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"gixer" > wrote:
>The thing is though living a densely populated city (Athens) it's a case of >you learn very quickly to drive well, if you don't then you will get through >a lot of cars very quickly, your concentration levels have to be very high, >because you have vehicles, pedestrians, scooters, motorbikes, buses and >taxis all around you, near on 24 hours a day, Where would you rank Athens on the scale Rotterdam - Brussels - Paris - Rome - Jakarta? >I found that generally in the states people do not really concentrate to >hard when driving, of course New York and LA are obvious exceptions as are >downtown in many of the major cities, but in the less densely populated >cities I have been over there, people are not generally switched on while >driving, Well over here in Tallahassee they are. Their cell phone is switched on pretty much all of the time. > they are not really completely aware of their surroundings, Here they are. They are fully aware that they are talking on a cell phone. >I was with a mate in San Francisco we were talking about driving standards >and I gave him my opinion that in the San Fran area the standards were >pretty low, he got ****ed off and asked what evidence did I have to back >this up, so I put my hand over his rear view mirror and asked him what was >behind, he had no idea at all near on every time, The most challenging part of driving in SF is apparently the hills. That is, if you have a manual. We have had at least one SF Miata owner here whining that a manual Miata was just not possible in SF. I drove some in SF myself, but did not see anything steeper than you can find in mountainous Holland. Leon > in Athens most people have >a very good idea of their surroundings most of the time, but then you have >to have because road markings are nearly always worn away, sign posts are >usually that badly faded of missing all together, the roads are extremely >bad so you have to keep a constant eye out for alloy wheel swallowing pot >holes, people are of the general opinion that if they have been waiting to >cross the road for more than 3 mins they automatically have the right to >step out in front of any vehicle, parking is a case of stopping right in >front of the place you want to visit, even if there are 20 parking spaces 15 >meters further up the road, right turn lanes are there especially for people >who are soooo busy and soooo much more important than everyone else, that >they can drive down the lane specifically marked as right turn only and at >the last mm cut up the guy who has been waiting patiently in the correct >lane, causing him to stamp on his brakes, which of course causes a multi car >pile up 50 meter further back. > >Ahhhhhh the joys of living in big cities!!!!!!! > >Its really a miracle and a testament to the quality of the average Athens >driver that the hospitals are not overflowing every rush hour, and its >amazing how 1 Malaka (Jerk) can cause so much disruption,. > > > >Cheers Mark. -- Leon van Dommelen Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .) http://www.dommelen.net/miata EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen) |
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