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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

    last edited by endo 28 Feb 2025, 16:54 G 1 Reply Last reply 28 Feb 2025, 17:05 Reply Quote 1
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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
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        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
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                          @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

                            last edited by 1 Mar 2025, 08:10 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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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
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                                    @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
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                                          @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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