Is it a birthright or a death wish?

Cars have been described as a national obsession in Italy. And I think righty so. But not everyone is obsessed. Including my Italian true love's brother. He doesn't drive. Never has. And he's in his 50s. And my true love doesn't like to drive. She gladly relinquishes the driving to me. Charles Richards, in his book, 'The New Italians, says the Italians may not be the most considerate drivers in the world. 'They may have scant regard for any traffic regulations,' he writes, 'particularly those seeking to restrict what they see as their birthright and others their death wish to drive at speeds only marginally short of supersonic. Yet they must have the best natural feel of any drivers in the world. No other nation can race through the tightest of corners with such perfect judgment of distance and speed.' --Jim Broede