Observation of Polish drivers, by and English anthropologist.

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Edited by: Trevek May 29, 11, 17:42 #91

grubas:

It is not you like drive into oncoming traffic regardless conditions.And it is an unwritten rule that the vehicle you are overtaking moves to the right to give you more room.I always do that and it really pisses me off when someone don't but only ******* a$$holes and stupid foraigners don't do it.

Of course, it also assumes there is room on either the left or right for a car to pull over. I've had times when Mr Motorman just HAS to overtake in the face of an uncoming russian truck and even if I did move to the side he wouldn't safely get back in without making Ivan-the-man slam his anchors on or swerve.

How about the audi drivers who decide to overtake 4 cars at a time on a blind bend or when you are trying to overtake the car infront of you? Or the ones who just drive down the middle of the country road.

KateLouise:

does anyone know why my idiotic country drives on the wrong side?

I'm assuming you're British or Irish... It's because we were never conquered by Napoleon. Before him, allegedly, all Europe used to drive on the left. Poland. Funny how so many Poles supported Napoleon but now many of them seem determined to revert to driving on the left again... while there is on-coming.

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Edited by: Trevek May 29, 11, 18:02 #92

wildrover:

Funny enough you mount a motorcycle from the same side....

But have you ever noticed that some Euro models (like MZ) have the kickstart on the left side whereas Japanese (who drive on the left) have theirs on the right?

wildrover:

They had the Germans telling them what to do for a number of years , then after this the Russians...

I think Poles have a natural dislike of rules and try to bend or break them as much as possible....

Yeah, best to pull over when the oncoming is a tank. mind you, if half the audi drivers I meet had been on the road in 1939, the wehrmacht would have all swerved into the ditches and a huge Polish votory would have ensued.

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,188 Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂	May 29, 11, 20:19 #93
Trevek: if half the audi drivers I meet had been on the road in 1939, the wehrmacht would have all swerved into the ditches and a huge Polish votory would have ensued. I wonder how many German vehicles broke on the Polish roads.....? Those that survived no doubt fell to bits on the Russian roads....

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Dec 6, 11, 14:56 #94

Where are the police?? Are Polish people behaving like 'scumbags', because they are simply, getting away with it?? I know there are a few theories in relation to the insane murderous driving practices of so many people here..... but!! is the non presence of cops on the roads, and the lenient penalty system, hugely to blame. I think imaginary third laners should be banned from driving for life, or heavily fined even imprisoned. WTF eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeerg

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