Road and Traffic Insanity

This piece deals with the insane road and traffic planning to be found in Salerno (as just one example of an Italian city). There is the ingenious fly-over system at Fratte; a particular set of traffic lights in Cava brilliantly designed to kill pedestrians; and the many autostrada entrances that make it impossible to enter the autostrada without becoming religious all of a sudden. This is not even to begin to mention the somewhat perplexing desire of the Italian male for an instant death whilst driving at 140 Km/h just centimeters behind the car infront – who also happens to be driving just centimetres behind the car in front of him…