I live in an area that might be considered to be "infested" with americans. I certainly cannot think why. Maybe it's because I live near two of the biggest RAF/USAF bases in the UK... no, that cannot be right. [/sarcasm].
Having lived here for the entirety of my existance, I've met my fair share of americans. This has lead to me subconsciously making a library of things that might ID an american. This is the tricky part though - I cannot for the life of me actually pick out one thing (other than their accent) that would immediately tell me that a person was american. I'm fairly sure it's something to do with their looks, but that's as far as I can go.
With this, I move on to the cars. Yesterday, while traveling home from a BBQ, I was stuck behind a car for about 5-10 minutes. Being the passenger, I had the opportunity to examine the drivers' style. It became apparent quite quickly that the person in front was relatively new to UK roads. I had come to this conclusion based on the corners (it was a winding country road) - They often braked when it was completely not needed.
On any other day, I would have simply passed it as someone who recently passed their test, but here's the thing; There were no P plates, and the car had a distinctive look about it.
I'm not sure what it is about american cars, but they just stick out amongst the euroboxes that commonly show up on our roads. It's not the lack of curves, I know that much, it just looked "american". I cannot fathom why.
It certainly wasn't a bumper indentation with the word SATURN on it, I only noticed that when it was making a turning away from the road. It might have been the rear lights - Their position, cluster and formation. It could have been the colour (Beige/gold). For all I know, it could have been the era of the car (mid to late 90's model). I really don't know.
There's just something that sticks out about americans, their cars and how they drive. Not to mention how in the past they "cannot roundabout, i have the dumbs".
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