http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/aut...xNDkEc2VjA2ZwLXRvZGF5BHNsawN3b3JzdC1kcml2ZXJz Not at all shocked to see NY and NJ occupying the bottom two spots. California drivers are pretty awful too, albeit for totally different reasons (I'm not really a huge fan of having to wait 5 seconds after the light turns green to start moving because the idiot in the Prius at the front of the line isn't paying attention). It is interesting that the top of the list is mostly populated by red states, while the blue states are mostly down at the bottom. I suspect that's just because red states tend to be less urbanized, but it's still amusing.
And evidently Republicans can't start threads worth shit. Then why start this thread in such an asinine fashion?
Maybe the jokes shouldn't suck. Just a thought. Maybe you could retell that one about how Indians massacred your ancestors.
Having just driven the 3/10 of a mile from my home to my office in Brooklyn, getting called an a-hole once, getting a middle finger for not letting a guy driving down the bus lane to cut in front of me, and having a dick in an escalade right behind me constantly honking, I'm feeling a little sympathy for this thread.
Well, here in Northern Virginia using turn signals is a sign of weakness. And you know those cars that have the bumper stickers that say, "In case of rapture, automobile will be unmanned?" Republicans. And usually the sudden lack of driver would make the movement of the car safer.
When I have to move my car for alternate side of the street parking, then I have to drive. Or like today, when I'm driving somewhere from my office.
Which state has the highest per-capita traffic fatality rate? Why, it's the beautiful blue state of Wyoming!
I have to say that the drivers in Portland are the nicest drivers anywhere on the planet. It took me a few months but I finally learned that when I signal a lane change someone will let me in the lane instead of speeding up to keep me out of it. This is why you can't signal lane changes in NoVA.
i take the subway to work, but on the odd occasion where i get to take the vehicle out on the streets of Manhattan it is truly a blast mixing it up with the cab and other livery drivers...its like a ballet at times as the lines get blurred and lanes shift at random and then you try and go cross town...and good lord, you are quickly reminded of Jimmy Hendrix's song and want to kill somebody
If drivers in NoVa would quit regarding lane-merges as a test of social dominance, traffic would move a lot more smoothly. So much of the stop-and-start I-95-as-parking-lot cluter******** we have around here is due to this stubborn refusal to be reasonable and allow traffic to flow in something resembling a smooth fashion. I like our life here, but traffic is high on the list of things I miss about Nebraska. Keeping in mind that where I come from, it's normal to wave at a car passing the other way on rural highways because...well, just because. "Road rage" is little more than a video game concept out there.
Well, that's a bit misleading. It's not so much bad driving by Wyomans as it is Dick Cheney randomly unloading his 28-gauge into the face of drivers in the oncoming lanes.
That sounds like New England. I-95 has become a nightmare on weekends, especially during the summer with travelers going to Cape Cod, Newport, etc... Combine that with constant Casino traffic,on a 2 lane highway, and road rage redefines itself.. New Yorkers are the biggest assholes, b/c its consistantly same 2 scenarios: an old oblivious couple going slow in the left lane (passing lane)holding everyone up (causing everyone to ride each others ass out of frustuation , or some gangsta wannabe turd trying to impress his skank girlfriend weaving in and out of traffic, tailgating, and giving everyone dirty looks.. In all I blame the state. They refuse to build more lanes to accomodate the massive increase in traffic. Their logic "well, by the time we finish building a 3rd.. We wil need a 4th lane.." SO they decide to do nothing. Great logic.
I was actually shocked when I was driving in San Francisco - I put on my turn signal to indicate a lane change and the guy in said lane actually slowed down to let me in. I almost caused an accident I was so confused.
When I lived in New York I saw a driver move into a lane without looking and crunch into the car occupying the space at the time. The driver who got hit angrily motioned the who hit him to go in front of him without stopping to check the damage to his car. On a related note, I did not own a car when I lived in New York.