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Originally Posted by Pete7
None taken and the sense of humour quite similar from my experience of visits to the USA. . . .
However, you guys need to sort the port and starboard marker colours out. Perhaps have a states wide painting weekend, changing green to red and red to green. Shouldn't take too long and be all sorted by Monday morning.
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Well at least the color / colour of the anchor ball is not an issue as to added confusion. Black is black.
But as to markers being Green Red or Red Green, it makes no difference to about 8% of American
men who are colorblind. A lesser proportion of ladies are colorblind, but the ladies are the genetic carriers.
Traffic signals and
navigation markers all are just indistinguishable muddy shades of green. Begs the question: What color or colour is a stop sign? The unique shape is the key attribute and the wording helps if you know the language.
See pictures below to gain experience of what it's like to be red / green color blind.
The American Football games between the Buffalo Bills &
New York Jets are truly tortuous for red / green colorblind viewers. Reference picture of the two teams below and then link to the video here to see in action what the colorblind audience sees.
https://twitter.com/i/status/664999107870625792
Hmmm, how do the mariners from countries that drive on the port side of the road manage to navigate a vessel port side to port side, I would think their instinctual inclination would be to desire to steer to arrange starboard to starboard when passing
head on. I suppose that is how you might notice a
newbie sailor from those countries.
I know I have to be extra vigilant when driving in such left side drive countries to not inadvertently pull to the right [a.k.a. my proper] side of the road, and when turning at an intersection, or as to traversing a roundabout; it being especially great fun to go the incorrect direction at a roundabout [or circus] - doing such freaks my British clients out when I visit and drive for them in London. They be like: Stop the car! We are changing drivers, now. And of course, I then pull over to park on the right side, instead of the left side to exchange positions, amplifying the error. Once I did such purposefully and all in jest mind you. Never do I get to not hear about that incident. Need to pick up the COLREGs for Yank drivers booklet at the car hire. I
recall the first time I rented a car in
England and the clerk asked whether I desired a stick shift or an automatic. I thought about it, thinking through how I might perform using an unaccustomed hand to work the shifter and then I thought about the pedals and was left wondering if the
clutch would be operated with the right foot instead of the left foot and if the accelerator and the brake pedals were also ass backwards. Terrifying to consider that. I said I'll take the automatic please. But then asked how the pedals were positioned just to clarify my perception. During High
School, I took the driver's
training class with a car that was equipped for quadriplegic persons where one used your right hand to work the accelerator and brake pedals and steered with your left hand, but also could work the pedals with your feet. It was great experience to also learn to drive like a couple of my
school mates who were Vietnamese and had been paralyzed from war injuries.
And sometimes when I am in
England it feels like I'm going up the down staircase when I am walking about town or in hallways - "Oopsie daisy! Sorry, . . . Pardon me, . . . Excuse me." Instinctively giving way the wrong way. Definitely making a mess of things when transiting the crowded Underground stations. And I have learned that my
head has to be placed on a swivel before walking across a road.
In Montana it is customary for cars to stop to allow a pedestrian that is showing any intent to cross, so as to allow the pedestrian to cross safely, not so much in England. I have learned to not just step out when traffic is head my way as the drivers definitely are not habitual or disinclined towards yielding; well sometimes they will at zebra markings but certainly not in the middle of a block.
Oh, and you can count on it that I will always try to enter the wrong door of the car whether I am the driver or the passenger. But I do know the difference between the boot and the bonnet.