OT - Ours are the WORST, Drivers in the Bay area Options

[Randal]

We have the worst drivers on the planet.

I have never been anywhere, including all of Asia, where they drive as bad.

You can complain about the LA traffic, but up here we have the traffic and nutty crazy drivers as well.

It is just getting real dangerous.

No signaling
No lane discipline
No courtesy
Drivers following to close
Drivers absolutely unaware of what is going on – talking on the cell phone, driving with one hand
Speeding up when you’re trying to merge
Drivers making stupid moves that leave you stunned
Drivers using their car as a weapon
Road rage and I mean serious road rage

Am I going crazy or are the Bay Area roads as bad as I think and getting worse? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

[jimtab]

QUOTE (jd74914 @ Mar 27 2006, 07:24 PM)

QUOTE (itsa914 @ Mar 27 2006, 10:04 PM) Sounds like Chicago also, only you are going 10 mph during rush hour  :screwy: I haven't been to Atlanta since 1990, but that had to be the worst I ever drove in. Funny story (to me anyway) at the airport in Atalanta picking up my rental car. Asked for directions to my hotel and the Avis person explained the route I need to take and warned me of the Redneck 500? The look on my face must have been funny to her, "Oh you have never been to Atlanta? That is what we call XXX highway that goes around Atlanta" (XXX can't remember the name now). She was right, I'm going 85 mph in the far right lane getting passed by little old ladys flipping me off  :WTF: I was never so happy to get off a highway in my life. Next day I asked at the desk clerk for directions to an office for a meeting I had to attend, desk cleark says "get back on the Redneck highway and....." That was some FAST & CRAZY driving and that was 1990 YIKES!!! In Atlanta the major problem is that all of the roads (even the small ones) seem to be one way only (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) This is especially true around GA Tech. The other weird place I found for drivers was in Florence Italy. There, a green light means go, and a red light means go faster (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

Yeah, the other interesting thing about driving in Florence was some of the roads went into town in the morning(one way) and out of town at night ...fine if you're a local and know which ones, and when.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)