Are you kidding? I spent 3 years in Italy -- all over the country -- without a problem. (Of course, I spent 3 years in Turkey before then...so I may have been better prepared than most)
Maybe I’ve had more than my share of suicidal Roman cabbies. If you want a challenge, try downtown Beijing; I swear you couldn’t get a credit card between the cars...
I couldn’t believe the number of accidents we saw on a short bus trip to Ephesus years ago. Also while in Athens for a couple of hours I had about all the Greek traffic I could handle, along with a tour bus driver who though he was a contender for Monaco at F1 speeds.