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Originally posted by Isabo
. . . , the speed differential between the two slow lanes where trucks and grannies travel and the fast lane is just too much. . ..
Too true!
I found, driving the autostrade, was highly stressfull just for that reason. If you drive the "speed limit" (or just above) it becomes a constant game of trying not to rear-end some slow moving truck, -OR- trying not to get rear-ended (when passing) by some insainly fast moving BMW or Benz rocketing down the passing lane.

Italy is one place where I really wished I had my 911 (and purely for safety reasons). Driving that Fiat there, constantly bouncing off the rev-limiter, while negotiating that speed differential, was not relaxing.
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