Taking the Low Road

Signs in areas where we Yanks would expect only vehicular traffic may be positioned and/or sized for foot traffic.

The sign scenario I mentioned in Tip #3 was complicated by the fact that the one – and only – sign was about eight inches wide, two inches high, and about 18 inches off the ground. If [...]

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Signs aren’t always visible from both directions.

Get used to rubber-necking it. When you see the back of a sign on the opposite side of the road, as soon as you pass it, quickly whip around and read it.

We learned this the hard way on our first trip to Scotland. We must’ve driven the same road [...]

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