Car Hire Italy: What You Need To Know
Barb Anderson

Defined Tag: Car Hire Italy.

So you want to get a car hire in Italy? If you're not Italian, you may just be nuts. Have you actually driven in Italy? You know, the country where the drivers even scare Germans used to driving 200 kilometers and hour on the Autobahn.

Actually, though the drivers in Italy are truly scary and the motorcyclists there seem to be on a death wish, in reality the facts are not nearly so daunting. See, the average Italian driver is raised in this atmosphere. He sits in the back seat as mama and papa drive at breakneck speeds to make it to church or the supermarket on time.

When Junior gets only about 14 or so, he gets his first Piaggio or Vespa and starts winging

When you get a car hire in Italy, you'll see him. He's in all of those cars honking at you because -even though you're speeding, you're going waaay to slow for the average Italian driver. And who ever taught you to slow down when taking a turn? In Italy, we speed up!

But not to worry! When you get a car for hire in Italy, you'll see the madness, the turmoil, and the chaos all around you. And yet...you will see few accidents. Not many more (or less) than you'd see in England or the United States. See, Junior, our typical Italian driver, was raised in the chaos, breathes gently in the chaos, is part of the chaos. It's almost a Zen thing. Spaghetti Zen.

Someone once said that in a mad world, it is the sane who are the insane. Normalcy, by whatever subjective term you give it, is after all, relative. Join the madness. Go to your computer, and reserve a car for hire in Italy. Come to the lighter side of madness. Come to Italy, and get on the road. You'll never be the same again.

Step on that gas pedal, that is. Get used to the feel of those horses -and know that you're their master, egging them on, pushing each horse to the edge, "getting the gunk out," racing the devil, you name your own fantasy and live it. This is Italy.

Be sure to get insurance and pray. Pray a lot, and get insurance so that you don't have to pay a lot if you wreck your horses all over the town hall. And don't run any old ladies down, either. In fact, if you really need to drive like the Italians, make sure you know what you're doing. And get insurance, like I said. Lots of it.

When you get a car to hire in Italy, they'll tell you all about this. They'll make sure you'll be protected. Helmet, seat belts, Bible, Koran, Archie Comic, whatever your fancy. Maybe even a priest in the back seat wouldn't be such a bad thing. Only problem there is you might just drive too slowly for him!

Buona fortuna. Good luck. Have fun. Don't die. Don't worry. Really.

Barb Anderson has edited or written numerous articles for family-oriented ezines and sites on the worldwide web. Barb is Editor of the Power Learning Tips and Tricks newsletter, which is available at:   http://MastermindLearningSystem.com.