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During my recent 2 week holiday in France, I witnessed ubermental driving - i counted three overturned cars which the drivers had managed to spin and roll on relatively sedate country roads. There was plenty of equally mental overtaking, and chaps doing equally mental speeds at every opportunity. French drivers are clearly batshit. Mental.
When it comes to overtaking bicycles, though, they are ten billion times more careful than any british driver. They slow down, give plenty of space and, more often than not, make friendly comments or shout enthusiastic greetings as they go past. Even on busy roads with big old lorries, every driver I encountered gave me plenty of room.
Coming to back to the London commute was absolutely terrifying.