Law of the jungle with a high adrenaline rush but not as bad as it used to be so there’s that 🙂
Pretty crazy! Every time I drive on the motorway, people are driving in the wrong direction
Not bad. Worse in many other countries. But watch out for elk crossing the road at dusk and dawn in the countryside. And drive carefully when around 0 degrees Celsius. We have a winter and snow (Especially in the north). So one have to take that into consideration (winter tires half of the year etc.)
People abide by the law mostly when it comes to using blinkers, speed limits etc.
Pretty easy since everyone is a qualified rally driver.
I wouldn’t know. I bike. No need for a Car here in Denmark. But biking is really nice!
Too many speed traps and now we fear also the alcohol test.
Scooters do whatever they want, as long as there is no police in the next 200 meters, but I’m happy for this as I drive a scooter.
Cyclist are de facto free to do anything including going in wring way, passing with red and nobody tell them anything
Awful. Full of egoists who think rules are just suggestions.
I think we’re ranked 2nd in the world in terms of infrastructure (behind Singapore), so i’d say pretty good!
Calm, slow, predictable, often alone on the road etc.
In general, I appreciate my daily drives here in the Norwegian countryside, but it’s very bad at preparing me for driving in other countries where it’s more crowded, faster and less predictable.
I drive around 600-1000km per week.
Most of the time it’s pretty relaxed, unless you get into some more rural areas where the locals know every pothole and drive with 120km/h on a country lane with a speed limit of 80 km/h.
Generally, most people stick to the rules, although creeping around on the left or middle lane of the Autobahn has become more frequent in recent years I’d say. There is a “Rechtsfahrgebot”, meaning you have to drive on the right lane unless you’re overtaking someone. It’s sad that police don’t enforce this more vigorously, because those people effectively reduce a three lane autobahn to a two lane autobahn.
Overall I’d say people are pretty law-abiding, which surprises me considering how ridiculously low our fines are.
Not that many traffic-jams either, so all things considered driving is pretty chill.
Being part of traffic as a cyclist could be a lot better I guess, but we’ll get there.
People complain about it, but compared to many other places in the world, I’d say it’s pretty good.
It’s usually fine. Except nobody seems to know how to use their blinkers on a roundabout.
Rather safe, though there are always done some idiots trying to bend the law.
Alas too many petrol heads. Traffic noise is a real problem in my country.
Birth Country (Italy): Kinda chaotic, especially in mid-to-large-sized cities. People drive as if they were the only ones on the road, often with the phone in their hands. Before the new DUI law (2025), you shouldn’t drive after lunch break and in the evening on weekends, since people didn’t care at all about the dangers of DUI. Now it’s gotten better, but it won’t last.
Country where I grew up (Germany): It varies massively. In Frankfurt, it’s like Italy, only with faster, more expensive (often leased) cars and people literally start brawls with you at light stops or on parking lots. In Bavaria, people are chill, respect the StVO (peace be upon the *Verkehrsamt*), but also drink and drive, especially in villages. In Berlin, more of a jungle-y vibe, but they have a highway cutting through the city, so it’s less bad than Frankfurt. I love driving in my home state Lower Saxony: Giant, flat, empty, as long as you avoid the A7, you will be fine.
Current country where I am living (Hungary): Pure, utter chaos. People play what my wife and I call frogger on the road, meaning they switch lanes just for fun or because they are bored, this makes driving extremely stressful, especially when entering the capital. You can drive like 80km/h on the city’s inner ring, this is cool but also absolutely bonkers. You have food delivery guys, bicycles, mopeds, etc. next you when going 80km/h, like what the fuck. When you leave the capital’s inner ring, be sure to have a 4×4 capable vehicle, because the holes in road combined with the very easy-going speed limits will make you feel like doing the Rallye Dakar.
Very rule obiding. Chill and pretty safe. My foreign friends say that Danes aren’t that good at driving in queues and that we don’t use the turn signals enough.
I bike as my daily transport, though. Biking is safe. Only dangerous drivers are very old people who are panicking because they are driving in the city.
Slow in Alsace, nobody above the limit.
