Archives for October, 2005

Ljubljana’s police demonstrate traffic safety by example.

About a year ago, I wrote about my intense fear of Slovenian roundabouts, which people assumed was a joke.
It turns out that my fears were not only fully justified, they were
dangerously underrated. The German Automobile Association (ADAC) conducted a test of European drivers in July and Slovenes finished dead last. Collectively, Slovenia scored a miserable 43%, considerably lower than neighbors Croatia (56%) and Austria (64%).

Now, just in time for Halloween, here are some of the test’s findings about Slovenia’s drivers:

* Slovenes got the worst overall results among all countries in the theoretical section.
* They scored below-average results for questions related to general
driving rules, as well as autmobile technology and equipment.
* They got the worst results for questions about children’s safety, seat belts, and passenger airbags.
* They gave many incorrect answers for questions concerning: securing an accident
scene, rules about passing, saving gas and "environmentally friendly"
driving, the alcohol limit, fog lights, and ABS.
* They scored considerably worse than other countries in setting up post-accident yield signs.

For more Halloween spookiness, see Spiegel’s story about the test (German only)

(Thanks for the nightmares, Novala!)