Heres a good laugh

[lonewolf]

the Italians are the worst drivers they just go mental.

 

[OldButtoni]

What is funny is that when I went to Taiwan the first time I saw it in real life. Very polite Chinese step into their cars and turn into maniacs. I described driving in Taipei as playing bumper cars. They seem to have gotten better over the years since then but I was absolutely horrified by the things I saw and experienced. I came close to being knocked off the side of a mountain by an oncoming bus that was passing a car on a blind hairpin curve. The road leading up to the mountain was littered with "prayer money" they bought for good luck surviving the drive into the mountains.

Had to LOL, Doc, because that's exactly what riding in a car downtown Teheran was like in 1958. Mercedes 190-D taxis made no attempt to stay in a "lane". They would get within literally inches of each other in peak traffic hours. Only time we ever saw our motor pool driver Reza (Iranian active duty) curse (we think he was cursing, at any rate), when he would drive us downtown at 5pm for our piano lessons. It was like a game of chicken to see which taxi would squeeze into an opening in the traffic ahead. Me.........I just closed my eyes the whole way there (I was only 10 years old). May have changed by now though.

 

[DrHenley]

My brother in law's car in Taiwan got hit by a taxi, clearly and unequivcally the taxi driver's fault. When the police got there they were irritated at him for reporting it and said that if he didn't PAY the taxi driver for the damages they would give HIM a ticket. I was so mad my BIL had to pull me off of arguing with the police before I got arrested.

 

[BillMasen]

the Italians are the worst drivers they just go mental.

Actually Mexicans driving on ice are really funny, like Okies trying to drive rounds sweeping bends