Pretty ok in central France or in the west
Crazy and dangerous in the south east, in Lyon or in Paris.
Dangerous near Switzerland.
Imagine if you would let everyone, with or without a driving license to drive, and you pretty much got how driving is in Romania.
Netherlands: Pretty good, but people tend to be a bit impatient around urban areas. Tailgaiting and reckless driving are quite common on some stretches of road. Speeding is very common, many people drive 130 km/h when they should be driving 100. The infrastructure is of very high quality though.
Belgium: Less reckless drivers than in NL from my experience, but people tend to keep to the left and middle lanes when on the motorway. There are a lot of semi trucks/lorries on the motorway, especially around Ghent and Antwerp. These trucks are also one of the main reasons why the R1 ring road of Antwerp is clogged for most of the day. You can take a detour but you have to pay €5,60 in tolls to do so. The infrastructure is not as bad as some people make it out to be, but the quality is significantly worse than in NL. Driving in Belgium when it rains is a bit of a pain in the ass.
I don’t particularly prefer driving in one country over the other, both have their positives and negatives.
Lots of idiots on the road
especially on school days
And in Dublin, its a complete nightmare
Totally dependent on where you drive (which part of the country). Some part of the country have quite narrow roads due to the geography of our nation. Due to people living quite spread out, there is not money to repair and fix all roads.. so many roads have quite poor standards… and during the winter conditions can be quite harsh/rough.. You’ve probably seen it in the documentary on national geographic (ice road rescue) where they follow some of the rescuers here.
Belgium..no comment on the grounds of incriminating myself .
Probably drive 500km per week.
I bought myself a bike as traffic where I live is dangerous and annoying. Way too many drivers keeping one hand on the steering wheel and the phone in the other.
It’s not good and the general view is that it’s a lot better than it actually is. Every other driver you see is on their phone and not looking at the road at all.
We have arguably the best infrastructure in the world. If there is one thing I like about my country is how roads are designed. Furthermore, the requirements to get a driving license are pretty high. I takes lots of lessons, two exams and 1000s of euros. In general we are decent drivers. The down side is we are a densely populated country. Roads are busy so traffic jams are common.
More and more aggressive, as there are more traffic, larger and stronger cars.
Used to be much worse, but it is still very tense. There’s feeling of pressure from other drivers if you drive defensively (not slow). Chaotic signage and speed limits don’t help much to resolve the situation.
On the other side, once the jams happen, everyone is nice to each other and acting courteous, like letting other driver on the intersection, other lane etc.
Driving? It’s a continuous traffic jam. Only at night (when the crazy drivers are awake) or after 22:00 you drive more or less undisturbed. But there are always roadworks everywhere..
I’d say out of Ireland and England, England definitely has the better drivers but English drivers are much more aggressive than Irish ones.
As someone who lives right near the M25 (the main motorway that circles London). Hell. It’s awful and my town is just a game of is it a pothole or a grave
Well, take a look at these statistics and you’ll get a picture about how driving in Romania looks like.
Unfortunately, the effects of functional illiteracy are hitting not just on the way people understand a text, but also on the way they are evaluating the consequences of their reckless driving.
We have two lanes on highway. One is for truck drivers that go 80 km/h the other one is for bmw drivers that go 190 km/h.
We also have no clue how to drive in roundabouts. If you will drive the way you should you will probably die.
It’s more about intuition…trying to read what other drivers will do than what the rules actually are.
Smaller roads tend to get congested very easily, especially during rush hour. It can take half an hour to cover a stretch of 10-15km. Over the last few years, every town installed their “average speed check system” so the amount of roads where you could drive freely are decreasing. Older people tend to drive 40 where it’s 50, 50 where it’s 70, 70 where it’s 90 etc….
Huge amount of trucks on the highway. The trucks are passing through from neighboring countries or come from the large ports of Zeebrugge and Antwerp. It is forbidden for trucks to overtake when it rains, but sadly that rule isn’t inforced.
Speed limit is 120 kmh on highways. To keep up with normal flow of traffic you drive 125-130.
