Congested motorways, gaping potholes, and dangerous roads. These may very well make Poland the final boss for beginner drivers.
According to a new study by Czechvignette.cz, its roads are the hardest to take on in Europe, scoring 99.43 out of 100. The report ranked motorways on factors such as congestion levels, road quality and car density: the higher the score, the more stressful the roads are.
Poland combines some of the highest traffic congestion levels (54.77) with poor road quality (4.3 out of seven) and — more seriously — one of the highest road death rates per million residents (52).
Poland's first place "doesn't come as a shock," Czechvignette.cz CEO Mattijs Wijnmalen told Europe in Motion, as it has "more vehicles on the road than the infrastructure can comfortably handle."
"A beginner driver crossing into Poland on the older A18 stretch from Germany will experience immediate, loud tyre noise at highway speeds that only improves when district maintenance administration changes," he said. "That abrupt shift in road quality is genuinely demanding, regardless of national averages."
