Parking is an important thing to get right. The aims of parking are to get close enough to the entrance of the New World Supermarket so that you don't pop your rivet carrying those six cases of baked beans and the pallet of bog paper back to the car on grocery day. It is then a simple matter to write to the council and say that you thought the meter was broken when it was laying on the ground like that. To overtake in safety, you should give the poor old bugger plenty of time to react by hitting the airhorns about 10 seconds before you start your maneuvour, and keeping them on until a couple of seconds after. Believe me, they appreciate the warning and quite often pull over for a little lie-down because they're so happy.
Road Works are an important hazard to be on the look out for.
As soon as you hit some really bad road works, you'll immediately realise that it's exactly like driving down the access road during winter when they've just chucked the gravel down. Beware that to townie drivers this is unknown territory and they're liable to do anything. If it's tourist season, be doubly aware because they'll do anything too, but probably all at once.