[anotheroldrider]

After 10years of construction projects outside the US, finishing in Istanbul & Bursa, Turkey, I thought I could lane-split with the best of 'em - until I did one in Santos, Brazil. No one, absolutely no one does it as fiercly and fearlessly as Brazilians.

Earlier someone commented on German drivers - when I was in Italy the standard joke was that Germans had dicipline but no skill, Italians had skill but no dicipline, and Americans had neither. I'm not sure about the first two, but after returning home I'm pretty sure the last one is correct.