[ejm3]

Its funny because years ago when I was a kid I was in Germany and we stayed with a family friend who was living outside Frankfurt as an expat from the US.

I remember him telling me about the cultural differences he discovered between Germany and the US.

One day he was stopped at a light and the guy stopped behind him gets out of his car walks over and starts yelling at our friend (who's German was iffy). He had no idea why but pretty much blew it off thinking this guy was just nuts. He found out later that at certain intersections (like this particular one) there are signs telling you to shut your car off during red lights. And this guy being a good German was yelling at him for not complying.

So this isn't really anythng new )at least in Germany) but its still kind of silly IMO. Though gas in Europe is like $8/gallon so it might make more sense there than here.