As a UK driver, the main difference between us and the US are roundabouts- we don't have massive interchanges everywhere, we have circles that you drive around clockwise, and then turn off on whatever exit you want. I know that throws a lot of American drivers!
Also, we call freeways motorways, and pavements are what you call sidewalks.
Almost all our roads are referred to by a combination of letters and numbers- which sounds complicated, but isn't really!
We don't really have minimum speed limits (although I think the min on a Motorway is 50, but the max on a motorway is 70mph, 60mph on a single carriageway, 30mph in towns and residential areas... and we use speed signs to let everyone know the changes as you drive along the road.
Another good thing to bear in mind is that although a lot of American roads are pretty straight, and your towns were planned around the road system, so are often in a grid pattern, many UK towns and villages were built long before cars, and follow ancient boundaries/routes. So our roads (with the exception of motorways) can be twisty, curving left and right as they wind across the landscape- and some roads are narrow, because the buildings around them were built when horse and carriage was the main mode of transport!
Also, we call freeways motorways, and pavements are what you call sidewalks.
Almost all our roads are referred to by a combination of letters and numbers- which sounds complicated, but isn't really!
We don't really have minimum speed limits (although I think the min on a Motorway is 50, but the max on a motorway is 70mph, 60mph on a single carriageway, 30mph in towns and residential areas... and we use speed signs to let everyone know the changes as you drive along the road.
Another good thing to bear in mind is that although a lot of American roads are pretty straight, and your towns were planned around the road system, so are often in a grid pattern, many UK towns and villages were built long before cars, and follow ancient boundaries/routes. So our roads (with the exception of motorways) can be twisty, curving left and right as they wind across the landscape- and some roads are narrow, because the buildings around them were built when horse and carriage was the main mode of transport!
To give you an idea, look here: http://www.maps-of-britain.co.uk/images/britain-road-map.jpg at some of the main roads across the UK, and this one: http://www.nlgassociates.co.uk/images/street_map_1.gif for a close up of part of London, to show the roads there!
Hope that helps- If you need anything else, just yell!
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