The changes have been endorsed by transport researchers and street safety advocates as effective measures to help reduce the number of Kiwis killed and injured on the roads.

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[–] TwoCubed@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Im from Germany and greatly prefer driving in the Netherlands to Germany. Traffic simply flows in NL, whereas in Germany you'll always have some fanatics driving 250+ kph in the left lane, causing hiccups in traffic flow. Plus the roadrage is real in D.

[–] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guten tag :) I have always preferred driving in Germany, I've found them the best drivers in Europe when we did road trips. As people can go 200+ km on the left lane, they anticipate much better. I remember Dutch people were called NL, Nur Links, as they would stick too long in the left hand lane. Also found that people were more polite in Germany.

But perhaps it's all perception then!

[–] TwoCubed@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Goede middag!

Seems like a classic grass is greener on the other side thing :) I guess if you have to deal with traffic on a day to day basis, you'll end up hating it either way.

I'm just envious of the Dutch. The infrastructure is simply amazing. Everyone has near equal rights, be it cars, bikes or pedestrians. And the OV is just leagues ahead of the ÖPNV in Germany!

Anywho, this is a NZ community, so I should probably shut up :D