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Old 14th Jul 2008, 13:06
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Scooby Don't
 
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sispanys ria - while I don't agree in whole with LR3's wording or opinion, your head is in the sand if you cannot understand how someone can be driven off the road. Can you not see that if someone in the opposite direction overtakes, he can leave you with no place to go except for the ditch or the wrong lane???? Equally someone in your direction could overtake YOU, then brake for no good reason, again leaving you with a choice of hitting the back of him, hitting the ditch, or driving into the wrong lane.

While it would be wrong to say that all locals are bad drivers, it is equally wrong to regard drunk driving as the sole excuse for deaths on the roads here. The vast majority of expats would not dare drive when drunk, even if they would happily drive after 2 pints of beer in their homes countries (where that is usually just under the legal limit).

How about taking a step back and realising that bad driving is a problem here, and powerful cars in the hands of inexperienced drivers makes that problem worse. Some nationalities appear more willing than others to tailgate at speed, turn without looking or signalling, and to drive in an aggressive fashion. However much we may wish to avoid that conclusion and the inevitable stereotyping involved, the evidence is reinforced every day.
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