appliances it really is). That earth wire reduces any risk of being electrocuted. It also works with the socket (outlet, I think you called it?) in as much as without that pin, the socket will not work. So, no two pinned plugs will work in our sockets. Also, the sockets have a switch so you can't randomly shove a plug in one and hey presto, it's on!! Seriously, our electrics are much safer than yours.
In Australia we drive on the left, we walk down the footpath on the left, we stand on the left when we use an escalator. We call it an indicator because we are indicating if we’re turning left or right or if we’re changing lanes. I prefer roundabouts to traffic lights. The main rule to remember whilst using a roundabout is you give way to a vehicle on your right.
Having people from other countries in Britain is so common we don't even bother turning our heads, unless they are Australian ( we are so similar in every way it's scary).
fortunately, the clutch and the brake are in the same position... but ! the windshield wiper command and the turn signal command are the other way round....
Depends on the make of car. The control stalks can be either side.
Yield sounds like a medieval word to me...
_Then said the knight unto Arthur, Thou art in my daunger whether me list to save thee or slay thee, and but thou _*_yield_*_ thee as overcome and recreant, thou shalt die._
I think of church "Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin.." 😅
@@nolaj114 Imagine that as a road sign! 👀
We don't use trunks much now in the UK but if I needed to transport a small one, I would put it in the boot of my car.
Boot of car. Trunk if ur car?
*Mate, you've reacted to British driving at least 10 times by now - all of your videos are the same*
He seems to have the same memory problems as Dory!
Re: Give Way signs, sometimes they don't even have text, just a red triangle (pointed down) with a white fill, used as advance warning of an upcoming Give Way sign.. We also seem to "duplicate" some signs as paint on the road surface.
We have the same issue of having to change sides on the road when we go to mainland Europe. Not my favourite thing either, to be honest, I understand your initial anxiety 😳Don't panic though Tyler, you won't need to go anywhere near a steering wheel, just pop onto a train, or coach, or bus ... easy! 🤪
You don't have to keep pulling the plug out of the socket every time for most appliances. Just throw the switch, it's actually quicker, and safer than the US way.
Europeans criss-cross the continent by rail, it is so easy and available, the US could do the same but with the states. The USA is actually smaller than Europe, so if the powers that be put a little effort into it I'm sure they could come up with something 🙄
Americans are lovely... when they stop shouting!! 🤪
Your reactions do make me lol, like how humble you are about our differences but still kinda similar also
A couple pf things you may also find interesting / useful. 1) UK electric is 230 v 50 Hz whereas US electric is 120 v 60 Hz. The frequency will affect the speed of anything with a motor. Also the US goes anti clockwise on their roundabouts, the UK goes clockwise.
Lawrence is wrong again. The standard voltage in the UK is 240 V. On the continent it's 220 V. In a rare moment of insanity, the EU standardised on 230 ± 10 V, but the old national standards still apply.
It's 230 v in the UK but there's an authorised allowance This gives an allowed voltage range of 216.2 volts to 253.0 volts. But the standard is 230v
Lawrence is wrong about 90% of the time
@@richardwani2803 he's 73% wrong 47% of the time
The voltage used throughout Europe (including the UK) was harmonised in January 2003 at a nominal 230v +10%/-6% 50 Hz, according to the International Electrotechnical Commission Standard IEC-60038. Prior to that it was 240v in UK, and 220v in the rest of Europe. This, however doesn't mean there has been a real change in the supply, since the tolerance encompasses the full range of voltages accepted by the nominal 220v and 240v standards
The only change is in the “label”, so electricity supply companies don't actually have to change the supply voltage.
To cope with both sets of limits all modern equipment is therefore able to accept 230v +/-10% as set out in IEC-60038 (2022) i.e. 207-253v.
