FOX2_ ch2_RULES OF THE ROAD

FOX2_ ch2_RULES OF THE ROAD…. Pages 217-274

      A_ PUBLIC TRANSPORT RULES

1.       The Denial Rule

2.       Exceptions to the Denial Rule

3.       The Politeness Exception

4.       The Moan Exception

5.       The Mobile-phone Ostrich Exception

       B_ COURTESY RULES

1.       ‘Negative-politeness’ Rules

2.       Bumping Experiments and the Reflex-apology Rule

     3. Rules of Ps and Qs 

      4.    Taxi Exceptions to the Denial Rule – the Role of Mirrors

    C_  QUEUING RULES

1.       The Indirectness Rule
2.       The Paranoid Pantomime Rule
3.       Body-language and Muttering Rules
4.       The Unseen Choreographer Rule
5.       The Fair-play Rule
6.       The Drama of Queuing
7.       A Very English Tribute
 

   D_ CAR RULES

1.       The Status-indifference Rule

2.       Class Rules
    The ‘Mondeo Test’ / Mercedes test

3.       Car-care and Decoration Rules

4.       The Mobile Castle Rule

5.       The Ostrich Rule

6.       Road-rage and the ‘Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used To Be’ Rule

7.       Courtesy Rules

8.       Fair-play Rules

   

E_  ROAD RULES AND ENGLISHNESS