I find the French are really good at getting out of the way, as mentioned already, this surprised me as based on cultural stereotypes you would expect them to be rude and discourteous, on the road at least, it seems this isn't the case.
Italy is much worse than the UK though, there are no two ways about it. I get what you are saying about the Italians being more aware of bikes, because there are so many scooters around the city, but they are still overly reckless. In my latest video blog I have 2 clear examples of reckless Italian driving (shameless plug, check out the link below) - I could provide plenty more form the hours of gopro footage I have. I would struggle though to find many examples from the UK, f I could get any. Comparatively I would have about equal amounts of Gopro footage from both.
Worst driving in Europe was probably Montenegro - I wasn't surprised the other day when I was watching TV in Portugal and the had a show on talking about just how bad driving in Montenegro is.
I have to say I think the UK is quite high up the list in terms of good driving in Europe.
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