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Old 11-30-2017, 08:27 PM
 
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I’m a Bostonian so I’m used to the city life, but I’m now in the south shore.

I find that the drivers in this particular area drive extremely slow. In a 40 mile road, you will mostly likely be going 20-25miles. There’s also never any sense of urgency - not even during rush hour. I find it odd that even on route 3 during rush hour cars will casually cruise 20-30 mph with huge distances between them and the car in front of them —- holding traffic up even more.

I find the traffic in these areas to be the direct cause of every road being one lane and no other routes and people driving extremely slow holding up traffic.



I just don’t understand because once you leave this particular area traffic moves especially on the local routes. And I’m not only taking about rush hour. There’s traffic or slow moving traffic every single day at any time of the day. I love this area but the drivers and traffic are slowly pushing me out.


Any one understand the mindset of these drivers and why the cause of this phenomenon??
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Old 12-01-2017, 05:56 AM
 
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Some guesses:

1. There's a lot of road construction going on right now, especially on the Rte. 3/93 split and further down 3 toward Hanover. Rush hour traffic can be backed up for miles. Even if it isn't there's enough of a police presence there to make you want to slow down.

2. Yes, one-lane main roads do play a part in it.

3. Ditto older/retired drivers.

4. There are other routes which may be faster but are more "over the river and through the woods" as far as timing goes. We follow one of those when we're visiting family. Takes us twice as long to travel but there's hardly any traffic.
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Old 12-01-2017, 05:01 PM
 
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It's not just that area. Many parts of MA, including the Worcester area are the same or worse.
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Old 12-07-2017, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Mass until 10/18
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You must be driving in the middle of the day when the retired folks are out killing time. Otherwise it's absolutely no different; you're 5 miles outside of the city.
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