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Um. Which Atlanta, GA is that, exactly?
May. 17th, 2006 10:00 amCNN has a report that shows Miami as the worst city for road rage and rude driving. (Gee, you think the two might perhaps be connected?)
The article remarks:
"AutoVantage, an automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance, also listed Phoenix, Arizona; New York; Los Angeles, California; and Boston, Massachusetts, among the top five cities for rude driving."
Then it proceeds to blow my mind by listing Atlanta, Georgia as one of the top cities with the "most courteous drivers, who were less likely to change lanes without signaling or swear at other motorists."
The respondents to this survey are clearly all comic-book fans. Why? Because they can't possibly be thinking of the Atlanta, Georgia where *I* live. They must be thinking of some other alternate-universe Atlanta, Georgia; perhaps an Earth-2 version or something like that.
Atlanta drivers are some of the worst I have seen anywhere (and yes, I've been to Boston and New York). Cell phone usage while driving (yes, it IS dangerous, goddammit); poking along in the acceleration lane and then causing a snarl when they try to merge with traffic going at least thirty MPH faster than them; changing lanes without signaling; cutting people off; blocking intersections after a light changes to red; refusing to let people in front of them even if the person's got their signal on and has been waiting patiently for some time; driving at exactly the same speed as the people in the three other lanes, causing immense backups; and more than anything else RUBBERNECKING at wrecks, police cars, ambulances, fire engines and anything out of the ordinary. I have NEVER seen so many people who insist on slowing down to 15 mph to hungrily stare at the aftermath of a wreck that is none of their goddamned business.
Am I a bit subject to road rage meself? You bet your ass I am. Who wouldn't be, when confronted with poor driving like this on a daily basis? Do I do stupid shit like deliberately tailgating someone, following them home, or cutting them off and then slowing down? Hell, no. I'd rather not be part of the fucking problem. Instead, I'll put on some Pantera and crank up "Fucking Hostile", scream for a bit, and then let it go.
Or I'll make a venom-filled post to Livejournal. *smirk*
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[[The Oracle would like to know what stupid thing that other drivers do irritates you most.]]
The article remarks:
"AutoVantage, an automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance, also listed Phoenix, Arizona; New York; Los Angeles, California; and Boston, Massachusetts, among the top five cities for rude driving."
Then it proceeds to blow my mind by listing Atlanta, Georgia as one of the top cities with the "most courteous drivers, who were less likely to change lanes without signaling or swear at other motorists."
The respondents to this survey are clearly all comic-book fans. Why? Because they can't possibly be thinking of the Atlanta, Georgia where *I* live. They must be thinking of some other alternate-universe Atlanta, Georgia; perhaps an Earth-2 version or something like that.
Atlanta drivers are some of the worst I have seen anywhere (and yes, I've been to Boston and New York). Cell phone usage while driving (yes, it IS dangerous, goddammit); poking along in the acceleration lane and then causing a snarl when they try to merge with traffic going at least thirty MPH faster than them; changing lanes without signaling; cutting people off; blocking intersections after a light changes to red; refusing to let people in front of them even if the person's got their signal on and has been waiting patiently for some time; driving at exactly the same speed as the people in the three other lanes, causing immense backups; and more than anything else RUBBERNECKING at wrecks, police cars, ambulances, fire engines and anything out of the ordinary. I have NEVER seen so many people who insist on slowing down to 15 mph to hungrily stare at the aftermath of a wreck that is none of their goddamned business.
Am I a bit subject to road rage meself? You bet your ass I am. Who wouldn't be, when confronted with poor driving like this on a daily basis? Do I do stupid shit like deliberately tailgating someone, following them home, or cutting them off and then slowing down? Hell, no. I'd rather not be part of the fucking problem. Instead, I'll put on some Pantera and crank up "Fucking Hostile", scream for a bit, and then let it go.
Or I'll make a venom-filled post to Livejournal. *smirk*
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[[The Oracle would like to know what stupid thing that other drivers do irritates you most.]]