Where are the world's worst drivers?

[Rashuta]

"Asians." *looks around* "What?"

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

"Asians." *looks around* "What?"

Where does this stereotype come from anyway?

[Georgetpwn]

Texas, where on average everyone, even cops, goes 10 miles per hour above the speed limit.

[Barringtonia]

China totally. They can't stay in one lane and have their horns blaring and their blinkers on.

China, but not for this reason since one could point to many countries for that.

The issue that makes China distinctive is that no one will use the reverse gear, to reverse means pushing into that tiny space was wrong, and to be wrong is to lose face and since losing face is unacceptable, far better to sit in an intricate traffic jam blaring one's horn rather than do the decent thing and simply reverse a little so someone else can get through.

Italians might be good drivers but their road signs are so utterly random that everyone is in a permanent state of confusion, which naturally creates issues. I think that's why they vote for leaders who can make trains run on time, the country is so 'fuck it, I'll just put the sign here' that any semblance of organisation is appreciated, even if that's a mafia organisation.

[Farnhamia]

"Asians." *looks around* "What?"

Where does this stereotype come from anyway?

No idea. I've heard the French and Italians for Europeans, and New Yorkers for the US. Asians? Aren't the streets over there in the big cities so crowded it's just about impossible to drive at all, let alone badly?

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

Texas, where on average everyone, even cops, goes 10 miles per hour above the speed limit.

I think this is true almost everywhere. Everyone except old people that can't drive goes over the speed limit.

[Waterlow]

"Asians." *looks around* "What?"

Where does this stereotype come from anyway?

It sure ain't a British stereotype.

(By the by, I'm assuming you mean 'oriental' rather than 'sub-continental', which is what we in the old country tend to mean by 'Asian'.)

[Surote]

United States of America, they don't even pay attention

[The Parthians]

Texas, where on average everyone, even cops, goes 10 miles per hour above the speed limit.

Doesn't mean we're bad drivers.

I mean, nobody calls the Germans bad drivers for driving at 140 miles an hour on the autobahn.

[Neo-Erusea]

Well, most Latin countries I've been to have been pretty bad. Red lights seem to mean nothing in Nicaragua.

[Surote]

Texas, where on average everyone, even cops, goes 10 miles per hour above the speed limit.

Doesn't mean we're bad drivers.

I mean, nobody calls the Germans bad drivers for driving at 140 miles an hour on the autobahn.

That's cause it's legal

[Rashuta]

"Asians." *looks around* "What?"

Where does this stereotype come from anyway?

facts of life

[Farnhamia]

United States of America, they don't even pay attention

Yes we do. I would totally know if I ran you over.

[Bowendur]

[Waterlow]

I've driven in the US and it's just fine there. Oh, except San Diego. Lordy that was scary.

[Bowendur]

sry wrong post

[Barringtonia]

sry wrong post

Strangely applicable to any thread though,

[New Kereptica]

sry wrong post

So...

delete it perhaps? Or at least edit out the image spam.

[Barringtonia]

It's like when you're involved with something and then a giant can of Diet Coke with Bacon passes by and you're just like..

'Woah, giant can of Diet Coke with Bacon'

It's a bit like that.

[Intangelon]

Wherever someone who is, himself, a bad driver thinks they are, which is usually everyone else but him.

[Carbandia]

Right here in Iceland..And also all over the place.

[Sarkhaan]

Texas, where on average everyone, even cops, goes 10 miles per hour above the speed limit.

That's...not that bad.

The joke in Connecticut was "The speed limit on highways has been raised to 65. You may now go 85." It's rare that the fast lane isn't going at least 80, even in 55 zones.

[The Parthians]

Texas, where on average everyone, even cops, goes 10 miles per hour above the speed limit.

Doesn't mean we're bad drivers.

I mean, nobody calls the Germans bad drivers for driving at 140 miles an hour on the autobahn.

That's cause it's legal

Of course. Though any reasonably cynical observer could tell you they set it about 10mph lower than it should be to raise revenue.

That said, with exception to the Romans and Parisians, I find the Italians and French are better drivers than most Americans, even though they're a lot faster. Yes, they'll do 200 km/h on their motorways, and yes, they are quite aggressive, but they're not eating, drinking, reading a book or being distracted in some other way like American drivers tend to be.

Oh, and most of them drive manual transmission vehicles, making them more skilled than 75% or more of American motorists.

[Surote]

I've driven in the US and it's just fine there. Oh, except San Diego. Lordy that was scary.

No dude there's people texing, talking and doing there make up it's horrible in this spposed nation of responibility

[Mikertaz Kein]

Texas, where on average everyone, even cops, goes 10 miles per hour above the speed limit.

That's...not that bad.

The joke in Connecticut was "The speed limit on highways has been raised to 65. You may now go 85." It's rare that the fast lane isn't going at least 80, even in 55 zones.

If I were a Texas cop, I would not even bother staying as low as ten over...

However, if I were a driver from Texas, I would very carefully consider the consequences and chance of escape from the police...