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People who drive on intuition will feel this way. In my experience, typically drivers who are not trained well / lack experience with the culture & finesse that fast & safe driving requires.

I have done Amsterdam to Bern (Holland > Germany > Switzerland) and back once every weekend for 5 years: the difference in driving culture is extreme. When the Germans will:

1: Check left mirror for coming traffic

2: Stay on their lane for 5 seconds

3: Check left mirror AGAIN to see if that far away car suddenly is dangerously close

The Swiss and Dutch will check once, if the car in the mirror looks "tiny" just yank over the the next lane.

Not strange, since both these nations allow for a maximum speed of 120kmh. Everyone is going the same slow.

I dreaded the 1 hour in these two countries more then the 5 hours spend in the Autobahn.



As a german I'd even add the shoulder check before changing lanes. There situations where the mirror alone isn't enough.




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