Why Don't You Drive Like a Native?

So it seems to be standard driving practice in Paris for many cars to sit in the middle of an intersection waiting to make a left turn and when the light for oncoming traffic turns red about 6-8 cars turn left (2 at a time into one lane) on the red. Well this afternoon I was waiting to cross a street and watching this phenomenon when I noticed a minivan that seemed to have made a somewhat wider turn than the other cars and thus got cut off from merging onto the side street. Well this isn't usually something you see in Paris, and what's more the minivan wasn't cutting it's way back in after the first car went by! I had to investigate further to see who could possibly be driving this timidly in a capital where the only rule of the road I have yet to figure out is that anything goes. So I look more closely at the driver (male) who is sitting in a rather familiar, but at the same time foreign, position.. leaning back, one hand on the wheel. As my eyes refocussed to get a better look, I noticed a license plate sitting on the dashboard from, drumroll please.... Florida! Laughing with my dawning comprehension of the source of his inability to drive correctly in Paris and tried to give him a commiserating smile as he drove by.

P.S. Mom - I've been meaning to tell you, everyone in Paris drives just like you - you'd love it!