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[shahmaran]

How does that make the point any less true GR?

Idiotic drivers have cost me 2 amazing friends, 2 years of my life and a puppy (on separate incidents).

Anyways no need to get all pissywissy Emma, if you think saying dumb shit makes you look smart and driving fast is OK then that's fine, but don't get all dirty because someone thinks what you say is stupid when it truly is.

I mean you call it up on your self whoop whoop!

[cheezybiscuit]

If you got nice offroad tires then there is a really cool 15km strech of zigzag mountain road in Maxeras.... gotta download my GPS track to show you

yeah think ill get a 4wd

[Get Real!]

How does that make the point any less true GR?

Idiotic drivers have cost me 2 amazing friends, 2 years of my life and a puppy (on separate incidents).

Just wanted to set the record straight... nothing to do with the seriousness of bad driving worldwide.

[shahmaran]

I don't know about the South but I can tell you the North's record for traffic mortality is absolutely horrifying!

If the political situation does not cause us to become extinct, I know we will make sure it happens on the road, it is ridiculous!

[Oracle]

I don't know about the South but I can tell you the North's record for traffic mortality is absolutely horrifying!

Too many saddle-wearing donkeys thinking they are racing horses ....

[Nikitas]

In a country 60 miles X 150 miles why would you want to go fast? How much time will you save by going from Limassol to Nicosia a little faster, maybe five minutes? Twenty minutes max? It is not as if yo ulive in a long country like Italy where speed would make a difference.

I have been wondering if a country can ask manufacturers to limit the top speed of cars it allows to be imported. The thought of a flash BMW capable of a maximum speed of 100 KMH is hilarious. Better still would be an electronic system that automatically cuts your speed to that of the road, ie you enter a built up area and your car automatically slows to 50. That would be so COOL!

No I am not a car hating Luddie, I love cars, but I like people too.

[miltiades]

In a country 60 miles X 150 miles why would you want to go fast? How much time will you save by going from Limassol to Nicosia a little faster, maybe five minutes? Twenty minutes max? It is not as if yo ulive in a long country like Italy where speed would make a difference.

I have been wondering if a country can ask manufacturers to limit the top speed of cars it allows to be imported. The thought of a flash BMW capable of a maximum speed of 100 KMH is hilarious. Better still would be an electronic system that automatically cuts your speed to that of the road, ie you enter a built up area and your car automatically slows to 50. That would be so COOL!

No I am not a car hating Luddie, I love cars, but I like people too.

Absolute agree . The young mostly Cypriot driver is a menace on the road. Driving antics remind me very much of similar road behaviour in Nairobi and Kampala .

Just have a look at this , take the bad road conditions out and it could be referring to Cyprus.

""According to the World Bank and the World Health Organisation, the number of fatalities on Africa's roads is predicted to rise by over 80 per cent between 2000 and 2020, second only to South Asia at 144 per cent.

While there are two deaths for every 10,000 cars in the United States, the figures for Uganda and Ethiopia, the countries with the highest number of fatalities compared with vehicles is a staggering 190.

In Kenya, over 3,000 people are killed every year on the roads, most between the ages of 15 and 44, a cost to the country of around $50 million annually.

Poor vehicle maintenance, the lack of decent roads, the failure to promote road safety and a culture of driving recklessly and too fast are all part of the problem, despite endeavours by governments across the region to cut the number of road deaths. ""

[roseandchan]

cyprus driving scare the shit out of me.
i even sold my small car and purchased a bigger one, i don't intend to die anytime soon.
(thats coming from a londoner)

[baby-come-fly-with-me]

i have been sat at traffic lights many of times, looked at the car to my left also to see drivers clearly on drugs, one time a driver sat there asleep, its a disturbing thing to have to witness to be honest, its not clever

[shahmaran]

Well Emma here seems to think that all this is "fun" and that she is "very clever" for claiming so