Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ubc-visi!sample From: sample@ubc-visi.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Points to ponder (radar detectors) Message-ID: <383@ubc-visi.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jun-83 16:04:41 EDT Article-I.D.: ubc-visi.383 Posted: Wed Jun 22 16:04:41 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 13:39:45 EDT References: ut-ngp.337 Lines: 14 I agree with ut-ngp!knutson. The driving in Europe is much better than in North America. I drove all around Greece for two weeks, and I did not see even one accident. That includes two days in Athens, which has more traffic than most large cities I've been in. Traffic laws in Greece exist, but nobody, except the occaisional tourist, pays any attention to them, unless forced to. There is more of an attitude of not interfering with the other drivers, and expecting them not to interfere with you. Even on two lane highways, if you overtake someone, he almost always pulls off onto the shoulder. The attitude here is more like "I have a right to the road, even if I am obstructing traffic". Even if you flash your headlights, slow drivers rarely pull over. Rick Sample