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Out of all Romance languages, Italian is considered to be the one most closely resembling Latin in terms of vocabulary
Italian has always had a different, distinctive dialect for each Italian city, though a well-known Italian turn of phrase describes it as "the Tuscan tongue in a Roman mouth"
During the Renaissance, Italy was considered the artistic centre of the world for educated European gentlemen, who would be expected to make the 'Grand Tour'
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Gli italiani alla guida
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Da quando è entrata in vigore la legge del Ministro dei trasporti Lunardi, gli italiani sono preoccupati per le loro patenti. Questa legge prevede che ad ogni patente di guida vengano assegnati un massimo di 20 punti.
Per ogni infrazione del codice stradale, al trasgressore vengono tolti un numero di punti proporzionale alla sua gravità e quando questi finiscono la patente di guida viene ritirata e per riottenerla è necessario fare un nuovo esame di guida. Al terzo ritiro di patente questa viene definitamene sospesa. Sono stati inoltre organizzati dei corsi presso le scuole guide, al fine di recuperare i punti persi ed infine se non si commettono ulteriori infrazioni stradali, per un periodo di due anni, si riacquistano due punti.
Dall’entrata in vigore di questa legge, ogni guidatore ed ogni passeggero sulle strade italiane allaccia le cinture di sicurezza, il conducente che trasgredisce viene punito con la perdita di cinque punti dalla sua patente di guida.
Difficilmente si può trovare qualche spericolato che superi i limiti di velocità o qualche giovane che guidi in stato di ebbrezza. Entrambe queste infrazioni portano alla perdita di cinque punti dalla patente di guida ed alla sospensione di essa per un periodo di tempo deciso da un giudice.
Altre gravi infrazioni come ad esempio guidare contromano, posteggiare in zona vietata o in parcheggi riservati ai disabili sono severamente punite.
Dall’inizio del 2004, grazie a questa legge, sono diminuiti notevolmente il numero degli incidenti stradali ed il numero delle morti legate ad essi. Se un tempo il popolo italiano era conosciuto all’estero per la sua povera educazione stradale, oggi sta perdendo sempre di più questa sua peculiarità che lo distingueva da altri paesi europei con un comportamento stradale molto più fiscale come ad esempio la Svizzera. Ciò che gli italiani non perderanno mai alla guida è il loro caldo temperamento mediterraneo!
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Bradford is located in central Britain, in West Yorkshire, with the metropolitan district boasting a population of over 290,000 people. One of many cities that benefitted greatly from the Industrial Revolution, Bradford has traditionally been a city of technology and innovation (first made famous for its many modern textile mills), and in recent years has become a centre of cultural diversity. It is not without its artistic merits, too, being as it is home to the most-visited museum outside of London (the National Media Museum) as well as being the city where David Hockney went to art school.
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