very nice video, funny when you add the sounds when they pass you & all :P
greece seems a very nice country to live in or spend holiday vacation in, maybe i do a fly & drive sometime :)
if your bored or something and wanna know whats driving like around netherlands, belgium and germany take a look at my playlist '' opel astra coupe on the road '' lots of driving movies there tooo :)
thanks for uploading, hope you upload some more, they are hard to find !!!
I had the dubious pleasure of driving or should I say seeing my life flash before my eyes for 2weeks on Crete. The Island is Beautiful no doubt, but I didn't think I'd live long enough to enjoy the holiday, the paradox is by the end of 2 weeks I was driving as crazy as them.
The people are magical pitty so many die on their roads purly down to speed. SPEED KILLS!
I recommend Crete to anyone looking for a spectaculiar holiday as one is guaranteed always Beautiful Blue Skies & Sea...Love Ireland
Recently published statistics show the casualty rate on Crete roads to average one death and three serious injuries every two days - a high percentage of these being on the National road. On an island of less than half a million resident Greeks this is a shocking figure.
Contrary to tourist folklore there are police patrols and steep fines are regularly issued.
It was around the 2.13 mark that an oncoming car decided to loose control on the bend and slam into the car I was in nearly killing us. When in Crete......concentrate and have you wits about you! There is no law!
@cretesunshine (This post republished to correct grammar error ) Glad you survived, hopefully without permanent injury. We call the little shrines at the side of the roads 'Bend-ometers'. The number of shrines gives a good indication as to how dangerous that particular bit of road is. We have tried to count them but there are just too many .
the code of road traffic tells that you have to make right if someone attempts to overtake you and slow down to let him overtake. also you are driving as right as you can because someone from opposite direction will think to overtake another driver no matter when, its something like safety distance between the two directions
pagomeniii, just one correction: according to the greek laws, you have to drive in the middle(and slightly in the right side) of your lane and you have absolutely no obligation to go to the right side of the road or slow down when someone overtakes you(unless it's a real emergency)
@pagomeniii The traffic laws requires no such thing. Greeks are amongst the friendliest people in the world when out of a car, however many of them change personalities entirely when behind the wheel and consider themselves invincible. The macho attitude of many means that they rarely if ever give way, as it would be a sign of weakness. For good historic reasons Cretans have little respect for governments or the laws that they pass. They are proud of their independent thought and actions.
@livingincrete it is required by greek traffic code. i mean the fact that you have to make as right as the conditions allows you and slow down a little to let the overtaking venichle pass the quicker possible in order to not stay in the middle or the oposite road direction. as for the other fact indeed is not in any traffic law but some times could help you not to be involved in an unpleasant situation (as you noticed there are many turns in cretan road and you can't see of what is coming :)
@pagomeniii It is actually illegal to drive to the right of the solid white line marking the right hand side of the carriageway. If you were to hit a pedestrian for example or cause an accident by being in that position you would be in trouble. It is tradition, not the law which makes drivers move to the right, and perhaps a sense of keeping out of the way of 'the idiots'
The camera is fitted to a mount outside the vehicle on the left hand side just above the door mirror. Thus the camera vehicle appears to be positioned further left on the road than is actually the case.
ΘΥΜΙΖΕΙ ΤΙΣ ΣΤΡΟΦΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΜΠΡΑΛΟΥ ΕΞΩ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΛΑΜΙΑ, ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΟΔΟ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΟΥ - ΠΑΤΡΩΝ
ThePlanhtarxhs 1 month ago
im going back to crete in two years but first i gotta go back on a cruise
harryd456 6 months ago
ntropiiiiiiiiiiiiii..........
ALEX196644 9 months ago
very nice video, funny when you add the sounds when they pass you & all :P
greece seems a very nice country to live in or spend holiday vacation in, maybe i do a fly & drive sometime :)
if your bored or something and wanna know whats driving like around netherlands, belgium and germany take a look at my playlist '' opel astra coupe on the road '' lots of driving movies there tooo :)
thanks for uploading, hope you upload some more, they are hard to find !!!
SpeedManiac1976 1 year ago
I had the dubious pleasure of driving or should I say seeing my life flash before my eyes for 2weeks on Crete. The Island is Beautiful no doubt, but I didn't think I'd live long enough to enjoy the holiday, the paradox is by the end of 2 weeks I was driving as crazy as them.
The people are magical pitty so many die on their roads purly down to speed. SPEED KILLS!
I recommend Crete to anyone looking for a spectaculiar holiday as one is guaranteed always Beautiful Blue Skies & Sea...Love Ireland
denisraftis 1 year ago
ahhh.....brings back memories...... :)
easyJetAirbus 2 years ago
where is it,so pretty good..
bagusbali75able 2 years ago
Recently published statistics show the casualty rate on Crete roads to average one death and three serious injuries every two days - a high percentage of these being on the National road. On an island of less than half a million resident Greeks this is a shocking figure.
Contrary to tourist folklore there are police patrols and steep fines are regularly issued.
livingincrete 2 years ago
It was around the 2.13 mark that an oncoming car decided to loose control on the bend and slam into the car I was in nearly killing us. When in Crete......concentrate and have you wits about you! There is no law!
cretesunshine 2 years ago
@cretesunshine (This post republished to correct grammar error ) Glad you survived, hopefully without permanent injury. We call the little shrines at the side of the roads 'Bend-ometers'. The number of shrines gives a good indication as to how dangerous that particular bit of road is. We have tried to count them but there are just too many .
livingincrete 1 year ago
great video!
meco758 2 years ago
the code of road traffic tells that you have to make right if someone attempts to overtake you and slow down to let him overtake. also you are driving as right as you can because someone from opposite direction will think to overtake another driver no matter when, its something like safety distance between the two directions
pagomeniii 2 years ago
pagomeniii, just one correction: according to the greek laws, you have to drive in the middle(and slightly in the right side) of your lane and you have absolutely no obligation to go to the right side of the road or slow down when someone overtakes you(unless it's a real emergency)
007james13 2 years ago
@pagomeniii The traffic laws requires no such thing. Greeks are amongst the friendliest people in the world when out of a car, however many of them change personalities entirely when behind the wheel and consider themselves invincible. The macho attitude of many means that they rarely if ever give way, as it would be a sign of weakness. For good historic reasons Cretans have little respect for governments or the laws that they pass. They are proud of their independent thought and actions.
livingincrete 1 year ago
@livingincrete it is required by greek traffic code. i mean the fact that you have to make as right as the conditions allows you and slow down a little to let the overtaking venichle pass the quicker possible in order to not stay in the middle or the oposite road direction. as for the other fact indeed is not in any traffic law but some times could help you not to be involved in an unpleasant situation (as you noticed there are many turns in cretan road and you can't see of what is coming :)
pagomeniii 1 year ago
@pagomeniii It is actually illegal to drive to the right of the solid white line marking the right hand side of the carriageway. If you were to hit a pedestrian for example or cause an accident by being in that position you would be in trouble. It is tradition, not the law which makes drivers move to the right, and perhaps a sense of keeping out of the way of 'the idiots'
livingincrete 1 month ago
The camera is fitted to a mount outside the vehicle on the left hand side just above the door mirror. Thus the camera vehicle appears to be positioned further left on the road than is actually the case.
livingincrete 2 years ago