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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
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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