FEEB wrote:
> There is another peculiarity I've never seen anywhere else. In general, NL
> drivers would abruptly brake when being passed. Before I grew accustomed
> to this behavior I almost rearended couple of them. How it works: You
> drive behind a car waiting for an opportunity to pass. When the
> opportunity presents itself, you turn on your left passing light and hammer
> the gas while moving to the left lane. At the same time the car being
> passed abruptly slows down. If you are not far enough in the left lane
> already, you will hit the rear left side of the car in front of you.
>
Why does that strike you as peculiar? It makes perfect sense
considering the pavement (road strewn with rocks the size of
human heads) :-)
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