Are you the only Driver who is not an Idiot?

Got a few minutes? Rant and rave about the worst/best drivers, and tell me a bit about yer own driving habits...Don't be shy! I am seeking the truth as to why I seem to be the only competent driver on the road... :-) Thanks for your time, folks!

1. What bothers you the most about other drivers when you are behind the wheel?

2. Do you notice local, statewide, or regional differences between drivers? What do you think that those differences are?

3. What brand/model of vehicle do you currently drive?

4. What five words would best describe your personality?

5. What state do you reside in? What is the population of the town, city, or county that you reside in?

6. Do you think that you drive better than most people on the road?

I also have a blog at usatoday.com, posing the same questions, with additional assorted ramblings...

http://www.usatoday.com/community/profile.htm?plckPersonaPage=PersonaBlog&plckUserId=c75fa1ac0b65c051&UID=c75fa1ac0b65c051

Gaby Mendiola

1) They can't do the speed that's it says. 2) well they don't know our road's or were their at most of the time LOL. 3) I have a 1996 grand jeep LT V8 4X4.
4)their.
5) Florida Population don't know to Manny.
6) I would most of the time I really think I am because most people can't stay on the road or are blind LOL.

Paul

I only have time to answer #6.

YES, I DO drive better than most other drivers. WHY?

I don't speed

I don't follow too close

I let others merge

I don't scream or gesture at other drivers

I don't move out of ANYONE's way (I'm doing the speed limit)

I slow down for red lights, rather than braking at the last minute

Sophia

I am from MA and they call us "mass-holes"...I can see why now that I commute to Boston everyday. Drivers here at not just aggresive, they are territorial. I feel like I drive with a pack of wolves in the mornings...and then drive home with a flock of drunk geese that just have no idea where they are going- or what they are doing. Its a battlefield here on these highways. I sometimes wonder if NBC will start a reality show about Massachusetts roads- just place a camera in any given spot and be prepared to see some crazy insance knock your socks off real-tv scenarios.

I feel like MA residents- by themselves- are normal humans. BUT place them behind a wheel- and we all turn into some sort of mutant-drivers.

To answer your questions in the simplest form because I have so much to say about MA drivers lol:
1. What bothers me the most are really two things- people who drive the $80,000 range rovers flying in the breakdown lanes thinking it was built as their personal travel lane/ AND people who go through red lights. It happens so much that when you have a green light- you still have to look all ways!
2. Yes, the crazier drivers are towards Eastern MA/Boston. Especially around I-95, masspike, and I-93- travel those highways on friday afternoons should be ruled by the FDA as a possible cause leading to death. During stop and go traffic on I-93, I once saw a guy just stop his car- get out- and walk over to another driver beeping at him to beat him up.
3. I drive a Volkswagen Passat
4. 5 words to describe my personality- generous, quirky, nervous, dumb-@ss, smart-@ss.
5. Massachusetts- my town of Westborough has approx 18,000 residents.
6. I personally think so- I have never recieved a speeding ticket or got in a serious accident *knock on wood*. I am always watching other cars to see what their first move is- you never know when an accident is going to happen. Growing up in this area has taught me so much about other drivers. What I always question is when people say that when its raining everyone forgets how to drive- well all these folks are on the roads everyday- irregardless of rain there are plenty of MA drivers that should not be behind the wheel of anything.

theinfamousskittles

1. I can't stand when people are looking all around, gabbing on the cell phone, or shaving, applying makeup or eating.

2. There is a huge difference in local, statewide, and region. In the south (in the US, ex Florida, Georgia), people drive alot slower, they use their turnsignals and such...it's older people...slower paced. Up here in Michigan it is Auto Mayhem! 16 year old gabbing on cell phones, lots of people in cars, no one obeys the speedlimit...its 70 on the highway people drive 90 like nothing. Its very aggressive and road raged....in the northern parts of the country and even that state of Michigan...people drive like hillbillys and there is usually no traffic.

3. I have a F150 Ford 2007

4. Loud, Obnoxious, Opinionated, Boisterous, Passionate.

5. Michigan, Population 36,559 in the city i live in.

6. I do drive better then most people on the road but I too am an aggressive driver.

what u talkin' bout?

1. When people pull out in front of you, making you have to brake and then turn immediately. Driving right up close to your bumper, with there high beams on. Pushing you to go faster when you are doing the speed limit.

2. Yes I do. I always take note.

3. Buick

4. thinker, caring, respectful, unsure at times, outspoken

5. New York State small town, population: 3,490

6. I don't have a big head! I just drive by the rules of the road.

UCANTCME

1. The lack of knowing how to drive.............

2. Same as number 1.

3. 1992 Olds 88.

4. Relaxed, calm, funny, easy going and optimistic.

5. Texas, over a million.

6. Yes.

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