ROMA!
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ROMA!
Just come back from 4 days in Rome - mainly business but some sightseeing etc - but there are hardly ANY scoobs there
I saw a blobeye STi and a Forester - that was it!
Anyway, what I'm really commenting on is the standard of their driving - incredible!
They are just soooooo laid back. Someone cuts them up - no problemo. Pulls out in front - no problemo. In fact for the most part they drive as if they expect someone to pull out on them! And the thing is that they will Plus, speed limits, stop signs, pedestrian crossings, double white lines, all get ignored!
The result of this is that everyone calmly gets where they want to go and the traffic flows smoothly & it all seems to be done entirely SAFELY.
Prehaps as part of driving lessons, all UK drivers should go to Rome for a day's driving...
I saw a blobeye STi and a Forester - that was it!
Anyway, what I'm really commenting on is the standard of their driving - incredible!
They are just soooooo laid back. Someone cuts them up - no problemo. Pulls out in front - no problemo. In fact for the most part they drive as if they expect someone to pull out on them! And the thing is that they will Plus, speed limits, stop signs, pedestrian crossings, double white lines, all get ignored!
The result of this is that everyone calmly gets where they want to go and the traffic flows smoothly & it all seems to be done entirely SAFELY.
Prehaps as part of driving lessons, all UK drivers should go to Rome for a day's driving...
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Hiya Puff,
Wait 'till you get out into the mountains, overtaking on blind bends, no problem!!!!!!
They're nuts, but they don't seem to have discovered road rage yet , probably the heat.
Cheers
Andy
Wait 'till you get out into the mountains, overtaking on blind bends, no problem!!!!!!
They're nuts, but they don't seem to have discovered road rage yet , probably the heat.
Cheers
Andy
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....and on the Autostrada you're lucky to have a gnats pube of a gap between bumpers!!!
That's particularly worrying when they're mostly admiring themselves/ doing their hair in the rear view!
That's particularly worrying when they're mostly admiring themselves/ doing their hair in the rear view!
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When in Rome ...
Yup, it's a sort of organic anarchy, different from Paris.
I loved driving around there.
Only caveat: when it becomes green, don't try to hurry, as there will still be people from the other side "making it"
Yup, it's a sort of organic anarchy, different from Paris.
I loved driving around there.
Only caveat: when it becomes green, don't try to hurry, as there will still be people from the other side "making it"
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Originally Posted by Puff The Magic Wagon!
Just come back from 4 days in Rome - mainly business but some sightseeing etc
Anyway, what I'm really commenting on is the standard of their driving - incredible!
They are just soooooo laid back. Someone cuts them up - no problemo. Pulls out in front - no problemo. In fact for the most part they drive as if they expect someone to pull out on them! And the thing is that they will Plus, speed limits, stop signs, pedestrian crossings, double white lines, all get ignored!
The result of this is that everyone calmly gets where they want to go and the traffic flows smoothly & it all seems to be done entirely SAFELY.
Prehaps as part of driving lessons, all UK drivers should go to Rome for a day's driving...
Anyway, what I'm really commenting on is the standard of their driving - incredible!
They are just soooooo laid back. Someone cuts them up - no problemo. Pulls out in front - no problemo. In fact for the most part they drive as if they expect someone to pull out on them! And the thing is that they will Plus, speed limits, stop signs, pedestrian crossings, double white lines, all get ignored!
The result of this is that everyone calmly gets where they want to go and the traffic flows smoothly & it all seems to be done entirely SAFELY.
Prehaps as part of driving lessons, all UK drivers should go to Rome for a day's driving...
Couldn't agree more! I am 6 hrs driving away from Rome and every time I go there I'm enjoying it! I think every driver should spend at least a week there to improve his driving habits. :-)
Reg.
Kristijan
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I lived in Milano for two years and visited our office in Roma loadsa times.
The only prob I had was driving and parking in the same manor when I got back to the UK
The only prob I had was driving and parking in the same manor when I got back to the UK
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Originally Posted by 9ball
We were in Rome for the 6 nations rugby in Feb, we only saw one scooby and that was a police car!!
Also saw this, good parking or what.
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TgCtA...78349339672118
Nice wheels though
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