At 10:29 PM 9/22/2004 +1200, you wrote:


> From my ultra brief experience, the driving behaviour on the Autobahns is 
> amazing. The fast lane is left empty unless overtaking or unless 
> travelling at about 230 kph+. "Slow" (120 - 160 kph) drivers pull out, 
> overtake and pull back in in absolute minimum time. (Failure to do so 
> produces a Mercedes glued to your rear bumper. Rear view mirror is full. 
> Very polite. No horn. No lights. About 500 mm behind you at typically 130 
> kph. Pull back in and woosh, it's gone). In ALL other European countries 
> that we saw, people blocked up all the lanes at all times. It was hard to 
> imagine that a whole country full of drivers could behave so well.

I think they are self-policing to some degree. Try passing on the right
to see how polite they are. ;-) I got yelled at in Germany (by some passer-by)
for jaywalking, which is something we don't even think about doing in
Toronto (we just watch out for the cab drivers who learned to drive a few
months earlier in Mogadishu or whatever, the kamikaze bicycle couriers
and other natural hazards).

Best regards,

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