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As a Southerner, I always find myself having to really slow down everywhere else I travel.
Just two weeks ago, I was on business in the mid-Atlantic region, from DC to Baltimore to Philly. I was astonished at how -- for the lack of a better word -- docile the drivers were. The same is true for LA, Chicago, Seattle, New York, etc. Meanwhile, driving through Atlanta is the equivalent of driving at Daytona.
Houston, TX should have its own category on the poll....and it would win......
Can you add red light runners to that honor? When I moved there, the first piece of driving advice that I was given was to run a red light if you are the first one that should stop because the two behind you are also planning on running it.
Can you add red light runners to that honor? When I moved there, the first piece of driving advice that I was given was to run a red light if you are the first one that should stop because the two behind you are also planning on running it.
Nah, NOLA gets that one. Houston's got a bunch of speeders, but NOLA gets the red lights. There's a saying here that is sometimes played on our local radio stations:
"You know you're from New Orleans if: you're the 3rd person through a red light."
I don't notice many super speeders in the Pittsburgh region, but they tend to drive faster on city streets than on the interstates. However there seems to be an increase in aggressive driving compared to several years ago.
The fastest drivers I see in this area tend to have Maryland or New Jersey plates. Sometimes I-79 south of Washington, PA turns into a race track.
Some of the fastest driving I've ever experienced has been in the greater Detroit area. I was trying to keep up with traffic and realized I was driving at 85 mph and I was still being passed.
Some of the fastest driving I've ever experienced has been in the greater Detroit area. I was trying to keep up with traffic and realized I was driving at 85 mph and I was still being passed.
I'm surprised no one has said the midwest. IME, people in the upper midwest, esp. Minn and WI drive like bats out of H*ll! I have very little experience with the south, however, with what little I do have, it's certainly no worse than the above. Was in FL this fall, it seemed pretty normal to me, compared to my home state of CO.
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