Saturday, June 29, 2019
European Culture
One of the things I noticed about European Culture, specifically in Rome, is that driving is much more aggressive. When trying to cross the street, cars often get very close to the crosswalks. In America, a car that is turning typically waits until the crosswalk is clear until moving ahead. In Rome, however, cars and mopeds push into the crosswalks sometimes forcing pedestrians to stop crossing the streets. Intersections that do not have traffic lights are a fight between cars and pedestrians, with both parties cutting in front of the other to get across the intersection. Another aggressive driving technique is commonly used by people on mopeds or motorcycles. Mopeds tend to weave through traffic like they are playing frogger, trying to get in front of all the other cars stopped at the red light.
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I totally agree! Another thing I noticed was that drivers here tend to use their horns more often and they tend to beep during random time compared to America.
ReplyDeleteReading this I wonder if traffic is like this in some big cities in the US like New York. Most of us have never experienced city traffic because we don't live in big cities.
ReplyDeleteI think traffic here is quite a bit more chaotic than NYC. It seems like there’s less traffic lights and sidewalks here.
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