Cross European Driving League
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I'll be honest, the Italians are rarely a problem. A bit slow but not really dangerous.
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Usually those who have the guts to drive abroad (for some reason it seems that outside Italy everything is alien) are quite skilled with respect to the never-outside-the-country-town average...
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Either that or they go 30 km/h on a 70 km/h road. In the middle or the left of the lane (we drive on the right so we surpass on the left). I'm usually being angrily surpassed by sport-cars (Alfa Romeo in particular) or SUV when I'm on the speed limit, or angrily surpassing id-10Ts who take the car only the Sunday and never pull over the second gear. Ah yes, living in the countryside I'll say nothing of the tractors who are forced to never go over 40 km/h (but it's a miracle if they reach 20) on the main roads...
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Well, you don't drive fast in italy. Limit is 130km/h :-\
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Usually those who have the guts to drive abroad (for some reason it seems that outside Italy everything is alien) are quite skilled with respect to the never-outside-the-country-town average...
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In Germany, which takes us around 6 hours to cross, I set the cruise control to 150 km/h and I can often go upwards of half an hour without touching it. I take polite driving seriously, I know I'm not the fasted guy on the road, but I do know that I am steady and will keep going. The normal is to stop every two or three hours, alternating between comfort stops and fuel. I fill up just before Folkstone and that tank will go almost down to Frankfurt. A fill there and we're off until the Austrian border when we have to stop to get the ticket for the roads plus another fill up. Across Austria and into Hungary for the last fill of the trip and another motorway toll. On the way back we fill to the same strategy.
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When we drive over Europe we keep tabs in stupid drivers by make and nationality. For makes of car, from this trip, the top five are: 4. Merc 3. BMW [a rare drop from the top] 2=. VW 2=. Skoda 1. Audi You can convince your friends and family of your magical ability by leaving a gap of 5 or 6 meters between you and the car in front and as if by magic an elephant Audi with a sunshine at the wheel appears! By nation, we didn't even bother rating anyone else, Belgium needs to stop driving. Special mention goes to the screaming wuck fit [see the CCC] who came around a blind corner at 6 am yesterday, travelling the WRONG WAY IN A ONE WAY TUNNEL, doing around 100 km/h. I don't know why, but maybe 30 seconds prior to this I had changed lane in the empty tunnel. If I hadn't I, along with my family and the kunt in the other car, would be dead.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Belgium needs to stop driving
That's actually funny. Though we see a lot of bad drivers here, like in any other country, we actually consider ourselves not so bad drivers at all. I've been around the world and don't find any nation particularly good in driving. If one, I find myself not a bad driver. I keep my distance, obey traffic rules, drive defensively and politely. I've seen drivers far, far, far worse in most other European countries. My worst experience (didn't drive myself here luckily) was Peru, but very closely followed by Malaysia (did drive here) and Italy (did drive here as well). In Italy the best way to explain their driving skills is by saying the rules a nearly suggestions instead of actual rules. ;P
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Well, you don't drive fast in italy. Limit is 130km/h :-\
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And for good reasons - the term "road maintenance" is Romulan for us. Also we have many highways with only 2 lanes, maximum 3 - the traffic is something unthinkable. The non highways are compositions of different asphalts, holes, bumps, curves, hills, hillocks, and whatever you may think...
