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[AQ]

I've been coming to Cyprus for six years, staying sometimes for 2 or 3 months at a time.

Initially I found the general standard of driving hilarious!

Is it my imagination but lately I think that standards have improved?

Or am I just becoming de-sensitised?

[JoJo]

I have stopped beeping the horn everytime someone does something stupid. Other wise, the horn would be going constantly.

[AQ]

I have stopped beeping the horn everytime someone does something stupid. Other wise, the horn would be going constantly.

The question is have standards improved lately?

[JoJo]

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.

[JoJo]

Seriously though. Majority of people are in such a rush when they drive that common sense does not exist. If only people had that attitude when it came to work.

[AQ]

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?

[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......

[AQ]

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......

[AQ]

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!

[bill cobbett]

Beware. They are fooling you in to a false state of security. They will bite when you least expect it. Let me tell you of a recent experience.

A few days ago I did the most dangerous thing imaginable and that is to walk along a pavement in CY. It was a lovely evening and I took a stroll of a few hundred yards along a main road in one of the Nic suburbs during which I had to cross a minor road. As ever I looked L and R several times, looked up and down and put my ear to the ground etc etc and started crossing at the same time as some idiot, parked on the main road, decided to burn rubber from a standing start, lost control and only just missing an oncoming car by driving towards me on the side road, so it seemed. Truthfully I had to get out of the way very, very quickly. I am certain that if I hadn't jumped, a bit of me wouldn't be around tonight.