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rug

(82,333 posts) Fri Aug 16, 2013, 08:43 PM Aug 2013

How polite is the UK compared to the US?

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How polite is the UK compared to the US? (Original Post) rug Aug 2013 OP

Probably trying to read their street signs would be enough to make anyone impolite. nt left on green only Aug 2013 #1

Hahahahahaha!! :) darkangel218 Aug 2013 #2

Not as polite as the jokes suggest! LeftishBrit Aug 2013 #3

left on green only

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1. Probably trying to read their street signs would be enough to make anyone impolite. nt

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Fri Aug 16, 2013, 08:49 PM

Aug 2013

darkangel218

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2. Hahahahahaha!! :)

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Fri Aug 16, 2013, 09:08 PM

Aug 2013

LeftishBrit

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3. Not as polite as the jokes suggest!

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Sat Aug 17, 2013, 05:02 PM

Aug 2013

I think it is true that British drivers are more respectful of the rules of the road, and of pedestrians, than those in many other countries (I speak as a pedestrian here!). However, road rage is certainly a problem here as elsewhere.

I think that British people are getting ruder than in the past, but I am aware that thinking such things is generally one of the first signs of old age!

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