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Belgium needs to stop driving
That's actually funny. Though we see a lot of bad drivers here, like in any other country, we actually consider ourselves not so bad drivers at all. I've been around the world and don't find any nation particularly good in driving. If one, I find myself not a bad driver. I keep my distance, obey traffic rules, drive defensively and politely. I've seen drivers far, far, far worse in most other European countries. My worst experience (didn't drive myself here luckily) was Peru, but very closely followed by Malaysia (did drive here) and Italy (did drive here as well). In Italy the best way to explain their driving skills is by saying the rules a nearly suggestions instead of actual rules. ;P
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)V. wrote:
In Italy the best way to explain their driving skills is by saying the rules a nearly suggestions instead of actual rules. ;-P
Not only for driving - ANY rule is a suggestion: laws, taxes, driving, school, work... And when it is not, then there is a way to completely twist the rule so that it has no effect. It is the main point of Italian mentality, to which I'm partly alien and partly inside it.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Belgium needs to stop driving
That's actually funny. Though we see a lot of bad drivers here, like in any other country, we actually consider ourselves not so bad drivers at all. I've been around the world and don't find any nation particularly good in driving. If one, I find myself not a bad driver. I keep my distance, obey traffic rules, drive defensively and politely. I've seen drivers far, far, far worse in most other European countries. My worst experience (didn't drive myself here luckily) was Peru, but very closely followed by Malaysia (did drive here) and Italy (did drive here as well). In Italy the best way to explain their driving skills is by saying the rules a nearly suggestions instead of actual rules. ;P
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)Malaysia was an easy drive; for me. Egypt can offer some interesting challenges, I believe the highway code there is simply drive in the shade and honk your horn constantly.
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Malaysia was an easy drive; for me. Egypt can offer some interesting challenges, I believe the highway code there is simply drive in the shade and honk your horn constantly.
veni bibi saltavi
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Malaysia was an easy drive; for me. Egypt can offer some interesting challenges, I believe the highway code there is simply drive in the shade and honk your horn constantly.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Egypt can offer some interesting challenges
Please not as interesting as driving in India. I always need a day or two to orient myself and mentally preapred when I go in for my annual vaction to India and come back to germany
cheers,
Super
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Malaysia was an easy drive;
Did you drive in Kuala Lumpur ? :wtf:
V.
(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)Not the far up, just from Singapore up as far as Mallaka.
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Not the far up, just from Singapore up as far as Mallaka.
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When we drive over Europe we keep tabs in stupid drivers by make and nationality. For makes of car, from this trip, the top five are: 4. Merc 3. BMW [a rare drop from the top] 2=. VW 2=. Skoda 1. Audi You can convince your friends and family of your magical ability by leaving a gap of 5 or 6 meters between you and the car in front and as if by magic an elephant Audi with a sunshine at the wheel appears! By nation, we didn't even bother rating anyone else, Belgium needs to stop driving. Special mention goes to the screaming wuck fit [see the CCC] who came around a blind corner at 6 am yesterday, travelling the WRONG WAY IN A ONE WAY TUNNEL, doing around 100 km/h. I don't know why, but maybe 30 seconds prior to this I had changed lane in the empty tunnel. If I hadn't I, along with my family and the kunt in the other car, would be dead.
veni bibi saltavi
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When we drive over Europe we keep tabs in stupid drivers by make and nationality. For makes of car, from this trip, the top five are: 4. Merc 3. BMW [a rare drop from the top] 2=. VW 2=. Skoda 1. Audi You can convince your friends and family of your magical ability by leaving a gap of 5 or 6 meters between you and the car in front and as if by magic an elephant Audi with a sunshine at the wheel appears! By nation, we didn't even bother rating anyone else, Belgium needs to stop driving. Special mention goes to the screaming wuck fit [see the CCC] who came around a blind corner at 6 am yesterday, travelling the WRONG WAY IN A ONE WAY TUNNEL, doing around 100 km/h. I don't know why, but maybe 30 seconds prior to this I had changed lane in the empty tunnel. If I hadn't I, along with my family and the kunt in the other car, would be dead.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Belgium needs to stop driving.
Hahahahahahahaha - they're filthy casuals by Middle Eastern standards. Hell, Italian driving (the worst I've seen in Yurp) is casual by Middle Eastern
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When we drive over Europe we keep tabs in stupid drivers by make and nationality. For makes of car, from this trip, the top five are: 4. Merc 3. BMW [a rare drop from the top] 2=. VW 2=. Skoda 1. Audi You can convince your friends and family of your magical ability by leaving a gap of 5 or 6 meters between you and the car in front and as if by magic an elephant Audi with a sunshine at the wheel appears! By nation, we didn't even bother rating anyone else, Belgium needs to stop driving. Special mention goes to the screaming wuck fit [see the CCC] who came around a blind corner at 6 am yesterday, travelling the WRONG WAY IN A ONE WAY TUNNEL, doing around 100 km/h. I don't know why, but maybe 30 seconds prior to this I had changed lane in the empty tunnel. If I hadn't I, along with my family and the kunt in the other car, would be dead.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Malaysia was an easy drive;
Did you drive in Kuala Lumpur ? :wtf:
V.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Malaysia was an easy drive;
Did you drive in Kuala Lumpur ? :wtf:
V.
