Glad it's not just me. Ranting a bit but I feel like in many European countries, if you behaved the way Australian drivers do, you would get ostracized and peo

Glad it's not just me. Ranting a bit but I feel like in many European countries, if you behaved the way Australian drivers do, you would get ostracized and people would never want to get in a car with you. That kind of behavior is just totally socially unacceptable - there's a widespread understanding that you should stop to let pedestrians cross, you should give way and merge in a cooperative, charitable way etc etc. Whereas in Australia, aggressive driving isn't just taken for granted and perfectly socially acceptable, but in a huge share of the population, it's straight up encouraged as something good and cool. "Having to" stop to let pedestrians across, giving way, being overtaken etc is taken as some kind of personal slight that should be punished or made clear to the "offender" that it's unacceptable, by intimidation or abuse or both. It's a bizarre and childish mentality, like kids racing their bikes and have to arrive first or something.