Tidbits

Two safety things that Britain is obsessed with:
Speed Bumps
and
Fire Doors

bbc.co.uk

The speed bumps mostly just litter the campus landscape, or any place that is high in foot traffic.  They also occur on the High Street or Main Street.  They are larger than American counterparts, spanning about a meter in width.  On campus there must be at least 60.  They are kind of like like deer: where there is one, there is bound to be more within eyesight.

accoladecarpentry.co.uk

Fire doors are a curiosity I hadn't really encountered at all in America.  Essentially, these are just extra doorways in buildings that are meant to contain a fire to a single area should one break out.  If you haven't seen one before, I want you to think of any movie or television show you've seen that contains a hospital scene.  Got it in your head?  Good.  Now, you know when someone is in critical condition and they are being wheeled around on the crash cart?  And they always end up going through the swinging doors with a little window?  Well those are what most fire doors are like.  Except they are in your class buildings and even houses.  Sometimes you'll go through 4 pairs of doors in the span of about 5 or 6 strides.  The most unfortunate thing is that they take away much of the aesthetic appeal of the older buildings that have been retrofitted with them. Mostly they are just obnoxious. But that is just me.