Mon 5 May 2008星期一08年五月五日
We often neglect how often we are in a car during our travels.我们常常忽视多久,我们的汽车在我们的旅行。 Consequently we don’t pay enough attention to planning around our automobile use, plopping ourselves down in a car and expecting the vehicle, traffic, and pedestrians to act the same all over the world.因此,我们不支付足够的重视规划在我们的汽车使用, plopping在自己的汽车,并预计该车辆,交通和行人的行为同世界各地的游客。
Most people spending days fretting over a flight across the Atlantic, but neglect to avoid these basic driving mistakes.大多数人花了很多天微动了飞行穿越大西洋,但忽视,以避免这些基本的驾驶错误。 Cars are the小轿车是 most dangerous form of travel最危险的旅行 and getting ready for foreign roads may save your life.并准备为外国的道路可能会挽救你的生命。
- Not Doing Some 没有做一些 Google Hacking 谷歌黑客 - A simple search like “driving in ________” can help you to get a general idea of the driving conditions in the city you’re visiting ( -一个简单的搜索,如“驾驶_ _______"可以帮助您获得总体思路的驾驶条件的城市您访问( ViaMichelin is another great resource).是另一个巨大的资源) 。 Places generally fall into one of two categories, either they strictly follow the rules (think Western Europe) or it’s utter coordinated chaos (地方一般分为两类之一,无论是他们严格按照规则(认为西欧) ,或者它完全协调的混乱( as in India在印度 ). ) 。
- Staying In The Left Lane ( or right for the UK and former British colonies ) - You’re likely to get lost or have to make sudden turns onto streets which won’t be easy if there is a car blocking your path. 住在左巷 ( 或右为英国和前英国殖民地 ) -您可能会丢失或已作出突然轮流到街道将是不容易,如果有一个汽车拦截您的路径。 Staying in the right lane also gives you a better view of most exits and make it easier for you to detour around unexpected traffic or construction.住在右边还为您提供了一个更好鉴于大多数出口,使您能更轻松地绕开或意想不到的交通建设。
- Not Learning the Basic Laws - Turning on red in New York is illegal, and so is not stopping at a crosswalk in 不学习的基本规律 -在谈到对红在纽约是非法的,因此是不会停止在人行道中 Switzerland瑞士 . 。 Don’t risk getting a ticket, having your license taken away, or being arrested for following your own laws everywhere you go.不要风险得到门票,在您的许可带走,或者被逮捕的下列您自己的法律,无论你去。 Excited about driving at warp 6 on the autobahn?兴奋驾驶经6对高速公路? Keep in mind that there are speed limits even there and they change on various sections of the road.请记住, 有车速限制,即使在那里,他们改变各章节的道路。
- Neglecting the Signs - This goes with learning the basic driving laws. 忽视的迹象 -这不用学习驾驶的基本法律。 Getting lost or missing an exit or even just thinking we did puts us on edge causing rash decisions, speeding, and sharp lane changes, all of which can lead to an accident.丢失或失踪出境或什至仅仅想到我们没有使我们的优势造成皮疹的决定,超速驾驶,并急剧线的变化,所有这些都可能导致事故。 Be especially aware of one ways, stop signs, and crosswalks.尤其知道一个方法,停止的迹象,和人行横道。
- Not Maintaining Your Distance ( and Trying To Never Get Cut Off ) - Swallow your pride and let people get in front of you. 不维护您的距离( 并试图永远不会截断 ) -燕子你感到骄傲,并让人们在您的面前。 Many drivers around the world may follow closer than you’re accustomed to, but you should always keep a full car length’s distance when stopped and two while driving.许多司机在世界各地可能的后续接近你不习惯,但你应该始终保持充分汽车长度的距离时,停止和两个一边开车一边听。 Simply accept that people are going to get in front of you but don’t try to close the gap too tight.只要接受,人们会跑在前面的你,但不尝试缩小差距太紧。 Fender benders can be expensive, lead to fraud, and fatal.护舷benders价格昂贵,导致欺诈和致命的。
- When stopped leave enough room to be able to turn around the car in front of you in case it breaks down, stalls out, or the driver refuses to move.当停止休假足够的空间,以便能够扭转前面的车你情况下,它打破了,摊位,或司机拒绝动议。
- Expecting Signals - Don’t doubt that a car a few inches ahead of you in the next lane won’t dart in front of you at a moment’s notice if your don’t see a flashing turn signal. 预计信号 -不要怀疑,汽车几英寸领先你在未来的车道将不会飞镖在您的面前在片刻的通知如果您没有看到闪烁的转向信号。
- Assuming Pedestrians Are Going To Be Passive - It’s likely that you’ll be faced with more people walking around, many of whom will want to cross the street. 假设行人将是无源 -它,您就可能面临着更多的人走动,许多人将要过马路。 (US drivers aren’t really faced with pushy pedestrians). (美国司机并没有真正面对富有进取心的行人) 。 No matter what color the traffic signal is, always look for someone trying to make it across first and don’t doze off during a long red light.无论什么颜色的交通信号,总是期待有人试图使它在第一和不打瞌睡在长期红灯。 Hitting a car is bad, hitting a person is worse.打车是坏的,触及人的更糟。
If you know you’ll have to rent a car or drive in Europe, make sure to learn to drive a manual transmission before you go.如果你知道你要租一辆车或开车在欧洲,一定要学习驾驶手动变速箱,然后去。 Many place don’t offer automatics; if you don’t know how to drive a stick and must get a vehicle, look for a许多地方没有提供自动变速器;如果您不知道如何推动棍子,必须获得车辆,寻找 Smart Car智能汽车 (they all have the same standard automatic/steptronic transmission). (它们都有相同的标准自动/ steptronic传输) 。
Finally, don’t take traffic lines too seriously and go slow or pull over if you can’t devote 100% of your attention to the road.最后,不采取交通线路太认真去拉缓慢或超过如果你不能把100 %的注意道路。 Traveling to Africa?非洲旅游? Newsweek has some有一些新闻 good driving tips for the sub-Sahara良好的驾驶技巧为撒哈拉以南 . 。












































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