Lets be frank the author Avalon didn't do his home work when he came to Poland, he was motivated by self interest and greed.
^ Isn't that in the same spirit as the oft repeated (with shrugged shoulders) "To jest Polska?"
E.G.
circa 2001
-Hey my light socket just came out of the wall when I unplugged the lamp- wtf?
-Oh you foreigners will complain about anything, just be happy you have a lamp....besides, it's Poland.
-Hey, the racks in this fridge are so tightly set so that a person can only put empty plates in it-wtf?
-It's Poland, just be happy you have something new.
This could answer the reasons why office staff are so ultra bureaucratic and unhelpful,restaurant staff are useless,driver behave like apes with their imaginary third lane,people vote for very right wing parties,listen to Radio Maria,dance to Disco Polo.
The remnants of a collective attitude that flourished for a brief time I suppose. A person can't change their past and can't change their way of thinking if their way of thinking is to not change their way of thinking.
That being said, these f*cktards need to seriously reconsider their collective driving. How can they kill and maim each other on their roads with such regularity and not acknowledge there's a problem?