I've not met a lot of Americans in my life, but the few I met have been very outgoing and kind of nice. My first encounter with an American was in Bergen at a Hotel when I was like 12, and I also met the girls mother and her Norwegian grandmother. I couldn't speak that good English at the time, but the girl who was named Signe and lived in Brooklyn was very friendly and we exploored the hotel together and in oone of the floors there was a picture with broken glass on it and she rushed down to tell the reseptionist so they could fix it. I think that was very nice of her to tell them, even though they probably knew about it already they thanked her for telling them. The second time it was two girls that went to the bible school, it was a friend of mine that knew these girls and met them at Mc Donalds and one of the girls started shouting "I wanna be like jesus"😮 I was shocked, and it didn't end there as we were going to a consert the same evening and I thought it was a rock band or something, boy was I wrong, it was hip hop rap music, and the lyrics was about god and jesus and in the middle of the consert they encouraged people to be saved by jesus or something, I tried to hide so they couldn't tell I was not a christian, it was really scary. The third time I met two Americans that had a fight going on between them and what was supposed to be a nice weekend with friend that make cards and stuff, they ruined the whole thing and because of them we have not had any more gatherings, we had them for ten years before they ruined everything with their conflict and they were very loud and the one sitting across my table started to spread out all her stuff, and she even made me move my table and took like half of my table and her two tables. I got a bad headache because there was a flickering light right abve my table when I had to move it and I was sick the whole three days so I didn't tell her to move her stuff and let me have my table back. The other woman was just very loud and spoke badly of this other woman. I think I liked the woman that took my table better though, and she actually gave me some tea because she had made me move my table and such, so she was aware that I didn't like the move and I think maybe if I didn't get the headache I would just have switched places to another table that wasn't occupied at the time but I didn't know it was free until later, so I didn't make it before someone else took it, not an American but she could have been.
If you plug something that's designed for 120v into Britain's 240v, it'll take double the voltage, quadruple the power and it'll blow up. Unless it's designed for multiple voltages. For example, laptop and phone chargers can usually take anything from Japan's 100v to the UK's 240v because they have a voltage converter built into them.
Devices usually have their compatible voltages and frequencies written on them, so check!
Speaking of that, you might want to get a voltage converter just to be safe before coming to the UK. They're about £15-£30 ($20-$40) on Amazon UK.
“Car stuff” is universal just not to Americans like most things. Jeremy Clarkson has a great bit on this
Yes the higher voltage in uk means out appliances like kettles can boil water faster than they would be able to in America, it also means that large appliances like washers/dryers/refrigerators/ovens do not need to be specially wired in they can just be plugged into a standard uk socket/outlet to power them.
During my one and only trip to USA I went to NYC. I visited Grand Central Station, which was massive, with gazillions of platforms all with trains parked up. I think there are more tracks than you give credit in this vid. Other things for drivers, At Zebra crossings (crosswalks according to Capcha), pedestrianshave right of way even if they are waiting to cross unless the crossing has traffic lights (not orange flashin beacons) as well. Most cars have manual gearboxes in britain, whereas most have automatic transmission in the USA. You can catch trains and buses that take you almost all over our relatively small island but the almost is important if you plan to visit the wilds of Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland, Yorkshire, The Cotswolds or the Lake district..At some point you're likely to need to use a taxi or hire a car. But as the video said, Get Out Of London, much as NYC isn't All America has and Paris isn't all the France had, London is a large sprawling city most of which probably isn't of much interest to tourists on a short trip. Hi and see the hills, the lakes and mountains, the castles and ancient stone circles. Visit the extremities. It's a very varied land with lots to see. Remember, the Anglo Saxons have been completely in charge for about a thousand years. Before them we had Celts, Picts, Romans, Saxons, Angles, Vikings and Normans all sticking their oars in.
Listen Tyler, we have a good brain! If you have to drive on the other side of the road the universal rule is simply "Keep The Passenger to The Kerb side" Its that simple! takes minuets to change brain waves lol I have driven both sides many times although I have to admit turning at Rail crossings can get a bit confusing! But Just "Keep The Passenger To The Kerb"!
The car terms are the same in Australia too
Plugs. This is why we use kettles that plug into wall sockets for our cups of tea and coffee and do NOT heat the water in a microwave. Kettles, even full ones, take about 3 minutes to boil. American kettles would take forever, because your voltage is soooooo looooooow. No wonder yous don't drink tea so much, as the water needs to be boiling before you add the tea, and microwaves are no good for this.
the US uses 220 v for heavier loads, kettles boil in the same time.
I think a lot of the reason we have fuses in the plugs is because the standard rating for a socket circuit in the UK is 32 amps, a lot of other places I’ve been it’s been around 20 amps, so it makes more sense to rate it down with a fuse at each plug for safety.
@10:10
When he says Veh-hey-culs! He’s literally taking the piss! It’s just ‘vaycul’ here! NOT VEY-HEY-CUL!
As a Brit, that word CRACKS ME THE F UP when pronounced by Americans!
We say the word in TWO syllables not three…
Americans abroad are big spenders, and that is much appreciated.
