North Cyprus green cross code ...................................

arrry



Joined: 19/08/2008
Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
18/09/2010 01:27

Look left, look right , look left again look right again look left quickly look right just in case ,look left again..........never look straight ahead !!!!! .................RUN !!!!!!!!!!!.

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
18/09/2010 01:46

arrry,

We use the sheep under pass in Esentepe, never any cars there )))

Navek

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
18/09/2010 02:18

I hope that you have not been attempting to use a zebra crossing as you are likely to incur road rage of blasting horn, headlights on main beam, one or two finger salute from a vehicle driver who will accelerate towards you rather than slow down. More dangerous than the Clockend used to be at Highbury for a visiting fan

arrry



Joined: 19/08/2008
Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
18/09/2010 03:50

Hey Deputy .........the clock is back !! Driving through London yesterday really made me think ! Yes in London there are some bad drivers ...............but in North Cyprus ....they are very bad !!!

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
18/09/2010 17:17

Arry..How are you??If you think they are bad in TRNC,go and drive in Turkey.They have traffic lights and noboby pays any attention to them.Absolute bloody lunatics.Hope to come over next year perhaps we could have a knock if you are there at t.he same time..

teatime


Joined: 20/10/2008
Posts: 852

Message Posted:
18/09/2010 17:25

What always made me laugh about the traffic lights in Turkey, was the driver that did eventually stop when on red, has to go about two car lengths in front of the lights, where he then can't see them change and rely's on the cars behind honking when the lights do change.

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
18/09/2010 17:37

the sheep underpass at Esentepe is that what that is at the junctoin or are you pulling my leg

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
19/09/2010 01:05

Here in Llangollen we have lots of tourists. They come in there droves, get off the coaches, and saunter across the roads oblivious of cars screeching to a halt or swerving to avoid them.

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
19/09/2010 01:10

Blackbird - we get a lot of those here in Bury St Edmunds, too. Lots of very sweet older ladies, usually wearing white cardigans (for some reason) and with grey perms. They seem to lose all sense of road safety when they get off the coach



Regards.



Jean

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
19/09/2010 02:04

...Just about every description of people appear to ignore basic road safety here Jeanie...although a lot of them do have a stick!

ImnEr


Joined: 11/05/2010
Posts: 76

Message Posted:
19/09/2010 12:17

Waiting to cross the road on the zebra crossing from the auto park to telephone office in Girne, car coming from Girne stopped to let us cross, raised my hand in appreciation got to the centre of the road and a police 4X4 coming towards Girne didn't stop, I looked back at the car driver who had stopped, he smiled gave me the Cyprus shrug. N/C Road safety personified

alanka


Joined: 15/09/2007
Posts: 154

Message Posted:
20/09/2010 01:30

Also in Girne - there was a zebra crossing, so we stopped to let this old gentleman across, he waved his thanks and then halfway across this sportscar (driven by young local kids) just overtook us and missed the old man by just inches - why have zerbra crossings if you don't know what they mean??



Also when you come up to a roundabout with 2/3 lanes, everyone goes into the first lane - we now drive into the second land, as we are taking the second lane out - that's what you should do - it's always empty, but you need eyes in the back of your head as everybody from the first/second/third lane will go out on the first, lane.... and God help you if you don't have a working horn - as in I will use my horn to tell you that I might just take the first, second or possibly third or possiby go around the roundabout again....

alanka


Joined: 15/09/2007
Posts: 154

Message Posted:
20/09/2010 02:09

Blackbird - I am also from Wales, but the , erm, cough cough, not Welsh or Irish or Scottish but the other inhabitants of the UK think we might be so backward we don't have cars yet...

arrry



Joined: 19/08/2008
Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
20/09/2010 08:21

What would the Cypriots do without their horns ??? Both North and South are as bad as each other. I think the south is worst for it though.



Message 6 ......They all do it in the south too !! It is so funny , by the time the lights have changed they are across the junction anyway !!! LOL