The Chicago 500
I've driven in many big cities and I have to say that Chicago is the city that has THE worst drivers and lots of them. The San Francisco Bay Area is full of dumb drivers and they're all in a hurry. They're just clueless and have no idea of their surroundings. In LA, there's just too much traffic to tell. Boston is a whole different story. There's a reason why the surrounding states call Boston drivers Massholes. New Jersey is full of just plain mean drivers. They're good drivers there, but they play mean and dirty. Kinda like the NJ Devils. My driving in experience in New York City was similar to LA; too many people and too much traffic to really tell. I mean, does sitting in the car in stop-and-go traffic really count as driving? And I wasn't long enough in Phoenix, St. Louis, Baltimore, and Philadelphia to really tell.
Congratulations Chicago! You're #1 for the worst drivers.
My daily commute is 7 miles, mostly local and maybe 1/4 of a mile on the freeway. On average, I actively avoid accidents about once a day. During my internship year, 4 years ago, I wasn't so lucky and got nailed by a Wolley cab, #1569. That was actually a hit-and-run, but the cab company ended up paying for it.
So what's with Chicago drivers? Their worst offense is swerving in to your lane without even looking, regardless of where you are, be it a fast multi-lane road or a small 2 lane road with very light traffic. As proof of that, just listen to the radio in the morning. Not one day goes by without an auto accident occurring somewhere. It's like one of those statistics: someone dies every 13 seconds in the world, someone is born every 7 seconds in the world, someone is getting in to a car accident every 10 minutes in Chicagoland. People! Check your damn blind spot and get off the damn cell phone!
In a way, I'm glad that I'll be moving to Indiana, so that I won't have to risk my life everytime I get in to the car. I'm sure there will be idiot drivers there, as well. But at least there won't be as many of them.
Congratulations Chicago! You're #1 for the worst drivers.
My daily commute is 7 miles, mostly local and maybe 1/4 of a mile on the freeway. On average, I actively avoid accidents about once a day. During my internship year, 4 years ago, I wasn't so lucky and got nailed by a Wolley cab, #1569. That was actually a hit-and-run, but the cab company ended up paying for it.
So what's with Chicago drivers? Their worst offense is swerving in to your lane without even looking, regardless of where you are, be it a fast multi-lane road or a small 2 lane road with very light traffic. As proof of that, just listen to the radio in the morning. Not one day goes by without an auto accident occurring somewhere. It's like one of those statistics: someone dies every 13 seconds in the world, someone is born every 7 seconds in the world, someone is getting in to a car accident every 10 minutes in Chicagoland. People! Check your damn blind spot and get off the damn cell phone!
In a way, I'm glad that I'll be moving to Indiana, so that I won't have to risk my life everytime I get in to the car. I'm sure there will be idiot drivers there, as well. But at least there won't be as many of them.
posted by V-Hume at 9:46 PM
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I was in Indianapolis last Thursday, and was driving on Meridian St. to get back to downtown. A girl on her cellphone tried to change lane without looking and almost hit me on my left side. It's a good thing no one was on my right side so I was able to swerve to the right, than honked at her to let her know I was on her blind spot. I was shaken, but the girl looked like she didn't care and continued talking on the phone. And this was in INDIANAPOLIS!
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