Driving over here is just as bad, fustrating, irritating and painful as over there...we just pay more for it.....
Seriously tho...
Generally in Euro the cars are smaller and more nimble.. fewer SUVs and pick ups. Your average grocery getting cna be a real funster....makes all the difference as its on these you start learning to drive.
Also on average roads are busier with higer speed limits.. you need to 'drive' the car a bit more, rather than cruise along, so even if people are just paying a bit more attention to what they are doing than the phone etc you can get to drive a bit faster.
Other than on some autobahns in Germany the speed limits are between 120 km/h and 140 km/h... enforcement on the freeways is returning more to officers than radar guns etc... but speed cameras elsewhere are pretty universal....and money making.
But there are still places to stretch a 911....
