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HA! New Yorkers better drivers than southerners?! Oh, man you're sick.
Well they would have more practice driving in crowded conditions, merging, etc.
In my personal opinion a lot of southerners can't drive.
In Houston they seem to do good on the freeway, but drive like hell on the streets.
In Dallas they drive like maniacs.
Outside of NOLA, Louisianans cannot drive.
In Mississippi they drive slow and don't seem to know the definition of merge.
Alabama drivers are a little bit faster but just as bad ^
Atlanta.. no comment.
Florida
Well they would have more practice driving in crowded conditions, merging, etc.
In my personal opinion a lot of southerners can't drive.
In Houston they seem to do good on the freeway, but drive like hell on the streets.
In Dallas they drive like maniacs.
Outside of NOLA, Louisianans cannot drive.
In Mississippi they drive slow and don't seem to know the definition of merge.
Alabama drivers are a little bit faster but just as bad ^
Atlanta.. no comment.
Florida
^ all opinion so don't get offended.
States have no bearing on the way people drive. It just seems that way because that's what you've experienced when you were there.
Because we HAVE to drive a lot more often than people in the NE, we get more practice and more experience. With that said, while a lot of southerners may be irresponsible and inconsiderate drivers, they're still more SKILLED than the average New Yorker. Meaning they know how to drive well they just choose not to.
But the only thing a driver from NY can teach me how to do is operate an automobile like a bumper car.
States have no bearing on the way people drive. It just seems that way because that's what you've experienced when you were there.
Because we HAVE to drive a lot more often than people in the NE, we get more practice and more experience. With that said, while a lot of southerners may be irresponsible and inconsiderate drivers, they're still more SKILLED than the average New Yorker. Meaning they know how to drive well they just choose not to.
But the only thing a driver from NY can teach me how to do is operate an automobile like a bumper car.
Hey, I said it was an opinion. But you can't deny that each area has it's own unique driving culture. Trust me though, it takes much more skill to drive in a crowded dense environment than it does to drive through a city with wide streets and 10 lane freeways. Southerners may get more practice, but they are practicing an entirely different type of driving so it really doesn't make a difference. I don't think people drive the same in any city.
Hey, I said it was an opinion. But you can't deny that each area has it's own unique driving culture. Trust me though, it takes much more skill to drive in a crowded dense environment than it does to drive through a city with wide streets and 10 lane freeways. Southerners may get more practice, but they are practicing an entirely different type of driving so it really doesn't make a difference.
It doesn't take more skill, it takes different skill. Put some of those New Yorkers on our freeways and see if they don't get ran off the road.
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I don't think people drive the same in any city.
It must just be personal experience, because I've driven a lot of places and I've seen good and bad in both.
It doesn't take more skill, it takes different skill. Put some of those New Yorkers on our freeways and see if they don't get ran off the road.
It must just be personal experience, because I've driven a lot of places and I've seen good and bad in both.
I'm not saying that all people drive good here and drive good there. I'm saying that the rules of the road are different everywhere you go. Some places honking is rude, some places it's common. The majority of drivers in Dallas do not drive like the majority of drivers in Houston, same for New York and Boston. Rural drivers don't drive like City drivers.
As far as skill it does take more skill. You're doing the same thing but there are more complex elements thrown in.
Example:
Driving down a main street in Houston. -> There may be some cars parked on the street (or in the street), but the lanes will usually be wide and other than an occasional bad driver or heavy traffic it will be a straight shot.
Driving down a main street in New Orleans ->The street will be lined with cars and when it isn't you have to stay out of the implied parking lane. A far larger amount of pedestrians and bicycles will be in, beside or attempting to cross the street. U-turns are the only way to turn left and depending on the street you'll have to watch out for streetcars. (I would have to use the same skill used to drive in Houston and add all of the extras into the picture.)
Driving on highway in Houston -> usually a wide multi lane freeway, may or may not be crowded. and the majority of exits simply bear right onto a feeder.
Driving on highway in New Orleans -> usually cramped crowded narrow expressway with sharp turns and some exits that actually take 90 degree turns from the hwy, yet the avg. speed limit is 70-80 mph
I'm not saying that all people drive good here and drive good there. I'm saying that the rules of the road are different everywhere you go. Some places honking is rude, some places it's common. The majority of drivers in Dallas do not drive like the majority of drivers in Houston, same for New York and Boston. Rural drivers don't drive like City drivers.
As far as skill it does take more skill. You're doing the same thing but there are more complex elements thrown in.
Example:
Driving down a main street in Houston. -> There may be some cars parked on the street (or in the street), but the lanes will usually be wide and other than an occasional bad driver or heavy traffic it will be a straight shot.
Driving down a main street in New Orleans ->The street will be lined with cars and when it isn't you have to stay out of the implied parking lane. A far larger amount of pedestrians and bicycles will be in, beside or attempting to cross the street. U-turns are the only way to turn left and depending on the street you'll have to watch out for streetcars. (I would have to use the same skill used to drive in Houston and add all of the extras into the picture.)
Driving on highway in Houston -> usually a wide multi lane freeway, may or may not be crowded. and the majority of exits simply bear right onto a feeder.
Driving on highway in New Orleans -> usually cramped crowded narrow expressway with sharp turns and some exits that actually take 90 degree turns from the hwy, yet the avg. speed limit is 70-80 mph
See the difference?
well you do have lots of narrow streets in Houston as well.
PA is relatively easy atleast in my experience. The PENNDOT employees aren't the nicest (GRUMPY!) but they (eventually) get the job done. You just can't get your tag there. You have to go to a notary.
I have experience in WV too and it's not too bad there either. Got your tag there as well.
FL wasn't bad at all. In fact, I was impressed by their quickness and professionalism.
I'm not saying that all people drive good here and drive good there. I'm saying that the rules of the road are different everywhere you go. Some places honking is rude, some places it's common. The majority of drivers in Dallas do not drive like the majority of drivers in Houston, same for New York and Boston.
If you say so, but my observation has been totally different, so..
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Rural drivers don't drive like City drivers.
Of course they don't
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As far as skill it does take more skill. You're doing the same thing but there are more complex elements thrown in.
Example:
Driving down a main street in Houston. -> There may be some cars parked on the street (or in the street), but the lanes will usually be wide and other than an occasional bad driver or heavy traffic it will be a straight shot.
Driving down a main street in New Orleans ->The street will be lined with cars and when it isn't you have to stay out of the implied parking lane. A far larger amount of pedestrians and bicycles will be in, beside or attempting to cross the street. U-turns are the only way to turn left and depending on the street you'll have to watch out for streetcars. (I would have to use the same skill used to drive in Houston and add all of the extras into the picture.)
This is not more skill. It is different skill because I'm telling you, if you take a New York driver who has never left Manhattan and put them down on a freeway in Houston, they would likely not have the skills to maintain speed and watch what they're doing. I can just picture them now, creeping up the ramp, afraid to merge lol.
And what about people that come from cities without feeder roads? You think they're going to magically know how to perfectly get off the exit ramp and merge into their desired lane when there's traffic? I don't think so. I'm from Texas, and even I had a hard time with it, so imagine someone who's had no experience with that type of road.
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Driving on highway in Houston -> usually a wide multi lane freeway, may or may not be crowded. and the majority of exits simply bear right onto a feeder.
Driving on highway in New Orleans -> usually cramped crowded narrow expressway with sharp turns and some exits that actually take 90 degree turns from the hwy, yet the avg. speed limit is 70-80 mph
See the difference?
Umm, I have been on the freeways in New Orleans and there wasn't a thing difficult about them. All it took was common sense.
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