Drivers training

Today I had my drivers training class. It almost seems like the instructors were trying to scare us out of driving here. Granted I know it is more dangerous to drive here than it is in the states. The roads here are unforgiving. They have shoulders where if your tire goes off the road you are going to hit a tree or end up in a ditch which are between 10-100 ft. deep. They don't really have that many road signs. In order for there to be a road sign there has to have been at least two fatal or near fatal accidents within a year. Plus the British are very aggressive drivers. They make some of the most aggressive drivers in the US look like pansies. But I got through that and after driving around a little with the driving instructor you start to realize what that were talking about when they told us about the aggressive drivers and there not being a shoulder on the side of the road. I have found something that I love about Europe and that is the roundabout. They are so easy and it seems like they are alot safer than a four way stop but i have only been here a short time. The hardest thing about driving here so far is the fact that I am on the other side of the car and your dimensions of the car are completely different when you are on what would be the passenger side of the car. Also knowing what the speed limit is. They do not adjust the speed limit by the dangers of the road but by the type of road you are on. So it is difficult to know what speed to go and whether or not a turn is coming up. That and they can give you a ticket for going only one over the max speed limit. Most of it is done by speed cameras so if you speed they take your picture then send you the bill.