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Where are the worst drivers?
We have this argument all the time. Of course we're in Jersey where most people will say the worst drivers come from but I think you just have to be used to us.
To me, for sheer unpredictability, you can't beat Massachusetts drivers. For sheer speed in vehicles that shouldn't go that fact you can't beat Quebec. New York wins the prize for having to be ahead of you no matter the speed. If they are driving 15 mph and pass them at 25, they'll zip around you and go back to 15....
Anyone?
To me, for sheer unpredictability, you can't beat Massachusetts drivers. For sheer speed in vehicles that shouldn't go that fact you can't beat Quebec. New York wins the prize for having to be ahead of you no matter the speed. If they are driving 15 mph and pass them at 25, they'll zip around you and go back to 15....
Anyone?
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Was yakking with someone from Ontario about the awful conditions on the 401 and he said that Canadian trucks mostly have governors on them now that limits speeds to 65 mph. So even the Quebec truckers have cooled their jets a bit. We still avoided that road - we did go through Montreal and had no issues with the drivers.
Seattle attracts an impatient crowd. Something about all those lakes and bridges squeezing traffic every half mile maybe. Or the rain. :confuse:
I think many in Seattle are too patient - I have never been to another place where people will stop on busy roads to let others exit driveways.
NY looks like a fun adventure where driving is war, ATL is amusing - crawlers and fliers, huge speed differentials, southern CA bumper to bumper at 75...something for everyone in this great country.
At least, outside of the Portland metro area, they appear to sleep whilst driving.
LOTS of LLC/Blocking, can't drive in the rain...
:sick:
I have never seen LLCing like 5/405/167, goldmines for obstruction.
We MA drivers are the best around!!
In reality we do seem a bit more aggressive than the rest of the country.
I always figured that Boston highway signs play a big part in that special Massachusetts way of driving. I remember for years (haven't been lately to check) on Storrow Drive there would be all these signs "Kenmore Square - Keep Right." After the last one of those there's a sign "Kenmore Square - left exit" and the exit is right there with dozens of out of state cars quickly fishtailing on over.
The difficulty is that it all happens in 100 yards at 50 mph.
These coordinates show it all: 42.350749,-71.09298
Coming from the right you take a left hand exit and then the immediate RH ramp to get to Kenmore Square and Fenway Park.
Lane etiquette? What are lanes? Oh, suggestive --- got it.
Even my time spent driving in Manhattan wasn't as bad. Of course, after a day or two, you become just as aggressive as everyone else on the roads there.
That second one about becoming just as aggressive I'm relearning in that for the first time in years I'm driving in Manhattan every few weeks. My wife refuses to even attempt it. I grew up 30 miles from the city and was in there at 17 so I'm still pretty used to it.
I will say that for bad drivers here in the US we are strictly amateurs. The pros live in places like China and the Caribbean....
Toyota takes on the myth of the above-average driver (CNN)
An important point to note is that all of my East Coast driving was done in rental cars with full insurance, so I never worried too much about the indescribable awful that could happen.
Now, in my own car? A different story, I would think.
Lines are suggestions, as Michaell says...
My son said it's truly scary to drive there...people don't pay ANY attention....this coming from a guy who learned to drive in Oregon.
An Oregon drivers are pretty bad, :sick: