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And yet the UK has the third lowest crash rate in the world compared with population and the second lowest crash compared per distance driven.[0] Also, your fa

And yet the UK has the third lowest crash rate in the world compared with population and the second lowest crash compared per distance driven.[0] Also, your facts are wrong. You are required to practice on your highway skills and you will almost certainly go on a highway (if location permits) during your test. I'm almost happy we don't train our newer drivers on the motorway, honestly, I'm not sure I would trust them not to mess up even with an instructor joining them. We do have debates about whether to let newer drivers go on the motorway [1], but people bring up the point that they're normally incredibly busy and a single mistake could kill 5+ cars travelling at 70mph. Also, you say we can't call the outer lane the "fast" lane? It is fast when compared to the other lanes, but this doesn't mean we need to drive without care or attention! I think you don't understand that "fast" is a relative term and does not mean you can break the speed limit. A couple of other points: - You can't undertake normally, only in specific circumstances such as in queues or in separated traffic situations (like one-way traffic). You are NOT allowed to undertake on a motorway. - "Many UK people even deliberately obstruct other road users" has never happened to me in my life but, I've heard others talk about doing it to others when they're not being considerate to others (for example when two lanes go to one, and a car thinks they can speed down the fast lane to overtake everyone and just bully their way into the left lane). - "Pure bliss by comparison", really? Italy is notoriously bad at driving, Spain and other places also have similar problems with them. Generalising the entire continent to be perfect doesn't work. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r... [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38464776 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38464776

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jimcsharp 10y ago
I think his issue with the word fast (and mine) is that collectively calling them "fast" lanes instead of "passing" lanes is part of the problem. Then you have incognizant drivers thinking "I drive fast, this lane must be for me"
Arizhel 10y ago
>- "Pure bliss by comparison", really? Italy is notoriously bad at driving, Spain and other places also have similar problems with them. Generalising the entire continent to be perfect doesn't work. Usually when I see people comparing the UK to continental Europe like that, they're really talking about northern Europe, and conveniently ignoring Spain and Italy. It's like that here in the US: any time we say something positive about our country, we're usually ignoring the existence of the South.

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jimcsharp 10y ago

I think his issue with the word fast (and mine) is that collectively calling them "fast" lanes instead of "passing" lanes is part of the problem. Then you have incognizant drivers thinking "I drive fast, this lane must be for me"

Arizhel 10y ago

>- "Pure bliss by comparison", really? Italy is notoriously bad at driving, Spain and other places also have similar problems with them. Generalising the entire continent to be perfect doesn't work. Usually when I see people comparing the UK to continental Europe like that, they're really talking about northern Europe, and conveniently ignoring Spain and Italy. It's like that here in the US: any time we say something positive about our country, we're usually ignoring the existence of the South.