Way to go Miami!
05-25-2006, 07:42 AM
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Way to go Miami!
The Rudest Drivers in the USA Live Here
If you get behind the wheel in Miami, Fla., beware! Drivers in this city are the rudest in the country. They speed. And tailgate. They change lanes without signaling. And they'll cut you off without a second thought.
That's the word from the automobile membership club AutoVantage of Norwalk, Conn., which has ranked the top five U.S. cities with the worst road rage, reports The Associated Press. The results are based on a survey of 2,000 adult drivers who regularly commute in 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas.
The Worst Cities for Road Rage:
Miami
Phoenix
New York
Los Angeles
Boston
Cities With the Most Courteous Drivers:
Minneapolis
Nashville
St. Louis
Seattle
Atlanta
What do we do when we encounter road rage? The drivers who are most likely to react to a rude driver are those who are young or have long commutes. To show their displeasure, they honk the horn, curse or make an obscene gesture.
What should you do? AutoVantage recommends remaining calm and don't make eye contact with an angry driver. Instead, call them one of the names below--if only to yourself. Hagerty, an insurance agency for collector vehicles and boats, conducted a nationwide survey to find out the top 10 things drivers do that frustrate and annoy other drivers. How many of these do you see on your daily commute?
Top 10 Driving Pet Peeves:
Motor Mouths: Distracted drivers talking on cell phones.
Turtle Racers: Slow drivers in the fast lane.
Piggybackers: Pushy drivers who tailgate.
Wacky Weavers: Drivers who weave through traffic to gain one or two car lengths.
Gap Snatchers: Obnoxious drivers who speed up to keep you from changing lanes.
Space Invaders: Hasty drivers who change lanes without signaling.
Road Ragers: Those drivers who feel the slow burn and red hot anger of road rage--and then act on it.
Speed Racers: Motorcyclists who race down the middle of a lane between cars.
Driving Divas: Women applying makeup and men shaving.
Morse Coders: Drivers who leave their turn signal on for miles.
If you get behind the wheel in Miami, Fla., beware! Drivers in this city are the rudest in the country. They speed. And tailgate. They change lanes without signaling. And they'll cut you off without a second thought.
That's the word from the automobile membership club AutoVantage of Norwalk, Conn., which has ranked the top five U.S. cities with the worst road rage, reports The Associated Press. The results are based on a survey of 2,000 adult drivers who regularly commute in 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas.
The Worst Cities for Road Rage:
Miami
Phoenix
New York
Los Angeles
Boston
Cities With the Most Courteous Drivers:
Minneapolis
Nashville
St. Louis
Seattle
Atlanta
What do we do when we encounter road rage? The drivers who are most likely to react to a rude driver are those who are young or have long commutes. To show their displeasure, they honk the horn, curse or make an obscene gesture.
What should you do? AutoVantage recommends remaining calm and don't make eye contact with an angry driver. Instead, call them one of the names below--if only to yourself. Hagerty, an insurance agency for collector vehicles and boats, conducted a nationwide survey to find out the top 10 things drivers do that frustrate and annoy other drivers. How many of these do you see on your daily commute?
Top 10 Driving Pet Peeves:
Motor Mouths: Distracted drivers talking on cell phones.
Turtle Racers: Slow drivers in the fast lane.
Piggybackers: Pushy drivers who tailgate.
Wacky Weavers: Drivers who weave through traffic to gain one or two car lengths.
Gap Snatchers: Obnoxious drivers who speed up to keep you from changing lanes.
Space Invaders: Hasty drivers who change lanes without signaling.
Road Ragers: Those drivers who feel the slow burn and red hot anger of road rage--and then act on it.
Speed Racers: Motorcyclists who race down the middle of a lane between cars.
Driving Divas: Women applying makeup and men shaving.
Morse Coders: Drivers who leave their turn signal on for miles.
05-25-2006, 07:48 AM
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Nice STG, but I can't believe Chicago isn't on the "worst" list. I almost got pasted 5 or 6 times in construction zones and I am also a bit surprised Detroit wasn't on the bad list either, but of course everyone in Detroit drives crazy....except me D'OH!
For some reason that doesn't sound right. 
05-25-2006, 10:08 AM
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I was also surprised by the report that said Phoenix was THE safest place to drive out of the top 11 metropolitan areas in the U.S. It is due to low density in both housing and traffic, as well as having only one major urban core (Downtown Phoenix). The other major factor is that Phoenix's streets are on a modern grid system, which makes them easy to drive on as they are straight for miles and miles (for the most part), thus cutting down on unpredictability for drivers.
05-25-2006, 11:47 AM
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THIS POST IS NOT MEANT TO BE OFFENSIVE!!!
I think you have that backwards, the signs are in ENGLISH. It's the "other" people that can't read the road signs.
Originally Posted by Skatetheglobe
I think part of the reason for road rage in Miami is that all the signs are in Spanish.. I can no read a da spanish..