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I luurrve the A3. Not. I used to bike in to the city that way too, I think around Robin Hood it would be safer just to get off the bike and walk down the middle of the outside lane.
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When we drive over Europe we keep tabs in stupid drivers by make and nationality. For makes of car, from this trip, the top five are: 4. Merc 3. BMW [a rare drop from the top] 2=. VW 2=. Skoda 1. Audi You can convince your friends and family of your magical ability by leaving a gap of 5 or 6 meters between you and the car in front and as if by magic an elephant Audi with a sunshine at the wheel appears! By nation, we didn't even bother rating anyone else, Belgium needs to stop driving. Special mention goes to the screaming wuck fit [see the CCC] who came around a blind corner at 6 am yesterday, travelling the WRONG WAY IN A ONE WAY TUNNEL, doing around 100 km/h. I don't know why, but maybe 30 seconds prior to this I had changed lane in the empty tunnel. If I hadn't I, along with my family and the kunt in the other car, would be dead.
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I see you're using DENSE_RANK[^] instead of RANK[^]. ;P Normally, you would count the number of items that are ranked higher - if two makes are joint second, the next should be fourth, not third. You also forgot to start the list at 0.
4. Merc
3. BMW [a rare drop from the top]
1=. VW
1=. Skoda
0. Audi
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When we drive over Europe we keep tabs in stupid drivers by make and nationality. For makes of car, from this trip, the top five are: 4. Merc 3. BMW [a rare drop from the top] 2=. VW 2=. Skoda 1. Audi You can convince your friends and family of your magical ability by leaving a gap of 5 or 6 meters between you and the car in front and as if by magic an elephant Audi with a sunshine at the wheel appears! By nation, we didn't even bother rating anyone else, Belgium needs to stop driving. Special mention goes to the screaming wuck fit [see the CCC] who came around a blind corner at 6 am yesterday, travelling the WRONG WAY IN A ONE WAY TUNNEL, doing around 100 km/h. I don't know why, but maybe 30 seconds prior to this I had changed lane in the empty tunnel. If I hadn't I, along with my family and the kunt in the other car, would be dead.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
If I hadn't I, along with my family and the kunt in the other car, would be dead.
I have had a couple of situations like that, with my family. Someone was watching out for you and your family, and it sure wasn't Dave.
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When we drive over Europe we keep tabs in stupid drivers by make and nationality. For makes of car, from this trip, the top five are: 4. Merc 3. BMW [a rare drop from the top] 2=. VW 2=. Skoda 1. Audi You can convince your friends and family of your magical ability by leaving a gap of 5 or 6 meters between you and the car in front and as if by magic an elephant Audi with a sunshine at the wheel appears! By nation, we didn't even bother rating anyone else, Belgium needs to stop driving. Special mention goes to the screaming wuck fit [see the CCC] who came around a blind corner at 6 am yesterday, travelling the WRONG WAY IN A ONE WAY TUNNEL, doing around 100 km/h. I don't know why, but maybe 30 seconds prior to this I had changed lane in the empty tunnel. If I hadn't I, along with my family and the kunt in the other car, would be dead.
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Several years ago after receiving a speeding ticket, I decided that would be the last one and now refuse to go any faster than the posted limit. As for those rude, impatient drivers who flash their lights, honk their horns, or get so close that you can't even see their headlights, I have four words for 'em. Have a nice day! :) There are benefits, besides no tickets, for not speeding...the wife can't stand it and insists that you are allowed 7 mph over the posted limit, so she does most of the driving!
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