A new survey by TripAdvisor, the travel website, has identified the worst motorists in Europe, according to British holidaymakers, and Maltese drivers have made it to the top ten list of worst drivers in Europe.
British travellers say the Maltese are among the ten worst drivers in Europe, with the Italians coming in as the champions of bad driving and the French not much better.
More than 30% of the 819 British travellers polled by TripAdvisor said that contending with the locals’ driving style was the biggest challenge of motoring abroad. As many as 35% of those surveyed were nervous of driving abroad, while 14% said they never brushed up on local driving regulations.
The survey also showed that 45% had misread a map and got lost, 38% had argued with their partner while at the wheel and 11% had lost their temper with other drivers while on foreign roads.
While Italian and French drivers were considered the worst and second-worst in Europe, the Greeks were third worst, followed by motorists in Turkey, Spain and Portugal. Those polled put British drivers as seventh-worst.
TripAdvisor spokesman Luke Fredberg said: “Hitting the open road can be one of the most rewarding and cost-effective ways of exploring a new destination, but some travellers find the notion of a relaxing road trip vanishes as soon as they encounter unfamiliar driving laws and styles.”
The countries with the worst drivers in Europe, according to the poll, are: Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, UK, Malta, Belgium, and Russia.
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