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I remember stuff like that when I lived in Virginia and you had to go to private mechanics to get an inspection. In New Jersey the DMV has its own inspection sites, so you're not subject to a mechanic trying to create more revenue for himself.
I used to get my car inspected in NJ by my mechanic buddy at a local gas station. I'd throw him $20 and call it a day. Granted, it was still the 90's the last time I did that.
I feel like they have chilled out recently. It's not as bad as it used to be. In my opinion, DFW has gotten worse with this, and Atlanta is like the old Houston. So much weaving across the entire freeway and speeding up to a slow line of cars, causing the fast driver to brake hard. I guess that's what happens when you've been driving on two-lane winding country like roads for 20 minutes before getting on a 12-lane pretty open freeway.
For me NYC was the most stressful. Bumper to bumper traffic and the worry of the random pedestrian coming from between parked cars to jaywalk right in front of you.
I feel like they have chilled out recently. It's not as bad as it used to be. In my opinion, DFW has gotten worse with this, and Atlanta is like the old Houston. So much weaving across the entire freeway and speeding up to a slow line of cars, causing the fast driver to brake hard. I guess that's what happens when you've been driving on two-lane winding country like roads for 20 minutes before getting on a 12-lane pretty open freeway.
For me NYC was the most stressful. Bumper to bumper traffic and the worry of the random pedestrian coming from between parked cars to jaywalk right in front of you.
I haven’t had this vibe. But Miami is worst of the worst in my opinion. Unless you’re in the suburbs in which case Texas wins
NYC: Rude, and forced to be that way because of several lanes merging into two to get in and out of Manhattan, not giving an inch. Traffic makes it bad, or at least did pre-pandemic.
Boston: Crazy streets that were cattle paths make for crazy drivers who are trying to escape insane traffic on main routes. Traffic and impatient rudeness, Storrow Drive especially bad.
Chicago: Parking lot on the Eisenhower Expressway, one of the most congested highways in the world, makes people switch lanes and ride the shoulder to exits. When the expressways are clear, mostly good drivers, with the occasional insane one weaving through traffic at high speeds because, I guess, they can.
Miami: Bad, bad drivers who sit on the horn the moment the light turns green. Older drivers who drive slowly, and recent immigrants who still drive like home.
Detroit: Nascar 500 on highways with speeds of 80 and 90 mph, and need to keep up so you won't get run over.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Been there 3 times, the worst drivers I have ever seen, no regard for lanes.
Los Angeles: High speeds during times on certain freeways (the 57 for one) and a parking lot with frustration on the others like the 405.
NYC: Rude, and forced to be that way because of several lanes merging into two to get in and out of Manhattan, not giving an inch. Traffic makes it bad, or at least did pre-pandemic.
Boston: Crazy streets that were cattle paths make for crazy drivers who are trying to escape insane traffic on main routes. Traffic and impatient rudeness, Storrow Drive especially bad.
Chicago: Parking lot on the Eisenhower Expressway, one of the most congested highways in the world, makes people switch lanes and ride the shoulder to exits. When the expressways are clear, mostly good drivers, with the occasional insane one weaving through traffic at high speeds because, I guess, they can.
Miami: Bad, bad drivers who sit on the horn the moment the light turns green. Older drivers who drive slowly, and recent immigrants who still drive like home.
Detroit: Nascar 500 on highways with speeds of 80 and 90 mph, and need to keep up so you won't get run over.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Been there 3 times, the worst drivers I have ever seen, no regard for lanes.
Los Angeles: High speeds during times on certain freeways (the 57 for one) and a parking lot with frustration on the others like the 405.
Atlanta currently sits at number 3 behind NYC and Boston, which seems a stretch if factoring things like parking and overall congestion. Atlanta is very easy to park in and traffic is mostly bad just during rush hours. Am I wrong?
Atlanta currently sits at number 3 behind NYC and Boston, which seems a stretch if factoring things like parking and overall congestion. Atlanta is very easy to park in and traffic is mostly bad just during rush hours. Am I wrong?
It kind of depends. Traffic in Atlanta is widely unpredictable and there are no easy ways to avoid congestion that won't leave you sitting in another jam. Atlanta has no arterials that allow you to bypass the majority of the city so it contends with ALOT of thru truck traffic that piles up on I-285, especially I-285 top-end which makes bad traffic jams even worse.
Namely, 2 Atlanta interchanges made top 10 most congested interstates in the country
If you try to commute east/west off of the highway then you will be sitting on surface arterials which were largely not designed for thru traffic and have many areas where roads are either disconnected, end abruptly, or turn into another street and change directions with uncountable amounts of suburban traffic signals and intersections.
For me, Atlanta is pretty up there on my least favorite places to drive and I've been to most major cities in the country. It's not the worst and I probably wouldn't rank it 3rd either but it is pretty up there in terms of driver unfriendliness.
It kind of depends. Traffic in Atlanta is widely unpredictable and there are no easy ways to avoid congestion that won't leave you sitting in another jam. Atlanta has no arterials that allow you to bypass the majority of the city so it contends with ALOT of thru truck traffic that piles up on I-285, especially I-285 top-end which makes bad traffic jams even worse.
Namely, 2 Atlanta interchanges made top 10 most congested interstates in the country
If you try to commute east/west off of the highway then you will be sitting on surface arterials which were largely not designed for thru traffic and have many areas where roads are either disconnected, end abruptly, or turn into another street and change directions with uncountable amounts of suburban traffic signals and intersections.
For me, Atlanta is pretty up there on my least favorite places to drive and I've been to most major cities in the country. It's not the worst and I probably wouldn't rank it 3rd either but it is pretty up there in terms of driver unfriendliness.
Unfortunately #1 on that list is right down the road from me. Add to that the drivers in Fort Lee are plain bad and it just pours salt on the wound.
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