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Law of the jungle with a high adrenaline rush but not as bad as it used to be so there’s that 🙂
Pretty crazy! Every time I drive on the motorway, people are driving in the wrong direction
Not bad. Worse in many other countries. But watch out for elk crossing the road at dusk and dawn in the countryside. And drive carefully when around 0 degrees Celsius. We have a winter and snow (Especially in the north). So one have to take that into consideration (winter tires half of the year etc.)
People abide by the law mostly when it comes to using blinkers, speed limits etc.
Pretty easy since everyone is a qualified rally driver.
I wouldn’t know. I bike. No need for a Car here in Denmark. But biking is really nice!
Too many speed traps and now we fear also the alcohol test.
Scooters do whatever they want, as long as there is no police in the next 200 meters, but I’m happy for this as I drive a scooter.
Cyclist are de facto free to do anything including going in wring way, passing with red and nobody tell them anything
Awful. Full of egoists who think rules are just suggestions.
I think we’re ranked 2nd in the world in terms of infrastructure (behind Singapore), so i’d say pretty good!
Calm, slow, predictable, often alone on the road etc.
In general, I appreciate my daily drives here in the Norwegian countryside, but it’s very bad at preparing me for driving in other countries where it’s more crowded, faster and less predictable.
I drive around 600-1000km per week.
Most of the time it’s pretty relaxed, unless you get into some more rural areas where the locals know every pothole and drive with 120km/h on a country lane with a speed limit of 80 km/h.
Generally, most people stick to the rules, although creeping around on the left or middle lane of the Autobahn has become more frequent in recent years I’d say. There is a “Rechtsfahrgebot”, meaning you have to drive on the right lane unless you’re overtaking someone. It’s sad that police don’t enforce this more vigorously, because those people effectively reduce a three lane autobahn to a two lane autobahn.
Overall I’d say people are pretty law-abiding, which surprises me considering how ridiculously low our fines are.
Not that many traffic-jams either, so all things considered driving is pretty chill.
Being part of traffic as a cyclist could be a lot better I guess, but we’ll get there.
People complain about it, but compared to many other places in the world, I’d say it’s pretty good.
It’s usually fine. Except nobody seems to know how to use their blinkers on a roundabout.
Rather safe, though there are always done some idiots trying to bend the law.
Alas too many petrol heads. Traffic noise is a real problem in my country.
Birth Country (Italy): Kinda chaotic, especially in mid-to-large-sized cities. People drive as if they were the only ones on the road, often with the phone in their hands. Before the new DUI law (2025), you shouldn’t drive after lunch break and in the evening on weekends, since people didn’t care at all about the dangers of DUI. Now it’s gotten better, but it won’t last.
Country where I grew up (Germany): It varies massively. In Frankfurt, it’s like Italy, only with faster, more expensive (often leased) cars and people literally start brawls with you at light stops or on parking lots. In Bavaria, people are chill, respect the StVO (peace be upon the *Verkehrsamt*), but also drink and drive, especially in villages. In Berlin, more of a jungle-y vibe, but they have a highway cutting through the city, so it’s less bad than Frankfurt. I love driving in my home state Lower Saxony: Giant, flat, empty, as long as you avoid the A7, you will be fine.
Current country where I am living (Hungary): Pure, utter chaos. People play what my wife and I call frogger on the road, meaning they switch lanes just for fun or because they are bored, this makes driving extremely stressful, especially when entering the capital. You can drive like 80km/h on the city’s inner ring, this is cool but also absolutely bonkers. You have food delivery guys, bicycles, mopeds, etc. next you when going 80km/h, like what the fuck. When you leave the capital’s inner ring, be sure to have a 4×4 capable vehicle, because the holes in road combined with the very easy-going speed limits will make you feel like doing the Rallye Dakar.
Very rule obiding. Chill and pretty safe. My foreign friends say that Danes aren’t that good at driving in queues and that we don’t use the turn signals enough.
I bike as my daily transport, though. Biking is safe. Only dangerous drivers are very old people who are panicking because they are driving in the city.
Slow in Alsace, nobody above the limit.
Pretty ok in central France or in the west
Crazy and dangerous in the south east, in Lyon or in Paris.
Dangerous near Switzerland.
