D R I V E R S are horrendous

The drivers in France, specifically the French are horrendous. Or, as Jim says- French drivers are something else really, really bad. It didn't help on our last trip the bulk of it was in France.

somewhere in France... I think near Lyon or Dijon

What was supposed to be an 8 1/2 hr drive (all but less than one hour in France) ended up being about eleven {11} hours driving home with staus, toll clusters and just the fact we were in France. 

Horrible. 

We've grown quite fond of the Autobahn.

Not just being able to literally drive 100 miles per hour, but this is another area that we think the Germans definitely do well.

Don't get me wrong, I like the 100 mph too! I think I might have been born for the Autobahn.

Aah... back in Germany with the fast lane for passing and the FAST cars

The fast lane is for going fast. Super fast, and they do. Once they cruise by- they move over.

 It's a fine system of common sense and head's up driving.

We like it a lot.

In France, or at least the parts we visited- they have no common sense. I think we're safe to make that generalization after twenty-one hours just getting there and coming home along with the day trips and other time spent driving for this trip.

At least ten times (maybe twenty), we saw cars changing lanes with the wrong blinker on.

Justin's great at adding entertainment while stuck in traffic...his dad looks thrilled, agree?

After noticing it several times, I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt thinking it must be something else they do.

Jim's since convinced me they just don't pay attention. It was more than a little irritating.

For example, they would turn their left blinker on, then cut to the right lane. Then, they leave it on until they remember to turn it off.

What frustrated Jim more than anything was when everyone would putz in the fast lane with two other slower lanes wide open.

I don't know how many times Jim had to switch to the middle lane to pass someone. 

France with the fast lane clogged up... this is the norm

I could have taken a dozen pictures like the one above with two slow lanes wide open and the fast lane clogged up.

The gold SUV here happens to be our friends who were going fast and on a mission to get back to Germany but stuck behind slow pokes.

It was the most horrible drive hands down for him as his blood pressure was definitely elevated.  That was highway driving as well.

Driving in town is way worse. I don't think we'll be going back to France any time soon.

At least that's what Jim says. I think he might be serious. Dead serious.