Driving in New York

no way,

you wanna know who the biggest jerks on the road are? Virginian drivers! holy crap, whenever i drive down to visit my aunt in Alexandria, its a test of my patience like no other. NYC doesnt even compare.

second on my chopping block are New Jersey drivers. they literally act like they own the whole road, and couldnt care less who else is driving on it.

i'm originally from Pennsylvania, so my first brush with NYC traffic was pretty rough. but i've found NYC drivers are actually very smart, given the tough traffic we get in midtown. its like they're do their dang'est to keep the flow of traffic moving, no matter what.

but holy crap, NYC pedestrians are very tough. they arent afraid at all to make sure you know they will ALWAYS have right of way.

 

Man, I thought I had it bad in Edinburgh with the heavy traffic (and people unable to do hill starts..... If you've ever visited this city....) but I must have it so easy. I can go for days without hearing a horn, or a curse.

Sure, I get cut-up sometimes - usually by a bus or taxi - but I just forget about it and get on with my trip, and everyone I know is like that.

 

Drivers everywhere are weird in their own way.

My favotire thig is to be EXTRA polite when someone is acting like an ass or if it's some macho guy I wave, say Hi, blow a kiss. Watching the reaction after I blow a kiss is pretty priceless.

 

I haven't been to NY since I was 11 years old, but driving in Hong Kong is pretty insane.
Personally, I would never drive in Hong Kong unless I absolutely had to. For the most part, I let the bus/taxi/train drivers take me places for a small fee. Saves a ton of money on gas, too!

 

No place in particular this happens, but people on motorcycles thing their god! I swear, its so funny...you'll be sitting in traffic and they fly by you up the middle of the lanes laughing at you in your car (yes i know it is legal) and then like on the Cuesta Grade (gotta be from here to know what it is) usually you have to merge lanes because they are doing loads of roadwork there you can watch the motorcycles just darting through everyone trying to get down the hill even though its like so narrow the semi trucks can barely fit in the lane...man, its surprising how many crashes/deaths there have been due to the contruction on the Cuesta Grade, and so far it's all be trucks, cars or semis, NO MOTORCYCLES! Maybe they are god...or maybe just DAMNED lucky bitches... (pardon the language) ~ Tyler

 

If you guys think NY, NJ, or Virginia is bad you should try going to Bangkok. Arguably the worst traffic in the world. I didn't drive there (thankfully) but I went everywhere in a car. As bad as traffic is people aren't a-holes about it. If you want to get anywhere you have to be aggressive, and everyone accepts that. My family is from Tokyo, and while traffic there isn't half as bad as Bangkok, it's still big city traffic. There too you have to be aggressive to get where you're going, but people are nice about it.

I spent some time growing up in northern Virginia, and I can attest to Joker's comments. There is so much road rage and traffic isn't even that bad. I think Americans in general just have too much road rage.

 

I've got my hands on my hips and I'm giving you a particularly nasty death-stare..... Surrounding yourself with a tonne and a half of steel doesn't give you the right to drive like a wounded bull.

Here'a s challenge for all of you. Name me a populated city that doesn't have the problems mentioned above?

 

That was YOU?!?!?!





sike!

 

If your thinking about the narrow lane, ITS ONE LANE, not two, so you don't get to move around, and yet motorcycles are darting past semis and somehow not crashing...its retarted if u ask me, but don't ~ Tyler

 

huh? You've lost me now.

Remember that wether you're at the controls of a bike, car, or truck, it's a s dangerous as you make it.

 

Well, it's legal in CA, so what? In Washington they have to stay in the lanes behind cars and what not.

 

I think I lost you and you lost me...I got an idea...lets forget I even made that post Well, you atleast forget...heh ~ Tyler

 

that's cool. If you're ever in Sydney, I'll take you for a ride on my bike - you'll love it!

 

heh, cool, ill try and visit in a few years maybe after highschool (3 MORE YEARS, W00T W00T) ~ Tyler