Scottish Family Adventure
Hello My wee family (me, wife, 5 month old daughter) are planning a 6 month Motor Home adventure starting in Vancouver and then heading down the West coast of the US, up through Texas, to Chicago, ...
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Veebyes wrote:
I find it amusing that some think that somebody from Scotland, or anywhere in Europe for that matter, would find the driving more difficult in the US or Canada.
How many have driven the country lanes of Britain or Scotland where the speed limit is 50 & the roads are a very narrow 2 lanes? On this side of the pond most of the roads were built in the last 100 years to accomodate the motor vehicle. While Europe has its highways it also has many roads which were adapted from horse & carriage use going back many hundreds of years.
No matter what he buys, driving will be kiddies stuff to what he is accustomed to at home in Scotland.
His biggest challenge will be actual ownership arrangements wading through the beaurocracy. Hope he completed his research on that long ago.
I have driven in Canada/US before (admittedly without towing anything) and you are right it is basically very easy compared to Scotland. Roads in Scotland regularly become one lane with passing places but are still at national speed limit. In Edinburgh its steep roads in the pissing rain on cobbled streets and you pass the other cars by about an inch at times. However again, not while basically pulling my flat behind me!
