American Drivers

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by 561design

People in VA area... Just because you have 4WD doesn't mean you have more traction in the snow than I do.

HAHAHAHA..... I have AWD my car is immutable against the laws of physics! I see this in Kanada all the time. Kinda funny, the vehicles that make it to the ditch first after a snowstorm are the stupid 4WD SUVs.


Have to disagree about Florida though....bad down there....scary monster bad....but no matter just an opinion anyway.

[enfield]

Originally Posted by FJc335

I hate drivers with no Common Sense---

Tapping on their brakes everytime they see someone about 10 cars away in front of them brake,
Cutting onto the faster lane just to go the same speed as the slower lanes,
Tiny little civic, mini, miata, etc. tailgating a fullsize SUV
and list goes on....

What's worse is a Full Size SUV tailgating an ///M. It takes them 2 years to stop while I can stop faster!! That is really dangerous!!!!

[enfield]

Originally Posted by T Bone

HAHAHAHA..... I have AWD my car is immutable against the laws of physics! I see this in Kanada all the time. Kinda funny, the vehicles that make it to the ditch first after a snowstorm are the stupid 4WD SUVs.


Have to disagree about Florida though....bad down there....scary monster bad....but no matter just an opinion anyway.

HEY HEY HEY!! If you don't like Canada then do not come here

Now I have done the patriotic thing.... I agree. Stupid SUV drivers with All-Season tires! They do end up in the ditch. I drive my CUV in the winter with winter tires. I also slow down!

[Rick Hunter]

Dood... T Bone's from Canada.

[fire-n-ice]

[enfield]

Originally Posted by Rick Hunter

Dood... T Bone's from Canada.

emmm..... errrrr.... ..... I mean..... err...... emmmmm

I know!!!! EUREKA! He should move then

Yeah - go to France or something

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by Rick Hunter

Dood... T Bone's from Canada.

[Rick Hunter]

T Bone, I hope you don't ever have to drive around London, Ontario... heard those drivers there are whack.

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by Rick Hunter

T Bone, I hope you don't ever have to drive around London, Ontario... heard those drivers there are whack.

I went to UWO for all my degrees.....

Nothing compared to Miami on a Saturday....

[561design]

Here is the most recent list of "rude" drivers out there. Apparently I was wrong. South Florida IS considered the worst. But out of the top 5, 3 of them are from the North.

By SARAH LARIMER
Associated Press Writer
MIAMI -- For the second consecutive year, rude Miami drivers have earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday.

Miami motorists said they saw other drivers slam on their brakes, run red lights and talk on cell phones, according to AutoVantage, a Connecticut-based automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance.

Other cities near the top of the rude drivers list were New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

South Miami resident Erik Pinto told The Associated Press that he has probably seen every bad driving habit on Miami's roads.

"You don't want to know what I've seen,'' Pinto said. "I've seen everything. I'm from L.A., and we don't see the crazy drivers that you see here.''

The most courteous drivers can be found in Portland, Ore.; Pittsburgh; the Seattle-Tacoma area; St. Louis; and Dallas-Fort Worth, the survey found.

Portland drivers were the least likely to see other motorists tailgating on the roadways, and St. Louis motorists were the least likely to swear at another driver, according to the survey. Minneapolis-St. Paul was rated the most courteous city in 2006 but fell to No. 12 this year.

The most frequent cause of road rage cited in the survey was impatient motorists. Drivers also said road rage can stem from poor driving in fast lanes and driving while stressed, frustrated or angry.

"The best piece of advice is to take a deep breath. Slow down, be aware and be careful,'' AutoVantage spokesman Todd Smith said, adding the aim of the survey is to increase driver safety across the nation.

More than 2,500 drivers who regularly commute in 25 major metropolitan areas were asked to rate road rage and rude driving in telephone surveys between January and March. The survey was conducted by Prince Market Research has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

Residents in the following 25 cities were surveyed and are listed in order from those reporting the most incidents of road rage to the fewest:

1. Miami

2. New York

3. Boston

4. Los Angeles

5. Washington, D.C.

6. Phoenix

7. Chicago

8. Sacramento, Calif.

9. Philadelphia

10. San Francisco

11. Houston

12. Atlanta

13. Detroit

14. Minneapolis-St. Paul

15. Baltimore

16. Tampa

17. San Diego

18. Cincinnati

19. Cleveland

20. Denver

21. Dallas-Ft. Worth

22. St. Louis

23. Seattle-Tacoma

24. Pittsburgh

25. Portland, Ore.

[ovrkll]

Yippeee! We made number 12, Atlanta has to be proud .

[Dammmittt]

WOW...I guess i got it made...Columbia, SC isn't even on the list. I guess we'll have to strive to be better.

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by Dammmittt

WOW...I guess i got it made...Columbia, SC isn't even on the list. I guess we'll have to strive to be better.

How can you have bad drivers when you don't have paved roads in SC??

[Dammmittt]

Hahahaha...that's the thing...the paved roads all have potholes, so people are swerving all over the place to avoid them.

[ovrkll]

Keeps people from being able to drive and use their cell phone at the same time. Plus when you are mad at the road conditions, how can you get mad at other drivers?

[Daveop]

Looking at that list, sounds like every american driver is pissed off at every other american driver

[SoCalSizzle]

LA is #4...guess I'm safe since we try not to go past the "Orange Curtain" (Orange County). And the OC isn't on the list so

[Professor///M]

Originally Posted by Dammmittt

Friggin SUCK! I almost got killed about 5 times this afternoon. The worst was when some friggin stupid soccer mom in a minivan ON HER F'ING CELL PHONE tried to merge across 2 lanes and hit me! Thank god for the divider lane so I could swerve out the way. OMG I HATE AMERICANS. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN GERMANY! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Venting Complete

That's cause americans are fat, dumb, and lazy. Just look at our leadership!

[jonerik26]

what happen this afternoon, i guess i have to agree to some point, but eh doesn't happen all the time...anyways......i was changing lanes, turn signal on and everything......bascially i had the right of way-all-the-way. then all of sudden some green lexus tried to merged right into my lane, luckily with a quick glance and a quick turn of the wheel, i got out of the way......errrrrrr.....

[fire-n-ice]

Originally Posted by PAMidge

That's cause americans are fat, dumb, and lazy. Just look at our leadership!

Sorry hon but, I just don't see what our leadership has to do with shitty drivers. And GW certainly isn't fat - quite the contrary, he is an avid jogger and there were shitty drivers for every leadership prior to the one we have. Doesn't make it their fault ...anyway.

Yes, some American drivers DO suck, BAD. Admittedly many are female drivers, particularly the 'soccer mom' drivers who are trying to discipline their rotten kids, talk on the phone and eat McDonald's at the same time. I stay as far away from crappy drivers as I can get - soccer moms or otherwise.

[Rick Hunter]

Maybe G-dub is a $#!TTY driver too?

[Vroomer]

Originally Posted by Dammmittt

Friggin SUCK! I almost got killed about 5 times this afternoon. The worst was when some friggin stupid soccer mom in a minivan ON HER F'ING CELL PHONE tried to merge across 2 lanes and hit me! Thank god for the divider lane so I could swerve out the way. OMG I HATE AMERICANS. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN GERMANY! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Venting Complete

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