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by BlueZeniX
5001 days ago
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Dutch people and government are obsessed with (limiting) speed, instead of focussing on keeping distance.
A nice effect of distance is less braking, which means less energy converted into useless heat and less ghost traffic jams. It always amuses me to hear local radio news about yet another multi-vehicle collision. In Germany, the country known for it's wonderful Autobahn, you can temporarily loose your license for tailgating. PS: I'm dutch. |
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The worst part of that is when overtaking ... a traditional Dutch driver will only look to see if he has the place to go, not if the car coming at the back is much faster than him/her.
So you end up with a lot of braking when driving on the left-most lane. The "funniest" is to see that happening with Dutch drivers outside the Netherlands ... because drivers from other countries are not used to that behavior :) (disclaimer : I live in NL, but I'm not Dutch and did not learn to drive in the Netherlands)