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In article <AE14044C966883F9C4@ehrice.his.com>, ehrice@his.com (Edward Rice) says:
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>I need to know of a DC-area (preferably Northern Virginia) driving school
>which would be suitable for assisting a British-licenced driver acclimate
>and adjust to the US driving patterns (and laws)?  

Backward reels the mind at the request, but perhaps the school of life may
be the best teacher.

Given the differences in licensing standards and rigour, your British friend must
rapidly forget the habits he learned which make driving in the UK such
a pleasure.

In turn, he must master techniques such as:

o	Treat the limit as a limiting speed, like that of light, faster than which
	nothing can travel and exceeding which means instant, terrible death;

o	Do the limit in any lane of choice, preferably extreme left (yes, like
	the UK, we too keep left and we never pass!!);
                                                        ^^^^
o	Drive like a passive-aggressive, legalistic, meanspirited vigilante,
	creating the maximum possible chaos in one's wake; and,

o	Obstruct the smooth, free flow of traffic to the greatest possible
	extent. The larger the number of cars one can wilfully block,
	the better.

See you on the Beltway. En garde!

Nitin Kibe.

Personal views, of course.