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      04-13-2013, 08:00 PM   #19
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While I am at it...

I think tailgating is very prevalent in OZ because the weather here is so good.

We do not get as much rain, sleet, snow, fog and other adverse conditions that cause all manner of grief on the road in Europe. And so Australians have never really had to worry about the effects of following the car in front too closely.

This is then compounded by our very lax driver training and licensing laws.

What are the licensing requirements like in Germany?

I bet it's a bit more involved than driving around some back streets with an "assessor" for 10 minutes, doing a 3 point turn and performing some parallel parking maneuvers satisfactorily.

Also, as the population grows and average speeds around our cities drop because of the congestion, people drive at 70, 80, 110 kph (for the brief periods you can do that sort of speed) like they do at 40-50 kph. That is, they leave 2/3 of sweet FA in terms of gap to the car in front in the hope of not being caught at the next red light.
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