Louisville drivers - YOU ALL STINK

[tallydude02]

I was just in Louisville and its environs today and the drivers didn't stand out to be particularly bad. Of course I don't drive it everyday either. The only annoying part was I-264 East (lots of interchanges and thus lane changes) and the first 10-15 miles of I-71 North. It was very busy and there was a lot of big truck traffic. Also like to add that drove on I-65 from Nashville to Louisville as well and found that while the traffic moved fairly fast, I don't remember any persistent left lane hogs (the few quickly moved out the way) or aggressive moves. The persistent left lane hogs were waiting for me on I-70 in Ohio...haha...

[censusdata]

It's a hard place for me to drive because Southern Indiana and Louisville drivers are totally different. New Albany drivers have a country mentality. They often drive 10 miles below the speed limit and look around for 20 seconds at every 4 way stop. In Louisville a 4 way stop is treated like a 4 way yield and the mentality is 'drive it like you stole it'. There's also merit to the above comment that we have heavier than average truck traffic. I'm always surprised when I get south of Montgomery AL or north of Indy how the truck traffic really thins out. The hilly terrain in KY makes passing trucks difficult because they go slow up hills then fast down hills. That's why I-65 and I-75 need 3 lanes each way to handle the same volume of traffic 2 lanes can handle in flatter terrain of IN or OH.

[WestCobb]

Originally Posted by censusdata

It's a hard place for me to drive because Southern Indiana and Louisville drivers are totally different. New Albany drivers have a country mentality. They often drive 10 miles below the speed limit and look around for 20 seconds at every 4 way stop. In Louisville a 4 way stop is treated like a 4 way yield and the mentality is 'drive it like you stole it'. There's also merit to the above comment that we have heavier than average truck traffic. I'm always surprised when I get south of Montgomery AL or north of Indy how the truck traffic really thins out. The hilly terrain in KY makes passing trucks difficult because they go slow up hills then fast down hills. That's why I-65 and I-75 need 3 lanes each way to handle the same volume of traffic 2 lanes can handle in flatter terrain of IN or OH.

Does the "drive it like you stole it" mentality stem from the southern mentality? They drive like wildcats in many parts of the rural South.

[EddieOlSkool]

Originally Posted by censusdata

It's a hard place for me to drive because Southern Indiana and Louisville drivers are totally different. New Albany drivers have a country mentality. They often drive 10 miles below the speed limit and look around for 20 seconds at every 4 way stop. In Louisville a 4 way stop is treated like a 4 way yield and the mentality is 'drive it like you stole it'. There's also merit to the above comment that we have heavier than average truck traffic. I'm always surprised when I get south of Montgomery AL or north of Indy how the truck traffic really thins out. The hilly terrain in KY makes passing trucks difficult because they go slow up hills then fast down hills. That's why I-65 and I-75 need 3 lanes each way to handle the same volume of traffic 2 lanes can handle in flatter terrain of IN or OH.

The terrain of Southern Ohio is hillier than most if not all of the terrain in Louisville metro. Same with Southern Indiana. Both of them are much hillier than Louisville. Kentucky may be hillier than either of those two states but Louisville is less hilly than the Southern portions of those states that border KY.