Driving in Italy, and Spain for that matter, is....exciting. Especially the intersection rules in Spain takes some getting used to. Oh there is green, I can go - but why are trafic still going from the other direction? Oh, the light closest to me is red, so I may not drive...
Driving in Italy, Rome esp, is fine too. There is a reason the red light is so big and so much larger than the green light though :)