GoodBye Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I'm glad they didn't put SF on that list. I just moved here....what a bunch of passive weenies. 60 in the fast lane???? WTF, GET OUT OF MY !@#$ING WAY YOU PRIUS DRIVING LATTE DRINKING LIMP WRISTED TREE HUGGING OBAMA ASS KISSING MOHTER FUKING IDIOTS!!!! Sounds like Oregon. We did make the most courteous. "Portland and Cleveland were voted to have the most courteous, considerate drivers." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 This survey is bogus. Chicago is FAR more aggressive than Minneapolis/St. Paul. In fact, I don't think the Twin Cities are aggressive at all! Most of the time if you put your blinker on, other cars slow down for you to get in the lane! The survey makes no sense. Eating behind the wheel makes you an aggressive driver? Eating behind the wheel is can be a major problem... I can see that being an "Upper Midwest" thing too... If you know what I mean... I picture the Quad Cities as being a mini-Twin Cites... You don't want to get stuck behind a hungry Iowan and a Culver's butterbuger, malt, and sundae! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 I nearly got killed by a wayward minivan in downtown Boston in 1987. He was going 45-50 mph on the street that runs right outside Faneuil Hall. I was in the crosswalk and that SOB almost ran me down. Hey... Can't blame Marshawn Lynch... He was a year old & living on the other coast at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Sounds like Oregon. We did make the most courteous. "Portland and Cleveland were voted to have the most courteous, considerate drivers." I hear ya... Cleveland... When I was passing through I almost got run off the road outside of Kirtland/Mentor one time during the rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 10 Most Agressive Areas in the US Funny how Chicago didn't even crack into the top 10. Is that for real or is it cooked up for the Olympic push??? i think buffalo drivers are seriously aggressive. like they really have some place to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I've always found the drivers here in Chicago to be the opposite of aggressive, unless of course we're talking about cabbies. Those guys are d!cks. I think they alone raise the bar for what's reasonably and safely "aggressive" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I never found LA to be aggressive, at all. Quite the opposite, in fact. Sit in traffic on the 405, and nearly everyone stays in the lane they are in...at least 10+ years ago it was like that. I used to say I had the "east coast advantage" as I weaved in and out of traffic. As for NYC, Manhattan is certainly full of aggressive drivers (mostly cabbies), but the driving on the highways of the area, in Queens and Brooklyn (for example) was nothing like the driving I saw in, and around, Boston. A friend of mine in NYC says red lights are more of a suggestion than a law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I hear ya... Cleveland... When I was passing through I almost got run off the road outside of Kirtland/Mentor one time during the rush. Hey now! But seriously, I cannot believe that Cleveland made the most courteous list. We don't have terrible rush hour traffic (it's more like a rush 10 minutes, since the freeways were built when Cleveland still had close to a million people), but the drivers are, shall I say, not up to the challenge. In other words, they suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 A friend of mine in NYC says red lights are more of a suggestion than a law. My theory is that as congestion grows, as does aggressiveness. It has nothing to do with the people themselves. After you've been suck in traffic for 45 minutes, you pretty much hate everyone and just want to get to where you're going. Most of the cities listed are known for their rush-hour suck. Hell, I had an hour and fifteen minute drive home yesterday and I left at 4:00 PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I'm glad they didn't put SF on that list. I just moved here....what a bunch of passive weenies. 60 in the fast lane???? WTF, GET OUT OF MY !@#$ING WAY YOU PRIUS DRIVING LATTE DRINKING LIMP WRISTED TREE HUGGING OBAMA ASS KISSING MOHTER FUKING IDIOTS!!!! Tell us how you really feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdelma Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 No Nascar areas like Charlotte. They liked to draft down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 I've always found the drivers here in Chicago to be the opposite of aggressive, unless of course we're talking about cabbies. Those guys are d!cks. I think they alone raise the bar for what's reasonably and safely "aggressive" here. Sorta... My brother is a trucker... In Chicago, they won't look you in the face before cutting your off... Now, in NYC... They will first stare your down and then cut you off... Well, that is what he says. Maybe it is a MidWest "passive aggressive" thing?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 My theory is that as congestion grows, as does aggressiveness. It has nothing to do with the people themselves. After you've been suck in traffic for 45 minutes, you pretty much hate everyone and just want to get to where you're going. Most of the cities listed are known for their rush-hour suck. Hell, I had an hour and fifteen minute drive home yesterday and I left at 4:00 PM. You can say that again. Just like at my work... I never seen a worse situation than one time I had three oil tows in a row... The pleasure boats had to wait around 3+ hours (traffic was tight in the other direction) and the numbers kept growing... Man were they ready to fight, not to mention they were well "oiled" (no pun intended) first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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