Re: Part Deux - Euro driving tips

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

glen powell wrote:

> What do our European friends think of driving in the States?

OK, I realise this is off-topic (and, because I'm still behind with my
q-digests, probably superfluous) but having driven in the US for the first
time last year, I noticed that some road users were 'interpreting the
highway code in their own way' (which mostly has to do with keeping to your
lane), but the generally straight and wide multi-lane roads mostly prevent
really dangerous things from happening. Mind you, this is only my own
observation, and might not be entirely accurate. Having driven accross
Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and a bit of Spain last week, I've
come to the conclusion that there's no worse place for driving than
Holland. I consider our driver's education to be excellent, yet so many
drivers seem to drive with this permanent 'red mist' in front of their eyes
and road rage abounds. And no, most Dutch drivers don't have any clue in
which lane they're driving either!
The French might tailgate (yes, 3-4 cm from my rear bumper at 130 km/h!)
but they're generally more considerate drivers than the Dutch. This might
have something to do with our overcrowded roads though...

Mandatory Audi content: I've only been tailgated by _one_ Audi- a Muenster
(Germany)-registered A4 2.8 while I was passing a slow-moving truck in
France (myself still driving flat-out at 130)

-Just my FFr.02

Tom

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
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