But you are just poor and stay at home trolling richer ones huh, I bet you never left your country ,sad act
Are they? Not noticed that in UK.
Are they, haven't noticed it much in Ireland and I lived in a tourist town.
'Give way' = 'Yield' - both are English as it is spoken here in UK.
We call it a socket not an outlet.
Great vid!! We welcome you guys we love different cultures visiting us❤
Lost In The Pond is great for UK/US comparisons & I love their channel (Yep I subscribe to them). Please look at more of their stuff. The bloke is so fun & informative & I love his delivery
Laurence has been out of the UK a long time, now - some of his 'facts' about the UK can be wrong.
Thanks Tyler, you just reminded me that I needed to contact the train company to reserve seats for our trip to London later this month!
I love you Tyler and your reactions to things we do, say and eat here in Great Britain. Keep doing your videos, they interest me. Thanks. Sally X❤🇬🇧
I've watched a few people doing the American reacting to Britishness. You're def the most interesting to watch. Keep it up Tyler. Always a great watch and I've suggested a Mr Bean clip I tihnk you'll love.
The US could have all the transportation and healthcare that it needs if it didn’t spend so much on defence.
Yes, that would be so very nice. The US looking after its own people, instead of creating chaos for others.
And by 'defence', they actually mean power projection.
@@wessexdruid7598 Power projection and DESTRUCTION. Ask those in the countries they ''liberated'' [we have quite a few as refugees here, their views are ''enlightening'' to say the least]
The US only spends 3.5% of it's GDP on the country's military (I'm assuming that's what you meant by defense). I highly doubt that's much more than whatever country you live in
@@redram6080 The only country spending more than the USA is Poland (4.1%) - but then look who is on their border and has previously invaded them.
Many NATO countries struggle to spend 2% of GDP, although all have committed to try and spend that by end 2024, however Canada & Belgium are expected to fail.
So yes - it's nearly double. But also remember, your largest troop deployments are not in NATO (Japan & S.Korea) and what your really buying is global force projection.
Asking as the driver is aside and can see the centre lines in the road you’ll be fine. Just ensure that as a driver - you are not closest to the side walk and you are on the side closest to the centre dividing lines on the road and you are good.
If an oncoming driver stops and you stop, you should be able to roll both of your windows down and talk to one another as both drivers are closest to the middle of the road. Your front passenger should always be closer to the sidewalk.
Driver - positioned closest to the centre of the road centre lines.
Front passenger - always positioned closest to the sidewalk.
Keep that in mind at all times and you’ll be fine driving in the UK😊
The fact that he didn't know the voltage in the US, Christ on a bike how can people not be aware of such simple everyday things.
the US is dual voltage 110v and 220v for heavier loads
One of the most frustrating things for Americans driving on UK roads is no right turn on the red signal.A red signal means stop!
Instead, we often have a light-controlled filter, if it's appropriate. Or just a roundabout...
You have already watch a video àbout British plug,
Many many times...
i visited usa for 6 months, getting the swap to driving on the opposite side of the road is no problem, especially since practiced in crete several years earlier, the problem comes when tired and on autopilot (brain driving, or riding in my case, but reacting to road conditions by instinct, using hindbrain to scan for erratic movements)
lawrence is going mildly overboard with the whole different names for things, anyone who knows cars knows multiple different names from across the world for all the parts on a car. Especially since its easy to hire left hand drive cars in the uk, its just going the opposite way thta you get left hand drive or nothing.
yes the roads normally have nursing homes or hospitals near them with the oap's crossing, but we also have a sign for children crossing wildlife crossing, boulders crossing (when you are going through places with loose rock surfaces anywhere nearby)
lol cheapest way to catch a train from north to south of the uk is to actually get an internal flight, commonly less than £100 to get to any large airport, its common to be paying £120 to get around 60 to 80 miles via train, and may take all day with how many times trains are delayed or just plainly stopped.
there are 3 types of americans to most british people, Appalachians, Californians and Texans, if you take how americans across the states see each of those states themselves, Texans with thier bigger is better boasting saying everything is so small, californians who seem to have a stick up thier arse, and then the whole appalachians who are nice quiet americans who, will shoot anything and eat it in either a bbq or stew .... this is sort of the same as seeing all the english as londoners of some sort, its what mainstream media puts forth. Again this is because the only americans we consume on a regular basis are the ones from TV that are overly emphasised in thier accents and actions