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[ed armstrong]

Tom,

I didn't make it to Holland this trip but a visit many
years ago (1987) left me with the impression that the
driving was disciplined there as well. Sure you
couldn't go flat out on the autobahn, but 120-130 kph
was no problem as long as you kept an eye out for cops
(those guys with helmets driving the Porsche 911s,
thats taking safety to extreme, do they still do that
?)


--- Tom Nas <tnas at euronet.nl> wrote:
> ed armstrong <edshred2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >As someone who has just experienced the amazing
> German
> >autobahns and even autoroutes of France and Spain
> (see
> >my post "European Impressions") I can say that the
> >underlying key to safe high speed driving is
> following
> >the axiom "Pass left, drive right." We may say that
> >this style is encouraged here (in the US) as well,
> but
> >over there it is followed like a religion. In
> Europe,
> >the fast drivers _expect_ you to move over from the
> >fast lane and they will _wait_ until you do so.
> They
> >themselves will move over too at the first sight of
> >clear traffic in the right hand lane. In 3000 km of
> >driving I only witnessed a "pass on the right" one
> >time!
>
> You should spend more time in Holland next time...
>
> Aaaargh, I was going to stay out of this!
>
> Tom
>


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-ed

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