I'm sorry but, really, none of you can even come close to competing
unless you are talking about driving in Italy. I have just returned
(couple of weeks ago) from a 10-day holiday there and those guys are
truly insane behind the wheel/handlebars.
The mopeds/scooters are the most likely to win a Darwin award. They all
ride around on them, doing 50+ mph in shorts, T-Shirts, and Flip-Flops.
Most dangerous thing I saw ? Man on Scooter, with wife/girlfriend on
back, holding on tight. On her back was a baby in one of those
rucksack-type things. Standing on the foot-plate (for want of a better
word) in front of the driver and holding onto his arms were 2 young kids
(aged around 7-ish). This lot were doing about 40mph down a busy
street, weaving in and out of traffic.
Before we went we thought about hiring a car when we got there. On the
taxi ride from the airport we hastily changed our minds. Better to
leave the driving to a local, and just shut your eyes and pray !
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chuck Norcutt
Sent: 01 July 2008 12:09
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] VW Airbag System
You apparently didn't have occasion to drive into Cambridge on Route 2
past the Alewife metro station at morning rush hour. I've never seen
anything quite like it. Road rage quite common, horns blaring and
people even driving over the traffic islands to get around folks deemed
a little too slow. During the first few months after I moved to the
Boston area I thought I was going to die of traffic induced stress
before I found an alternate route into Cambridge. But, other than that
particular spot (which has extremely complex intersections fed into by a
high speed road), the drivers are mostly sane and resigned to crawling
to their destinations.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
>
> Lots of places seem to want the title. Most recent for me was Boston;
> lot of stories of terrible drivers. Then I drove around there. Just
> another city with lots of cars and traffic, but quality of driving
> nothing to remark on, good or bad. Traffic out of town at commute hour
> was horrendous, but the drivers perfectly reasonable. We got off the
> Pike and wandered our way to our destination.
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