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18 messages,  Last post on Oct 11, 2011 at 10:57 AM

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#9 of 18 Re: Where are the worst drivers? [fezo] by robr2

Sep 16, 2011 (9:38 am)

Replying to: fezo (Sep 16, 2011 8:59 am)
You got it backwards. It's exit left, exit left, exit left and then you take the right exit off the left exit.
 
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.

#10 of 18 Re: Where are the worst drivers? [robr2] by fezo

Sep 16, 2011 (12:33 pm)

Replying to: robr2 (Sep 16, 2011 9:38 am)
See? I TOLD yo it was a long time.....

#11 of 18 Re: Where are the worst drivers? [fezo] by michaell

Sep 19, 2011 (1:19 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Sep 16, 2011 12:33 pm)
I'll add my vote to those who think Boston drivers are the worst.
 
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.

#12 of 18 Re: Where are the worst drivers? [michaell] by fezo

Sep 22, 2011 (1:44 pm)

Replying to: michaell (Sep 19, 2011 1:19 pm)
You make two very good points - one is that in the whole of Massachusetts the signs are only suggestions.
 
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....

#13 of 18 today's buzzword - illusive superiority by steve_ HOST

Sep 22, 2011 (2:06 pm)

"In a study conducted some time ago, 93% of American students thought their driving skills were better than half of those surveyed -- a mathematical impossibility that has not changed."
 
Toyota takes on the myth of the above-average driver (CNN)

#14 of 18 Re: Where are the worst drivers? [fezo] by michaell

Sep 22, 2011 (7:43 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Sep 22, 2011 1:44 pm)
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.
 
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.

#15 of 18 Jam factor by steve_ HOST

Oct 06, 2011 (1:13 pm)

Interactive metro Road Frustration Index.

#16 of 18 According to my son... by slorenzen

Oct 11, 2011 (10:02 am)

Savannah wins!
 
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,

#17 of 18 Re: According to my son... [slorenzen] by fintail

Oct 11, 2011 (10:17 am)

Replying to: slorenzen (Oct 11, 2011 10:02 am)
Driving in GA is kind of like a dumbed down version of Germany. Marginal interstate enforcement, pretty good interstate road quality, and massive speed gaps - people who cruise at 90+ on the ATL-SAV corridor, and those who go 45 on the same road. The only things missing are good cars and lane discipline. I'll be there in two weeks, and I await a break from the overly timid idiots here.

#18 of 18 Re: According to my son... [fintail] by fezo

Oct 11, 2011 (10:57 am)

Replying to: fintail (Oct 11, 2011 10:17 am)
What was really fun in Savannah was before they finished 95 through there. They took you over this bridge that went straight up and straight down! Going back and forth between NJ and Florida that was always my biggest accomplishment. That and not getting stopped by the cop with button for the 1/10 of a second yellow light.

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