Originally Posted by
BassNotBass
I see... so if a person is unhappy with their country's or state's traffic laws, they can adopt the more lax/lenient ones from another country... whatever suits their fancy?

That's not Paris.
Here's a good example of what I saw when I was there:
See how the motos take up all the spare room between the cars.
Or this inside the périphique:
They seem to be able to share the medieval inner streets and "wide" Hauptmann boulevards just fine.