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Can we agree that California in general is home to the worst drivers on the planet
- Thread starter Bruceleeroy
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Boston has been consistently in Allstate's bottom 3 for like, ten straight years
This year's list of safest cities for drivers
What gets me is the blatant disregard for any and all traffic laws, especially from Lyfts/Ubers downtown. The number of times I, as a pedestrian crossing during the walk sign, have been nearly killed by drivers turning LEFT on a RED LIGHT is astounding.
I consider large parts of Connecticut cultural suburbs of Boston
Only sort of joking honestly
At least we have wonderful public transit to take instead of driving
You can't talk about the jank without mentioning the 3 T derailments in the last 2 weeks, 2 on the line I take to work
Nope. It's Washington D.C. and heading up to Baltimore in my experience. There were people just parking their cars in traffic on a busy street and walking away from them. And driving on that interstate from DC to Baltimore's airport was the only time I ever feared for my life while driving. So much road rage, and careless driving that I was damn lucky to make it without incident.
Disregard for traffic laws, I get. It sucks, but I know why assholes do what they do. I would say there are many cities where the overall driving experience is worse, because it's a Mad Max free-for-all, especially places like India. Boston is not that bad, in that way. The average may be even. . . average. But the absolute worst drivers, you will find in Boston. I can handle Chaotic Evil drivers. They are, in their own way, logical, predictable. You can expect the worst, and prepare for it. They do not terrify me like the Chaotic WTF I've seen in Boston. Boston drivers aren't logical in any selfish or incompetent sense. I wonder if they're even human. I simply cannot predict what some of them will do. Familiarity with road rage, even endemic road rage, does not prepare you for The Jank.
That said, the best drivers short of professionals will also be found here, if only because adversity breeds resilience. I wouldn't praise the average, but I've also seen some pretty amazing maneuvers. Some of the truck drivers are legit impressive, because they have to be.
The T just leaves people no choice, but it's also logical in the sense that Boston is run by psychopathic incompetents.
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I was recently in Greece and every single car I saw was beat up, driving from Switzerland to France things get way more chaotic.
However, Nepal and India have some insane roads and drivers, literally the only countries I have feared for my life in while on the road.
However, Nepal and India have some insane roads and drivers, literally the only countries I have feared for my life in while on the road.
No, I spend my time between California and Utah. It's not even close. Bay Area/LA traffic is a shit show and you just have to take what you want. It's understandable. Salt Lake City has the worst drivers easy. You just have no idea.
Anyone who drives a Dodge ram for reasons other than work is basically guaranteed to be the biggest dickhead on the road.
Florida is the worst, it's a nightmare of idiot drivers. Especially along I4. I'm in amazement driving here everyday.
Driving in Salt Lake is only the worst because it's ALWAYS under freaking construction. I've never driven through there and not gone through construction of some sort, have no idea what they are doing there.
More drivers, yes. Worst drivers? No.
Though, I suppose it does make sense that if there are more drivers, then there are bound to be more bad drivers, logically speaking.
Though, I suppose it does make sense that if there are more drivers, then there are bound to be more bad drivers, logically speaking.
It's mostly because they can't do anything during the winter months, so spring through fall is a non-stop construction shit show.
And the drivers are bad. I think it's a religion thing. Everyone figures it doesn't matter how insane they drive because god has a plan for them or something. They'll either get wherever they're headed 10 minutes faster or they were meant to die anyway. Drivers are crazy here.
First post nails it. Lots of bad drivers in California but ain't got nothin' on Florida.
sorry dawg, Connecticut is officially new york due to its majority's baseball allegiance and not new england and therefore CANCELLED
This is a typical NYer thing to say. I had friends from NY badger me while I was in their car in Manhattan about how bad they thought NJ drivers were and then right afterwards a NY driver almost ran them up the sidewalk.
Boston is by far the worst driving experience I've ever had. So from personal experience I'd say top 3 worst are Massachusetts, Florida and Ohio.
Correct. And South Florida as a whole is the worst in the nation
I lived in California for a few years and currently am in FL.
FL has the worst drivers by a mile. If you don't have good brakes in FL you are playing with fire. Literally the closest thing I've seen to Mad max on the road. Random u-turns outta nowhere, driving over medians constantly, everyone driving atleast 20 mph over speed limit everywhere, insane tailgating, etc
FL has the worst drivers by a mile. If you don't have good brakes in FL you are playing with fire. Literally the closest thing I've seen to Mad max on the road. Random u-turns outta nowhere, driving over medians constantly, everyone driving atleast 20 mph over speed limit everywhere, insane tailgating, etc
The area I live in has a lot of people getting their license for the first time. It's so crowded and busy, I'm pretty sure DMV is just processing everyone as fast as possible regardless of test results.. that's the only explanation I can think of when I see so many terrible ass drivers in brand new $50k+ cars.
I know you don't like Boston but seriously in my opinion they are not nearly bad as some other places. People in Massachusetts can and are definitely assholes but they aren't dangerous. I've lived in 6 different states and Texas drivers just don't pay attention and that is super dangerous.
I lived north of Houston and would commute to Huntsville for grad school 45 minutes away and the high speed (75-80) and lack of attention paid to the road was crazy. I would see people constantly on their phones merging without looking and getting into accidents or near accidents constantly. The amount of construction was out of hand too which exasperated the issue and forced everyone to make lane switches with little notice.
Seriously get off your phones Texans.
Just to be clear...nobody should be stepping foot on any roads in India!
People are terrible drivers everywhere. But on average most people are pretty good at driving, you're just only going to remember terrible drivers. And you see more terrible drivers where you live because... Well you live there.
No way. Everyone in Rome drives like The Italian Job.
The real answer is still New Jersey.
Lol Im from Paris, I've seen Italian drive too and North Africa (Morocco) and even though they all drive terrible nothing tops China. They will literally roll over you if you try to cross at the wrong time and not give a single fuck
I've been to Florida and Texas many times and yeah, you gotta be careful. But it ain't The Jank. You can at least know what to expect from assholes, and prepare yourself. In that sense I will concede that Boston on average isn't nearly as bad. Even areas overseas where 90% of the road is a bunch of people whispering "Witness me". . . that is certainly more dangerous, I'll give 'em that, but you basically know what everyone's gonna do. They're gonna drive like you ain't there. It's selfish and dangerous, but predictable. And maybe there's not as much of that here. The overall driving experience isn't one I'd trade for, say, Mumbai, that's for sure.
However, this is a thread about worst drivers, and I'm not seeing even a remotely compelling counter to The Jank. Just more "they drive like rules and pedestrians and other cars don't exist". But again, every city has those, it's just a question of percentages. And in that sense I wouldn't say Boston's the worst.
But only when you encounter a mysterious driver and realize you have absolutely no idea what they'll do -- not merely drive like they own the road, but do something so frickin' bizarre that you have no hope of predicting its next move -- when you find you have to question the cohesion of reality itself, only then do you comprehend the horror of The Jank.
I'm not exaggerating. Someone's driving like an entitled maniac, I can easily tell what they're going to do next. I see a BMW in Tampa, I know what to expect. I see an unassuming Nissan Altima in Boston, I'm giving myself enough room to react to literally anything physically possible within the car's specs, because they've done everything from hard brake for no goddamn reason to swerve perpendicular to the lines (!!!!) to try to ram me. I honestly thought I might've been some psycho's random murder victim.
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