> When Bill Maudlin visited France after the war & experienced Parisian
> drivers, he commented: If the cars were as powerful as U.S. cars the streets
> of Paris would run with blood.
This is a beloved American cliche WRT drivers everywhere in Europe (except Germany). Americans are indoctrinated to accept such an extraordinary level of regimentation that they imagine the absence of it amounts to deadly chaos.
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