[Freak_NL]

Don't look at Amsterdam's city centre as a representative example of traffic in our country. The number of tourists combined with a total disregard for traffic rules on the part of the natives makes for a rather uncivilized mix.

[icc97]

I don't know how true this is, but I find that Dutch and Belgian drivers seem to have much less regard for traffic laws than the Germans and UK drivers. Things like not cutting corners and indicating at roundabouts.

One big difference I notice is the amount of space that is between cars. Germans and UK drivers leave much bigger time gap than Belgians / Dutch.

I spent 10 years driving in the UK and now 7 years driving in Belgium and occasionally across to Germany / Holland