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[Oracle]

I do not think so. Our area is now full of Mercedes and BMW's. When you own one of these you have a license to drive like and idiot. The road is all yours.

As a non-resident I think that for sure in the past year standards have improved, although still quite comical on occasion.

There seems to be a greater police presence on the roads, perhaps this might be a reason?

One thing that is still very noticeable is the difference when I drive a rental car with zed plates and a Cypriot registered car that we keep. Local drivers are much more aggressive towards the rental car.

Or is that my imagination seeing racism where it does not exist?

Here we go, the theme behind the theme ...

Anyway, have you considered it may just be because Zed cars are generally driven slower / tentatively, because the driver may either be taking in a view, not familiar with left-side driving, not familiar with the rental car or they are not sure where they are going ...

Plenty of rational reasons to mull over first before getting on your moral high-horse......

99% of zed cars are driven by Brits. We also drive on the left.

For sure I drive no differently in a Zed car than in my own Cypriot registered car. However I am treated very differently on the roads in the rental car.

That is a fact!

Sounds like you have your mind made up!

My original suspicion of the theme within a theme emerging has proven correct. You are a racist.

The least you could have done as a passing reference to objectivity is look within yourself and see if you are not more hesitant driving an unknown car ... but NO .... it must be the racist Cypriots.

Boring bashing! Not interested in transparent racists like you ......

I wish you much mileage in your endeavor to "go around the houses" ...

First time for everything! I've never been called a racist before.

Oh well. Into work on Tuesday and sack all my non-english staff.

I find that hard to believe, but there were suggestions of you being a fabricator in your last thread as I recall. So either no one has dared call you a racist, or you are once again lying?

We gave you the benefit of the doubt being a newbie ... but of all the transparent anti-Cypriot racists that have ever posted you appear to be the most thinly veiled, I do believe ...

I try to instruct racists to cease from this practice, as we are just one race (The Human Race) ... with greater DNA differences as individuals than when placed in "races" ... scientifically you are onto a loser ... there are no races!

So accept Cypriots as being the same as yourself; and learn to live with differences in habits or become a hermit

Very strange!

Ok so are all Cypriots the same (Greeks and Turks) in your eyes?

You seem to me the biggest racist on this forum.

I do not give a toss about a persons race. I take as I find.

There you go jumping to preconceived conclusions again ...

Why am I a racist?

Do you know why I hate the Turks?

Well it is not because I consider them to be inferior, or belonging to a different race ...

Which are exactly the characteristics you attribute to the Cypriots.

So drop these racist tendencies .....

Deprogramming needed again

[webbo]

Maybe is because I'm Spanish and here the driving is terrible, but after driving a zed car all arround Cyprus for a week I have to say that is not that terrible (I see much worse things everyday in My way to work) and that we had been not mistreated in any way.
All those who think your driving is terrible, jus come to Barcelona and see what happens

Never been to mainland Spain, but visited several of her islands and I have to say that even though the driving was a bit manic at times, I still think that driving in Cyprus is much worse!

Bubbles x

[pav]

Driving standards in Cyprus, are they getting better?

no!!!!

paul

[geordie_girl]

I've been going to Cyprus 3 times a year for the past 6 years and i would definately say that the driving is getting worse.

[Free Spirit]

Automatics are becoming more popular, I heard it is now part of the driving test to be able to drive, use a mobile phone and for women to breast feed whilst driving hence more automatics.
You can always tell Homosexual drivers; they're the ones up your backside (tailgating).

[roseandchan]

free spirit we would call this multi tasking. i have driven in spain and think spanish driving skills are much better than cypriot ones. friends of ours were on holiday in the greek islands. their daughter was killed when a moped mounted the pavement and hit her. was this a freak accident or lack of driving skills? they are devistated and will never get over this.

[Free Spirit]

free spirit we would call this multi tasking. i have driven in spain and think spanish driving skills are much better than cypriot ones. friends of ours were on holiday in the greek islands. their daughter was killed when a moped mounted the pavement and hit her. was this a freak accident or lack of driving skills? they are devistated and will never get over this.

They should be experts by the time they've reached the legal driving age, in our village 14 year olds were driving high powered motorcycles, mopeds and one 14 year old was driving around the village in his fathers BMW car.

[kafenes]

Driving standards in Cyprus, are they getting better?

So what if it has and what if it hasn't.

[AQ]

Maybe it's a matter of life and death?

Does that matter?

[kafenes]

Maybe it's a matter of life and death?

Does that matter?

If you can do something about it, then do it. If you can't and you're worried about your life then don't go on the streets. Starting a thread with this title will definitely not improve the driving standards of Cyprus.