[Stephy0519]

Still saying it...California and specifically Los Angeles drivers are the WORST in any state I've lived in and been to. They just do not care. I've had my car hit TWICE (by no fault of my own!) since living out here (less than two years!) I was just lucky both were insured and their companies took care of it.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Stephy0519

Still saying it...California and specifically Los Angeles drivers are the WORST in any state I've lived in and been to. They just do not care. I've had my car hit TWICE (by no fault of my own!) since living out here (less than two years!) I was just lucky both were insured and their companies took care of it.

LA drivers are pretty terrible. Highly unskilled. Once you get outside of LA (like Orange or Ventura), pace is much slower and if you honk your horn, you’ll get dirty looks.

[Bronxdude10472]

Old thread...looking for more info on north end of bridgeport...I moved here 3 months ago so far so good hopefully summer is as peacefull...compared to the bronx I am sure it is an upgrade...The drivers here are terrible...I am sorry but i wonder if ct just give away drivers licenses here...stop sighns are like playing chicken left hand turns on right lanes can happen at any moment..people see you pulling out of a shopping center they will speed up so you will not make it out...it happens alot and being nyc driver I am hyper aware of everything ct drivers seem oblivious and trapped in thier own world as if they are the only car on the road...I would say they just as bad as florida drivers

[Bronxdude10472]

Originally Posted by allanny13

New Yorkers drive aggressively but I think with more skill. I find CT drivers (FFC) also drive aggressively but with little self-awareness which creates unnecessary traffic.

Fair enough

[DanBev]

The Ct people as a whole are always in a hurry,go shopping in grocery store,from parking lot to cash register they will run you over.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by allanny13

New Yorkers drive aggressively but I think with more skill. I find CT drivers (FFC) also drive aggressively but with little self-awareness which creates unnecessary traffic.

In New York City, most people don't own cars. I remember years ago doing campus interviews of engineering students in Brooklyn at what was then the Polytechnic Institute of New York. The students were putting "drivers license" on their resume. As a suburban kid, I hadn't seen that one before but it makes sense since a license isn't a right of passage for any 16-year-old in NYC. I think that because of that, the skill level of the average NYC driver is higher. They had driver ed in an urban place where you have to pay attention. They're taught how to drive in traffic because that's all they know.


In my life experience, suburban Connecticut is like driving in metro Boston except that in Connecticut, drivers use their horn. In Boston, using your horn means you acknowledge the existence of the other car and might have to yield. That is a sign of weakness. You're supposed to treat all other cars as invisible.

[CTartist]

Originally Posted by Bronxdude10472

Old thread...looking for more info on north end of bridgeport...I moved here 3 months ago so far so good hopefully summer is as peacefull...compared to the bronx I am sure it is an upgrade...

I live in Trumbull but I am on Main Street in the northern part of Bridgeport all the time. The northern part of Bridgeport is the most crime free for the most part. I know lots of people in the north end of Bridgeport.....IMO they are very nice folks. It should be peaceful in the north end in summer too. You can PM me with questions anytime. Or put them on City-Data Forum starting another thread about "Northern Bridgeport....how is it?" so you can get other opinions too.

There is another poster with Bridgeport in his name. He should be able to tell you a lot about Bridgeport too. I can't remember his precise name on here but I bet other's can. Since this topic is not specifically about Bridgeport he might not look in on it.

I got it. His name on here is "BPt111". 111 is a reference to Main Street in Bridgeport that runs up into Main Street Trumbull also. I live off Main Street/111 too.

[Bronxdude10472]

Originally Posted by CTartist

I live in Trumbull but I am on Main Street in the northern part of Bridgeport all the time. The northern part of Bridgeport is the most crime free for the most part. I know lots of people in the north end of Bridgeport.....IMO they are very nice folks. It should be peaceful in the north end in summer too. You can PM me with questions anytime. Or put them on City-Data Forum starting another thread about "Northern Bridgeport....how is it?" so you can get other opinions too.

There is another poster with Bridgeport in his name. He should be able to tell you a lot about Bridgeport too. I can't remember his precise name on here but I bet other's can. Since this topic is not specifically about Bridgeport he might not look in on it.

I got it. His name on here is "BPt111". 111 is a reference to Main Street in Bridgeport that runs up into Main Street Trumbull also. I live off Main Street/111 too.

Great thanks!!! I live next to the blackham school...Shopping is easy to get too and trumbull mall his minuits away,glad we moved

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

In my life experience, suburban Connecticut is like driving in metro Boston except that in Connecticut, drivers use their horn. In Boston, using your horn means you acknowledge the existence of the other car and might have to yield. That is a sign of weakness. You're supposed to treat all other cars as invisible.

In my experience of living in 4 states, this overgeneralization of drivers is untrue. It’s more rural vs urban. In all urbanized areas, drivers are impatient d-bags. In rural areas, they tend to be more friendly. That’s how it is everywhere, even globally.

[Xyzygy]

It is the attitude of CT people towards other people. In the car, or out of the car they behave the same way in treatment of others.