The countries that ranked at the bottom of our table didn’t necessarily get especially low scores, but they were all given an average score below 8 out of 10 by the tourist drivers who took part in our research.
Morocco was in eleventh place with a score of 7.97. One driver said, “Crazy driving in Marrakech”, elaborating, “Everyone wants to pass you and normal rules are ignored and yet good-natured with no anger. At junctions, you are surrounded by cars and bikes all trying to go first. Quite stressful.”
With a slightly lower score,
France was rated 7.84 out of 10 by tourist drivers. One driver said, “They do not like people who drive slowly !”
The United Arab Emirates scored 7.80. In their review, one tourist driver said, “A lot of drivers were going over speed limits and would honk a lot.”
A full point out of 10 lower than mainland Italy, the autonomous region of
Sicily was rated 7.14. A driver, who had evidently visited before, said, “Usual and expected Sicilian speeding and honking.”
That’s a draw at the bottom of our table with the state of
Florida, which also scored 7.14. One driver said in their review, “Why is everyone in such a hurry?”
A common pattern in these reviews is that drivers often felt uncomfortable with the speed other drivers were going, and felt that these other drivers were not very patient with them.