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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
      Mod Squad
      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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                                  WhiskeySandwich
                                  啓蒙家
                                  @flannel slut
                                  Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                                  @flannel-slut def helps get obnoxiously close to other vehicles when parking. I miss the front camera I had on my previous car which my truck doesn’t currently have. It reinforces my habit of only backing into spots.

                                  "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                  -Seneca

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                                    WhiskeySandwich
                                    啓蒙家
                                    @steelworker
                                    Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                                    @steelworker @Matt @seawolf i have a theory about why MD drivers are notoriously bad : it’s because they’re from everywhere else. Md is FULL of transplants and military people. This means everyone brings a different style and habits formed by their home state and laws/designs. Combine that with road infrastructure designed for half the current volume of traffic and you get a “fuck you, me first” attitude.

                                    Also: the police don’t enforce much anything on MD roads anymore.

                                    "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                    -Seneca

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                                      seawolf
                                      Mod Squad
                                      @WhiskeySandwich
                                      Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                                      @WhiskeySandwich you’re absolutely right. But that doesn’t explain why Virginia drivers are generally way better drivers. There’s a massive military population in the Norfolk area and the DC area, and my experience with VA drivers was never as jarring as it was with people from Maryland.

                                      “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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                                        yannis
                                        Haraki san Expert
                                        Joined: 26 Aug 2020

                                        Also Maryland drivers, drive with one hand on the horn permanently. Never seen so many 5 year olds behind a wheel. You have exactly 1 tenth of a second when the light turns green before a moron blasts the horn.

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                                          WhiskeySandwich
                                          啓蒙家
                                          @seawolf
                                          Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                                          @seawolf I think that difference with VA is because they do more enforcement. And VA roads are ALWAYS under construction, so everyone is on high alert because their commute changes daily. 😂

                                          "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                          -Seneca

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