Spped is one factor here alright.
Too many foreigners crossing the country another one including
overloaded SUVs, caravans packed with Dutch beer, Lituanian, Polish,
Spanish, Italian or whatever lorries/trucks, etc..
But the worst of the worst comes from alcohol and drugs as regards the
natives.
I won't refer to the elderly as I intend to become one of them,
Mercury permitting.
I agree that Britain is a pleasure to drive in,
so long have you think that eternity is on your side ;-)
Amitiés
Philippe
Le 9 mai 13 à 10:11, Nathan Wajsman a écrit :
> Which in itself tells us nothing since you have to put the number of
> accidents in relation to km driven, which I suspect is much higher
> in France than in the UK--the populations are similar in size, but
> France is geographically larger, and also has lots of transit
> traffic (anybody travelling from Northern Europe to Spain or
> Portugal by car will invariably pass through France, for example).
>
> Having said this, and having driven in virtually every Western
> European country, some in Eastern Europe, plus the US, I must say
> that British drivers are some of the most polite and civilised
> anywhere.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> On May 9, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
>> France has double the fatalities that UK has.
>>
>>
>> On 9 May 2013 06:08, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes it does because otherwise they'll be lane hopping or getting
>>> impatient
>>> - both recipes for disaster. The nominal speed limit on a British
>>> motorway
>>> is 70mph but the fast lane always seems to be doing at least 80
>>> and apart
>>> from peak hours close to large cities, it all seems to go smoothly
>>> too by
>>> our standards. You can get around the UK and France very quickly
>>> on the two
>>> and three lane motorways and arterial roads. The speed limit on
>>> the French
>>> autoroutes is 130kph (110 in rain) and the standard fast lane
>>> speed seems
>>> to be around 150. That's what I usually do while keeping in the
>>> middle lane
>>> and watching all the big black Audis and Mercs crusising past me.
>>> I don't
>>> know what the accident and fatality rates are there but I've never
>>> had a
>>> scare or seen a serious accident on the autoroutes.
>>> Here we have that imprecation "Keep left unless overtaking" which
>>> no-one
>>> seems to take any notice of. There you tend to keep out of the
>>> fast lane
>>> altogether unless you are passing.
>>> Of course, French city driving and parking is quite another
>>> matter! An
>>> entirely different skill set.
>>> Andrew Fildes
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>>>
>>> On 09/05/2013, at 12:17 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does it make sense to keep the fast lane free only for drivers
>>>> who want
>>> to
>>>> exceed the speed limit ?
>>>>
>>>> If you use all lanes then you increase the traffic carrying
>>>> capacity of
>>> the
>>>> road as long as you don't have all lanes occupied by drivers
>>>> travelling
>>>> under the speed limit.
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