Years ago I talked with some Swedish people who told me about a French friend of theirs who was super proud that her car only had one dent, which came of as pretty bizarre to the Swedes.
I've been to France two times, and if you've been there too, you know how much sense that actually makes. Almost every single car we passed had several dents and scratches, and if you think people in your area are aggressive drivers you have not been to France.
And the reason why people drive like that in France is way more bizarre than you think, but I'll make a comic about that soon.
@Merove I don't know. Been to both Paris and Rome (and a couple other Italian cities), didn't exactly go counting dents in cars but the traffic sure seemed to be a lot calmer and have a better flow in Italy than in Paris.
@Leonick Well, like in France, it depends of the region I'd say. I live in Bretagne, and traffic really scares me in Paris. But I went to Italy, in the north especially, and I've seen a motorcycle, passing another motorcylce, which was already passing a car. Quite a concept. When I was younger, I went to spain with my family, and while on the highway, we were going around 150 kilometers per hour, and we were passed. By a bloody big truck, and quite fast I might add. So in my personnal experience, I'd say it might be worse in Spain and Italy, so i quite agree with Merove on this one. (FYI, speed limit on highways is around 130 kilometers per hour).
@Leonick Really? Last time I was in Italy it felt like I was at the centre of a tornado that had just gone through a moped factory and an Armani store.
@Merove Yes, we all become serial killers when we get close to a steering wheel. No, seriously, I've seen guys crossing like four lanes in a row and not giving a single f*ck about it. I'm so proud of 'em •ω•
@Merove You clearly have never been to New York, USA. When I went there, The streets were clogged with bottleneck traffic and the taxi drivers were either fully on the brake or fully off. Got a nasty headache from that.
@Balistare Yeah, because obviously huge tanks are the most efficient way to defend yourself against a few armed people who sneaked their way into places and shot people randomly. Not like they would take ages to go anywhere and cause huge freaking collateral damage.
Moron.
@Balistare Be more specific next time, I thought you were talking about the terrorist attacks on Paris last year, not a whole shitty deal that happened 7 fucking decades ago. My mistake, I was hopeful enough to assume you were talking about something that's actually sill fucking relevant.
I actually did see an accident once where a car ended up upside down on top of another car with both cars pointed in the same direction. Not sure HOW they managed that. The one time I went to Barcelona and took a taxi through a traffic circle convinced me that that is where NASCAR got its start.
You should look up Russian dash cams. Literally far worse than anything France could do. I saw a 30 second clip, and man I'll tell you it was hilarious and terrifying
It is said that in every European country, they drive on the right hand side of the road; except in England, where they drive on the left, and France, where they drive in the middle.
Fun fact, we even have a saying here in Denmark, called "French Parking", it's when you're to park by the side of a road, but there's only just enough room, then you use your front bumper to push the car in front of you so that there's room.
@paperiolento My upper secondary school chemistry teacher got her driver's license in Italy, and said that when there's about a million cars cruising through the streets of a city one must be a little flexible with the rules. So probably yes.
I'm however nominating spain and italy for even more dangerous specimens.