Imagine if you would let everyone, with or without a driving license to drive, and you pretty much got how driving is in Romania.
Netherlands: Pretty good, but people tend to be a bit impatient around urban areas. Tailgaiting and reckless driving are quite common on some stretches of road. Speeding is very common, many people drive 130 km/h when they should be driving 100. The infrastructure is of very high quality though.
Belgium: Less reckless drivers than in NL from my experience, but people tend to keep to the left and middle lanes when on the motorway. There are a lot of semi trucks/lorries on the motorway, especially around Ghent and Antwerp. These trucks are also one of the main reasons why the R1 ring road of Antwerp is clogged for most of the day. You can take a detour but you have to pay €5,60 in tolls to do so. The infrastructure is not as bad as some people make it out to be, but the quality is significantly worse than in NL. Driving in Belgium when it rains is a bit of a pain in the ass.
I don’t particularly prefer driving in one country over the other, both have their positives and negatives.
Lots of idiots on the road
especially on school days
And in Dublin, its a complete nightmare
Totally dependent on where you drive (which part of the country). Some part of the country have quite narrow roads due to the geography of our nation. Due to people living quite spread out, there is not money to repair and fix all roads.. so many roads have quite poor standards… and during the winter conditions can be quite harsh/rough.. You’ve probably seen it in the documentary on national geographic (ice road rescue) where they follow some of the rescuers here.
Belgium..no comment on the grounds of incriminating myself .
Probably drive 500km per week.
I bought myself a bike as traffic where I live is dangerous and annoying. Way too many drivers keeping one hand on the steering wheel and the phone in the other.
It’s not good and the general view is that it’s a lot better than it actually is. Every other driver you see is on their phone and not looking at the road at all.
We have arguably the best infrastructure in the world. If there is one thing I like about my country is how roads are designed. Furthermore, the requirements to get a driving license are pretty high. I takes lots of lessons, two exams and 1000s of euros. In general we are decent drivers. The down side is we are a densely populated country. Roads are busy so traffic jams are common.
More and more aggressive, as there are more traffic, larger and stronger cars.
Used to be much worse, but it is still very tense. There’s feeling of pressure from other drivers if you drive defensively (not slow). Chaotic signage and speed limits don’t help much to resolve the situation.
On the other side, once the jams happen, everyone is nice to each other and acting courteous, like letting other driver on the intersection, other lane etc.
Like dis:
[https://www.romania-insider.com/study-romania-most-stressful-drivers-2024](https://www.romania-insider.com/study-romania-most-stressful-drivers-2024)
Driving? It’s a continuous traffic jam. Only at night (when the crazy drivers are awake) or after 22:00 you drive more or less undisturbed. But there are always roadworks everywhere..
I’d say out of Ireland and England, England definitely has the better drivers but English drivers are much more aggressive than Irish ones.
As someone who lives right near the M25 (the main motorway that circles London). Hell. It’s awful and my town is just a game of is it a pothole or a grave
Well, take a look at these statistics and you’ll get a picture about how driving in Romania looks like.
Unfortunately, the effects of functional illiteracy are hitting not just on the way people understand a text, but also on the way they are evaluating the consequences of their reckless driving.
[https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_789](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_789)
We have two lanes on highway. One is for truck drivers that go 80 km/h the other one is for bmw drivers that go 190 km/h.
We also have no clue how to drive in roundabouts. If you will drive the way you should you will probably die.
It’s more about intuition…trying to read what other drivers will do than what the rules actually are.
Smaller roads tend to get congested very easily, especially during rush hour. It can take half an hour to cover a stretch of 10-15km. Over the last few years, every town installed their “average speed check system” so the amount of roads where you could drive freely are decreasing. Older people tend to drive 40 where it’s 50, 50 where it’s 70, 70 where it’s 90 etc….
Huge amount of trucks on the highway. The trucks are passing through from neighboring countries or come from the large ports of Zeebrugge and Antwerp. It is forbidden for trucks to overtake when it rains, but sadly that rule isn’t inforced.
Speed limit is 120 kmh on highways. To keep up with normal flow of traffic you drive 125-130.