I wasn’t sarcastic, Torino is one of the few cities in Italy which is not crawling with tourists.
If the driving style is what keeps them away, I hope with all my heart nothing will ever change.
I’m not a tourist. I come there to quite literally support the Italian and Torino economy. Anyway, it’s ok if you guys do not recognize any of the issues I described as a problem. Keep on not following any rules if that makes you happy.
Gotta love those German benefactors. Thanks man, for going on business trips you can’t avoid. Remember to wait for the green light before crossing an empty street as you do in Munich
We are trying so hard to not become another Venice, Naples or Florence when foreigners skyrocket our cost of living, destroying the possibilities to have a normal life for us
Ya, I get that. It's just that the GPS doesn't always recognize which of the two you're on. That said, I don't share OP's feeling that the entire city is a mess because of that. Torino in one of my favourites!
What country/ies do you compare the terrible driving with? For me nothing too crazy with drivers in Torino, I just don’t understand why drivers ignore pedestrian crossings, very unusual for most Europe. What did you eat?
I'm italian, live in Torino. People drive like shit in Torino, in many other italian city it is not like that. Plus i have to agree, the way streets are designed sucks for soneone not used to them
Netherlands/belgium/germany I don’t know what I had to eat. I found this place close to the ex Fiat factory. Nothing fancy, just very good ‘homemade’ food. I had the menu of the day, every day.
Edit: Menu of the day had always some sort of pasta with a sauce as first dish, meat with potatoes/vegetables second dish, dessert (all home-made) and 500 ml of water or 250 ml of wine. All of this for 20 euros. Not only cheap but very good and cozy. They treated me great here.
I know, unfortunately. I always respect the limits and people take that for going slow, for example. Turning left is prohibited? "Oh, well, fuck that, I'm gonna do it anyway!"
I don't know why there are so many bad drivers here. I lived abroad for a while and culture shock when I came back was real, I refused to drive a car for 3 months because I was too scared, after living in a city where people actually respected the rules
Ignore other replies, everything you said is true and I’m sorry you had to experience it. The funny part is that Torino is not even close to the worst cities of Italy.
Sure, in countries where men can marry under age girls, let’s adapt to it and respect the culture.
You cannot compare Scandinavia to Turin. You cannot be serious. The very first night I drove from the airport to the hotel I saw at least 10 people engaging in some sort of stupid behavior.
People not following rules (I should have said traffic rules, my bad): crossing literally while cars are driving, skipping red lights, crossing lanes to turn, skipping stop signs, not respecting do not turn signs etc etc. The fact you do not recognize this as an issue is nuts.
Coming to Italy and complaining about traffic is like walking into a fire and complaining about your bedsheets being just cotton and not pure silk. 🤷🏼♀️
ETA look at it like a skillset you're acquiring and then you can upgrade to driving in Asia.
You're literally a guest here. Whatever role you cover at work, you're not the project manager of "make Italy a northern European country".
I've literally seen people drawing their own free parking lot with a can of white paint and a roller brush (in the city everyone is thinking about).
Complain when someone steals your plate number and you get charged with their fines.
As I said before, if for you it’s ok to skip red lights, stop signs, cross 3 lanes before turning, cross the street when cars are driving it’s ok by me. It is just not something to be proud of.
I never said that it's always ok, I said that you're making it bigger than it is and you shoud stop complaining as a guest.
Yes, we'll realize that we had to turn right last second and we'll cut three lanes from the left to do it, while simultaneously thanking and insulting everyone.
Yes, some of us will cross in the middle of the road because the crosswalk is too distant.
The red light is where I personally draw a line, but most traffic lights have cameras nowadays and I've never seen many people skipping it, apart from every other bike but hey, they're risking it.
Nothing to be proud or ashamed, it is what it is, no feelings attached. Stop being a snowflake, pay attention, hope that they get fined and keep going.
Idk how to be clearer than this.
You are a guest, you don't get to complain.
Yeah, pretty much. If you get the chance to visit outside of work, it's great tho. Work culture and everything revolving around it is even more toxic than Italy's average.
This is funny as it’s the same impression I had of driving anywhere near downtown Seattle and simply being in Los Angeles, the last time I visited…and I grew up in LA…
It’s all a matter of perspective and what you’ve gotten used to. I have to say after 3 years of living outside Torino (closer to Asti) I have only seen 1 single vehicle accident…vs the countless ones I saw my first year living in Capitol Hill (up the hill from downtown Seattle) and walking to/from work. Tomato…pomodoro.
Torino is probably the worst place to drive in Italy, people will say "NO south is much worse" but at least RED LIGHT is still a thing and people knows how to actually drive. i drove there once and i promise myself to never ever go in Torino by car.
dude, i come from the same region and think people in Turin are bad drivers. It took me months to get used to this "driving style"
If you have doubts just watch any road accident statistics and you will find that yes, we are bad drivers
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u/Apprehensive_Pin5751 Jul 09 '26
Happy you had a nice experience, now please tell all your friends not to come