Driving Persuasive Speech

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Gradually creeping out from the parking lot, my brother and I shrieked “Left!” as the car jolted forward suddenly and pulled out onto the main road. As we crept at a snail’s pace away from the airport, a sign emblazoned with the Union Jack warned us: “In the UK, remember to drive on the LEFT.” Although both of my parents had been to Europe before, this was their first time driving on the opposite side of the road. As a result, they had asked their kids (my brother and I) to constantly remind them to stay on the left--an assignment we took very seriously. Over the course of our time in England, we would begin to learn the difficult and frustrating process of driving on the “right” side of the road--which in this case, of course, was the left. …show more content…

It became abundantly clear as we inched along the narrow roads of southern England that your brain can’t simply override all of its instincts when switching sides of the road. Constant repetition of instructions was imperative to making sure the vehicle stayed where it was supposed to. To add to the struggle of simply being on the opposite side, more bamboozling situations arose that added to the mayhem. In the US, roundabouts rotate counter-clockwise, but in the UK, they revolve clockwise. Imagine driving around a rotary the “wrong” way and then exiting on the “wrong” side. Making sure we stayed on the correct side of the road, headed the right direction on the rotaries, and steadily delivering positive affirmations to the driver, all while continuously trying to navigate through an unknown country proved to be an entire family …show more content…

In the rolling hills of southern England, hedges creep right up to the sides of the roads, impairing your vision and making each twist and turn in the road extremely frightening--especially at night. As my family steered into a quaint seaside village for dinner while the sun was setting, we pulled down the one-way road that led to the downtown. At least, we thought it was a one way road- until we pulled around the bend and bright headlights blinded us. The road, upon further examination, turned out to be two way; initially, we had thought it to be one due to its narrowness. To maneuver around the car facing us, both cars had to drive up on the sidewalks. In many other places, the roads were either less than two lanes wide or cars were parked in the narrow roads. We had to be more innovative in our driving than is typical in the

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