It is more than the licensing; the auto industry seems to determined to sell cars to these newcomers (they are prized as CONSUMERS, not workers), but at the same time even their other habits need work. How many times do you see them push strollers out into traffic, or use children as airbags in cars?
No it’s the licensing. I know people that have transplanted in both directions. Americans who go to Europe ALWAYS fail the license exam. European who come to America are ALWAYS aghast at how easy the test was. We are bad drivers. PERIOD.
The problem in the DC area is mostly illegals, as both unlicensed drivers and as pedestrians who cross busy streets anywhere they wish. Hardly a week goes by without a deadly hit-and-run involving illegals.
No amount of traffic planning will stop that.