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    seawolf
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    @mclaincausey
    Joined: 28 Oct 2011

    @mclaincausey What most drivers fail to realize is that driving on a public road is a team sport. We all succeed when we work together. The reckless drivers that forget that they're operating a 3,000+ pound pieces of machinery which can go insanely fast with the press of a pedal need to gain some perspective (hopefully in a way that doesn't harm others).

    “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

    @zeebeeleather

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      Matt
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      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

      I’ve learned from my travels that everyone is bad at driving, especially those who think they’re good at it. Spending time away from home thinking we were good drivers then returning after some time confirms that everyone is bad at driving.

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        endo
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        @Matt
        Joined: 29 May 2020

        @Matt said in Unpopular opinions:

        those who think they’re good at it

        87% of german drivers rate their own skills as above-average (do the math)

        si tacuisses

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          @endo
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          @endo said in Unpopular opinions:

          do the math

          Why, because as a German you can't.......:-)

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            Similar to yours @mclaincausey I go completely fucking mental when the car in front slows down to let pedestrians cross the road, with zero regard for what is happening behind them. We have a junction close to here, where it happens all the time. The junction is on a main road which is about 50 yards after some traffic lights (so people are generally accelerating as they pull away from the lights). Some fools pull into the small side street, then stop suddenly to let pedestrians across (generally a nice thing to do of course), but if you are following them, you are left having to jam your brakes on so you don't rear end them, but that means that half of your car is left hanging out into the main road and the car behind you is definitely not expecting that to happen.....It's partly a road planning issue (I think the local chimps design the road systems in Gosport) because there is small traffic island in the middle of the side street, so there are often pedestrians on that island in the middle of the road.

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              mclaincausey
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              Joined: 12 Apr 2013

              I’m significantly German genetically speaking and I’m the only one who knows how to drive any time I’m on the road. It’s just science.

              Think it, be it.

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                Tago Mago
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                Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                Forget maths and statistics, if you want proof that Germans are the greatest drivers, I present to you Walter Röhrl. I rest my case

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                  mclaincausey
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                  @Tago Mago
                  Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                  @Tago-Mago yeah as much as I love F1, I feel like WRC is the hardest and their drivers the most impressive.

                  Think it, be it.

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                    injunjack
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                    @Tago Mago
                    Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                    @Tago-Mago said in Unpopular opinions:

                    Forget maths and statistics, if you want proof that Germans are the greatest drivers, I present to you Walter Röhrl. I rest my case

                    BS, May I represent you any finnish rallydriver aka Flying Finn.

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                      Giles
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      BS, May I present Colin McRae (not so good with helicopters though)........

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        NickD
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        @Tago Mago
                        Joined: 17 Nov 2024

                        @Tago-Mago

                        A nice guy too - I met him at a rally we were both involved in.

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                          pechelman
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 24 Jan 2022

                          Never really thought German drivers were anything special as there's both a lot of aggressive entitlement on the Autobahn coupled with others who have an extreme over abundance of caution and respect for the rules to a fault.

                          Diving recently in rural Japan had me thinking that might be the best place I've ever driven a vehicle.

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                            steelworker
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                            @seawolf
                            Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                            @seawolf said in Unpopular opinions:

                            @Tago-Mago said in Unpopular opinions:

                            @seawolf said in Unpopular opinions:

                            I'm never surprised when I see Maryland drivers acting like lunatics. Sorry @Matt !

                            Maybe he was one of the nutjobs behind the wheel?

                            That's extremely likely.

                            Not just a Md. driver- a Baltimore City -driver isnt the right word- assailant works.
                            Traffic lights & stop signs are suggestions for the weak who should stay home .
                            What do you say @Matt

                            Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                            Well, I have others.

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                              Tago Mago
                              Mod Squad
                              @pechelman
                              Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                              @pechelman all kidding aside, I find driving in Germany a lot more stressful than driving in Switzerland for example. I don’t drive as much as I used to for work but I do roughly 40000 km per year and I’ve seen some crazy shit on the autobahn, including a dude grabbing a gun from his glove compartment and waving it at me at 160 kph.

                              Having said that, Dutch drivers are the worst.

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                                tody
                                啓蒙家
                                @Tago Mago
                                Joined: 24 Feb 2021

                                @Tago-Mago said in Unpopular opinions:

                                Having said that, Dutch drivers are the worst.

                                QFT

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                                  IrishHeart
                                  Haraki san Expert
                                  Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                                  Driving in Italy is quite an experience. I left Naples airport onto a 3 lane road that had 5 lanes of cars! How there aren’t more accidents with Vespa riders weaving in and out of traffic, I’ll never know.

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                                    Matt
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                                    Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                    The worst I’ve seen so far is Albuquerque.

                                    That’s here in the US. In Europe you guys are playing fucking Mario Cart. No wonder your insurance rates are ridiculous.

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                                      GraemeE
                                      Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                                      MASSholes made me fear for my life out east

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                                        seawolf
                                        Mod Squad
                                        @GraemeE
                                        Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                                        @GraemeE proud Masshole here 😉

                                        “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                                        @zeebeeleather

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                                          mclaincausey
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                                          Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                          Shoot drivers were great in Berlin, Barcelona, and Croatia. Drivers are also great in Mumbai but it’s another kind of thing. Lanes aren’t even suggestions, it’s get in where you fit in amongst all the cars, trucks, buses, and motorized rickshaws. I’d have wrecked in seconds there but it works for them.

                                          Think it, be it.

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