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The News/views Magazine ABOUT and FOR Jávea - you can hold in your hand
Nº 28
Aug./Sept. 2015
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VALENCIA WANTS TEACHING IN JÁVEA STATE SCHOOLS TO BE IN VALENCIAN
Before election at the end of May, prospective Mayor Chulvi said he was his own man and those who knew him, knew better than advise him how to represent the interest of Jávea people. Within two months, and despite having 18 of the 21 local Councillors, he is taking his instructions from the Socialits and Nationalists in the region, and submitted their motion on 30th July that teaching in Castillian Spanish, or any other ‘foreign’ language be banned. To be fair, if he receives a proposal from Valencia, I doubt he has any choice than present it. Such a policy would blight the ambitions of young people in Jávea who have the temerity and audacity to believe they might earn more money, get better job, and support their families, if they chose to broaden their horizon and learn some of the More accidents happen on roundabouts when vehicles languages their competitors will be proficient in speaking, foreigners were talking the following morning of their are leaving, than when entering or changing direction. Many memory of the consequences of local ’in-breeding’ of Javienses Treat roundabouts like straight roads, and DRIVE in the in years gone by. Only Oscar and LyanLu voted for education in three languages. RIGHT HAND LANE. Continued on page 3 British drivers in Spain, often hand lane is considered our normal driving lane. BRINGING YOU find (the new!) roundabouts Secondly, although confusing, not because they THE FOODS are different, but with so many classed as a special intersection, roundabouts vehicles seemingly following are treated like any other their own rules, factors combine to create a nightmare road, albeit a one-way street, but a normal road nonetheless, scenario. irrespective of the number of We know to give way to lanes. A roundabout is nothing traffic already on the more than a normal, curved roundabout, but for now, let’s road, with junctions. not look at the approach to The third principle to roundabouts, or for that matter remember, under normal driving on them, but need to circumstances, is that you concentrate on the situation should always exit the where most roundabout incidents take place, during the roundabout from the right hand lane, the outer lane, process of exiting the roundabout onto another road. unless signs or signals tell you otherwise. Consider three basic Having established these principles, two of which you know, and one which you may three principles, let’s move forget, all of which are crucial away from roundabouts and consider a normal, straight in our understanding of how road, that never ends and is a we should exit a roundabout. straight line, with no curves, Firstly, in Spain, everyone drives on the right. but does have junctions. You In fact, we should drive as far can consider it to be a one-way to the right as possible, subject street to make it easier. Avda. del Pla/Calle Pescara, 5 - JAVEA 03730, Tel: 96 646 1848 As you drive along this to any factors which may road, you come to a point prevent this. This rule applies Jávea store opening hours: irrespective of how many lanes when you want to turn right, at a junction. As you drive along Monday - Saturday, 8:30am - 9:00pm there are on a road, the right ¯Continued on page 3
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