Paphos Life

Met this car coming out of Lidl's and almost got hit in the rear end as well.
https://youtu.be/8OP0SP8Bddo

its happened to me just the same, its obviously to complex for some drivers.

Didn't realize you weren't meant to exit out that way,mind you getting out into traffic the other way can be a nightmare,and what do you do after leaving lidls and then wanting to head down into town?

lotus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 10:34 am Didn't realize you weren't meant to exit out that way,mind you getting out into traffic the other way can be a nightmare,and what do you do after leaving lidls and then wanting to head down into town?

This is two way. You can exit from this turning. There is a white arrow pointing left so traffic goes to the mini roundabout.
If there wasn't a barrier I am sure people would turn right!

From the roundabout you can either turn left heading towards Mesogi or turn right towards Sklavenitis and onwards into Paphos.

Just that it seems many people have been taught that in order to make a left turn you point the car's bonnet 45 degrees to the right prior to making the turn. However, the driver in the video was completely on the wrong side of the road.

If you all just treat it as a single lane, and let drivers out of the carpark before turning into it, you will find your lives are a lot easier.

Dominic wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:13 pm If you all just treat it as a single lane, and let drivers out of the carpark before turning into it, you will find your lives are a lot easier.

Exactly Dominic
I wish people would operate in a similar way when in a store and the lift doors open.
So much easier to let people exit the lift and move away before trying to get inside!

Welcome to the world of my village that feels like it's at the end of the world and folks think they're still steering a horse and cart.

Half of the residents don't appear to understand that pulling on the left or right side of the steering wheel, actually changes the direction from driving in a straight line and have absolutely no comprehension as to which position to put themselves in on the road to either turn in or out of a side street.

They cut corners left, right and centre and many of them can't see over the damn dashboard.

We used to have a Chevrolet Kalos when we moved back to UK from Cyprus in 2016 but a few years ago, my Mum decided she no longer wanted to continue driving as she reached the next driving licence renewal application and she passed her vehicle over to us.

Now we have an old (2007) Landrover Freelander, which is much higher up so affords us better views above other cars and it's built like a tank. So now we get given a wide berth