miami road rage (home, construction, live)

[Alpha man]

how bad is it

[DCkid]

The WORST! Its two types of drivers:

1: 45 in a 65
2. 95 in a 65

Bad Combination. Normal drivers become odd man (or woman) out. You can't pass the 45 in a 65 because you'll end up cutting off the 95 in a 65. As a result people get MAD!!!!

[big mean bear]

Originally Posted by DCkid

The WORST! Its two types of drivers:

1: 45 in a 65
2. 95 in a 65

Bad Combination. Normal drivers become odd man (or woman) out. You can't pass the 45 in a 65 because you'll end up cutting off the 95 in a 65. As a result people get MAD!!!!

Well put. Many people here learned how to drive in 3rd world countries. That brings up another interesting point - Miami has a lot of middle aged people, especially women, going to drivers ED. That's probably because they never learned to drive (or had a mule instead of a car) before they came here...

[himain]

I thought they rode donkeys???

[gbugmiami]

Driving here is very stressful. I always thought I simply hated driving, until I started traveling so much. Now i realize I only hate driving here. There are some other places (orlando) that are the same, but not quite as bad. I think It's a general lack of respect for each other that drives people to do the things they do behind the wheel of a car down here.

[doggiebus]

Originally Posted by Alpha man

how bad is it

The drivers in South Florida are pretty bad, and sometimes I am guilty of it too. I have a great story about an experience I had on the 826.

It was a Thursday or Friday night 6 pm (rush hour), we were on the 826 Expressway (construction on this highway at the time) heading north, just north of Bird Road in the far left lane going about 60mph. Not sure what the next exit is but it was the last exit before the 836 that was open at the time due to construction (next exit or two were closed) A vehicle three or four cars ahead of us saw the sign as we were passing the exit, "This is the last exit before the 836". They slammed on their breaks and turned around to go back to the exit, so they were heading southbound (on the northbound lanes) crossing (stopping all lanes of traffic) all 4-6 lanes on the expressway to get to the last exit. I am surprised there wasn't a major accident as all lanes of traffic at 6pm watched this driver, drive southbound on the northbound lanes of the 826. That was one of our great Miami drivers.

[SouthAfrica75]

Originally Posted by doggiebus

The drivers in South Florida are pretty bad, and sometimes I am guilty of it too. I have a great story about an experience I had on the 826.

It was a Thursday or Friday night 6 pm (rush hour), we were on the 826 Expressway (construction on this highway at the time) heading north, just north of Bird Road in the far left lane going about 60mph. Not sure what the next exit is but it was the last exit before the 836 that was open at the time due to construction (next exit or two were closed) A vehicle three or four cars ahead of us saw the sign as we were passing the exit, "This is the last exit before the 836". They slammed on their breaks and turned around to go back to the exit, so they were heading southbound (on the northbound lanes) crossing (stopping all lanes of traffic) all 4-6 lanes on the expressway to get to the last exit. I am surprised there wasn't a major accident as all lanes of traffic at 6pm watched this driver, drive southbound on the northbound lanes of the 826. That was one of our great Miami drivers.

That's about right for South Florida......

I wouldn't expect anything less.

You're just not cool if don't pull a wild stunt on 95, 826, 836, 112, turn pike

[allenk893]

I don't see what all the fuss is about. I have lived in FL all my life (except now) and go to Miami all the time. Although I am not a licensed driver, I observe the road and the cars and I never see road rage. We have a pretty smooth ride. Except for when we go that big flea market.

[gbugmiami]

Originally Posted by allenk893

I don't see what all the fuss is about. I have lived in FL all my life (except now) and go to Miami all the time. Although I am not a licensed driver, I observe the road and the cars and I never see road rage. We have a pretty smooth ride. Except for when we go that big flea market.

Well you would of course be right at home with all the other unlicensed drivers!

[allenk893]

Originally Posted by gbugmiami

Well you would of course be right at home with all the other unlicensed drivers!

Nooooooooooo. We don't live there!! We go occasionally and I'm in the car and observe everything and what I see is a smooth sailing ride. Yes, when you get downtown, there's traffic jams but not dangerous stark-raving drivers!