Originally Posted by Not another shrubbery

Indeed. NationMaster's recent stats on Motor Vehicles.

Originally Posted by Lupo

(note: I am not assuming that Americans cannot drive, nor that Italians are better drivers. I want only to point out that, generally speaking, it will be easier to drive an American car on an American road than an Italian car on an Italian road, so some people who are considered "able to drive" in the U.S. would not be considered so in Italy. I am also speaking *very generally*, I do know that you have manual cars, narrow or uneven roads and traffic jams in the U.S., too; in Italy these things are simply *way* more common)

Originally Posted by EtVous

Icelanders, Swedes, Norwegians and Canadians should be great drivers, we have to drive on snow and ice about half the year.

Originally Posted by Lupo

So in the U.S. there are 200+ SUVs for every 500 cars.
You really are a selfish nation :)

Originally Posted by Figleaf23

Technique -- Traction Management (Defaults to Driving) can only be improved to equal the TDM for bad traction road conditions.

Originally Posted by EtVous

I like that one... However, it should not exceed Driving-1; you still have too slow down, the tires get hard and don't adhere as well to asphalt.

Originally Posted by Lupo

You really are a selfish nation :)

Originally Posted by Figleaf23

Good point, no-one will ever be as good at driving in snow as they are on clear asphalt.