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Old 13-04-2008, 06:16 PM
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I agree with Taf, most of them are OK drivers and we do find them a little more courteous than in the UK HOWEVER they do drive right up your arse when you're in a campervan and the lorries absolutely scare you to death. They fly past you on the steepest, windiest, blindest corners whilst flashing their lights at you as if to ask 'what the hell are you playing at?' You simply can't drive fast in a camper - everything flies out the cupboards, the kids colouring books, games, lappys fly off the table, the kids slam into the windows even with seatbelts - you kind of have to drive slower than the slowest speed limit, no one seems to mind except the truck drivers. The thing is that with those huge trucks' weight limit they're not supposed to do over 90kmh - yeah right - bloody scary
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