Italy. An interesting, infuriating place to live as a gin-raddled expat. Some notes and observations.
Monday, 8 August 2011
The Joy of Travel
Sensible, relaxed Italy where one can still have a pleasing glass of Merlot at a motorway service station. Or a beer. Or a Grappa.
Maybe that's why Italy has some really sensational, extravagant multi-vehicle accidents on its autostrade.
Interesting. If alcohol is involved in (say) 35% of car accidents, that's 65% where sober drivers are involved. Ergo, it's safer to drive when pissed.....and we should ban TT drivers!
Couldn't agree more Affer; when it comes to Mr Booze we're at far greater risk from drivers with nasty head colds and too much Lemsip coursing through their veins.
Ah, those autostrade pile-ups. I once sped off down the Milanese equivalent of the M25, and noticed on the opposite side of the carriageway a mile long set of erratic skidmarks that ended in a huge area of burnt tarmac. Of course all those black Fiats and Alfas just bounced over it at the usual 90mph.
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Interesting. If alcohol is involved in (say) 35% of car accidents, that's 65% where sober drivers are involved. Ergo, it's safer to drive when pissed.....and we should ban TT drivers!
Couldn't agree more Affer; when it comes to Mr Booze we're at far greater risk from drivers with nasty head colds and too much Lemsip coursing through their veins.
Ah, those autostrade pile-ups. I once sped off down the Milanese equivalent of the M25, and noticed on the opposite side of the carriageway a mile long set of erratic skidmarks that ended in a huge area of burnt tarmac. Of course all those black Fiats and Alfas just bounced over it at the usual 90mph.
Or all three?
Yes, but one would shuffle off in a warm alchoholic fuzz.
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