Submitted by: Mary Farfonova

A lot of young people after finishing school think of getting driving license. It is like a step towards being adult. Not everybody needs driving license right after school. But it is not about driving car it is about getting grown-up and imposing.

Driving license is possible to get starting from the age of 16-18 depending on where you live. There are some specifics of driving culture in different countries. We all know that Italia and France are popular for their narrow parking places. So no one is surprised when see just few centimeters between parked cars. Once I parked my car in Italy and when I came back I just couldnt go anywhere because my car was squeezed by neighboring cars. It was funny so far I didnt need to hurry. I waited until the owner of one car came and set free my car.

Russia is known as a country with a bad driving etiquette. When I was living in Moscow I didnt use my car because I couldnt stand behavior of Russian drives on the road. They dont follow any rules while driving except their own created rules. Opposite situation is in Japan, where drivers follow rules and road signs very carefully. However, Japanese drivers dont think of parking etiquette.

Egyptians are very loud. It seems like they have some horn language. Horn is used to argue with other drivers, to warn pedestrian and for million more other reasons. If you will use horn in Egypt often people will think that you are one of the natives. On the one hand, it is funny to see how drivers communicate with each others. On the other hand, it becomes annoying listen horn all day long.

Recently I met Swedish driving culture and was amazed. They are really polite on the road. All red lights and road signs are followed. They always give way to pedestrians. I was thinking why people behave differently on the road in different countries. I was thinking of maybe in Sweden they have more complicated way to get driving license. But actually they have theory exam (in Swedish they call it theoriprovet) and practice exam. The same way it is in other countries. Probably driving etiquette depends on people mentality more than on driving ability. I wish driving culture all over the world would be similar to Swedish driving culture.

I have found out also that driving exam in Sweden consists of extra practice, which is driving in inclement weather conditions. Students are trying to drive car on ice, in a heavy rain, etc. To my mind it doesnt influence driving etiquette but is very useful for every driver. It is better to try bad weather in a simulator than meet them in a real road. Most of car crashes happens exactly because drivers dont know how to behave themselves.

I have spent about two years in Sweden. During that time I really enjoyed driving. I cant do something, which brings me discomfort and stress, so I couldnt drive in Russia, but in Sweden the situation on road is opposite and brings only pleasure.

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