Next week will be "Traffic Ticket Week" because the Dutch governement (short of cash) has decided to take on anti-social driving.
Now, in theory I agree, BUT. Anti-Social Driving Behavior pretty much translates into ticketing the drivers that are constantly horassed by people who have absolutely no clue on how to drive.
As far as I am concerned the real Anti-Social Driving Behavior is among drivers who do the following (and/or Law Enforcement Officers who promote the following):
"Anti-Social (Driving) Behavior"
1) Driving 80-100 km/h on a highway were 120-130 km/h is permitted
2) Trucks overhauling each other, thus causing traffic jams
3) Leaving the access-road onto a highway with less than 100 km/h
4) Driving the left lane with low speed
5) Driving the left lane for no other purpose than taking a left turn after 10 kilometers because you are to afraid to switch lanes
6) Blocking roads with the sole reason to force people to take the toll road
7) The five-lane highway near Utrecht where you are only allowed to drive 90 kn/h
8) A "spitsstrook" that is blocked
9) Roads with speedlimits and cameras just to make money
10) Police Officers with a ticket quota (tax collectors if you ask me)
11) Laser guns and "I'm gonna getcha policemen"
12) Speed camera's that make no sense whatsoever
13) Cars that park, drive themselves (they undermine driving skills)
14) Cars with distance sensors (they undermine driving skills)
15) People who drive so slow that you need to push them to higher speeds
16) Caravans
17) Dutch traffic laws (if you return from the Germany or Belgium border and cross the Dutch border you know what I am talking about...
Cars that are only owned by people with no driving skills whatsoever
1) Toyota Prius
2) Honda Hybrid
3) Any car that resembles a Kya Rio, Daewoo Matiz, Toyota Avensis, Chevrolet Kalos or Opel Astra
Cars that are owned by people that do pick up the pace:
1) Alfa Romeo
2) Chrysler
3) BMW (50% is OK, 50% is a wannebe policeman and is not OK)
4) Audi
5) Girls in BMW Mini's
6) Skoda (larger cars)
7) Volkswagen (larger cars)
