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French praise 'model' UK drivers

French motorists are being urged to copy British drivers and their "legendary civility" during a national road courtesy day on Thursday.

The government-backed campaign says the "British recipe" explains why it has some of the safest roads in Europe and far fewer road deaths than France.

But event organisers stopped short of asking Frenchmen to swap their Latin temperament for "British phlegm".

The French government has made road safety one of its priorities.

Road deaths in France fell 9% in 2004 compared with 2003, but campaigners say other European countries have achieved better results.

'Irascible and aggressive'

French road safety group (AFPC) which is organising the "courtesy behind the wheel day", involving a variety of road safety awareness events, say the French need to take a leaf out the "British recipe" book.

"With their legendary courtesy and civility and an active prevention policy since 1970, our British neighbours have the safest roads in Europe and has a mortality rate far lower than in France."

"It's not about converting our Latin temperament into British phlegm but rather looking at this model example to learn a few things on driver attitudes and the ingredients behind this success."
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It's nice to know the French think we're a nation of courteous drivers, though I think they're giving us more a bit more credit than we're due. "Legendary" courtesy and civility? Bloody mythical more like.

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Bof! It's more to do with their Beaujolais and trees; dislike of seat belts ...

No doubt the Mad Doc will tell us how courteous they are when he returns... the Mad Cats have arrived safely in Switzerland (via Holland and Germany ) Apparently - they plan to return via France.

But hold on... not so long ago .... our Nice Tame Cat had an argument on C+ - they claimed all European drivers - especially the French were safer drivers.... and our Kriss argued for the Brits.

Looks like the French are fighting her corner here...

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Hold on - those are cultural differences.

The courtesy thing (and I do believe we're better at it) is a cultural thing too.

We're famous for taking driving seriously - and we've got the safest roads in the world. That's no coincidence.

Culture is the real key to road safety. See this page: http://www.safespeed.org.uk/roadsafety.html

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LOL, I don't think this applies to all the mums on school runs in their Chelsea Tractors

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