That's not my feeling, I live in SE London and it's not that bad. There's just a lot of traffic, which makes it difficult and people can be pushy, but when I'm coming off a side road into a queue of traffic I'm usually let in OK and see the same courtesy given to others.

Conversely my mother lives near Worcester, and up there some of the drivers are insane. Nipping the wrong way round a roundabout, dashing across junctions on red. It's like they don't understand the concept of other traffic or sometimes even have actual control over the vehicle. Not everyone obviously, but enough to make my hair stand on end more than just once or twice.

Well said. UK drivers also pathologically avoid the outside/slow lane, exclusively use the middle or fast lane, and police don't fine people who do this. This leads to very miserable motorway driving and unnecessary queues.

Interesting, cause living in the South East I mostly find drivers that are quite polite on the roads (giving way, respecting crossings, stopping traffic to allow you to merge into the main road, etc).

I suppose it's a matter of expectations. Originally from Portugal so I'm used to seeing far worse people driving on the road.

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