Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Golf and driving
Saint Bathélemy
I felt that I needed a break from the gites today and decided to spend the day with the kids, bike riding this morning along the canal at Evran and then going to the park at Dinan and playing mini golf in the afternoon. The last two times we played mini golf Caroline won, but this time it was my turn. It did help my victory that Caroline had stayed at home all day bashing in the accounts.
On the way home I encountered that slightly crazy French road system priorité a droit. When the priorite a droit applies you must give way to vehicles entering from the right, even though you are driving on the main through road. The yellow diamond sign means you have priority over people from the right and is usually displayed when leaving a built-up area. If there is a black diagonal stripe through the sign is means 'give way to the right', or 'be on your toes'. I obviously wasn't quite on the ball today and driving down the main road I had to slam on the anchors to let someone out of a side street. At first glance the rule seems like an accident waiting to happen, but I have heard it argued that it adds to road safety because traffic in towns is more cautious. Another little idiosyncrasity.
Golf and driving
