Despite these lapses, most foreign visitors acknowledge that the English are, generally speaking, remarkably courteous drivers. In fact, many visitors are surprised, and often rather amused, to read the now regular diatribes in British newspapers about how we are suffering from an ‘epidemic’ of ‘road rage’. ‘Have these people never been abroad?’ asked one incredulous, well-travelled tourist. ‘Don’t they realise how polite and well-behaved English drivers are, compared to just about anywhere else in the world?’ ‘You call this “road rage”?’ said another. ‘You want to see road rage, go to
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