Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!jeffw From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Driving in Europe Message-ID: <3558@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 12:47:38 EST Article-I.D.: tekecs.3558 Posted: Thu Mar 1 12:47:38 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 23:57:56 EST Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 15 A few random bits and pieces: My high school German teacher grew up in Germany and visited every year (this about 10 years ago). He used to say that the number of lanes in city traffic there was inversely proportional to the width of the cars negotiating it! I understand that the per capita fatalities in traffic accidents are higher in Germany than they are here, if not the actual number of accidents. I believe the Germans are extremely efficient about cleaning things up and getting traffic moving again; much more so than here. That would explain why you don't see as many accidents. Any Germans on the net to verify or qualify? Jeff Winslow