Worst Drivers?

[EnglishJW]

With all the discussion on TOTV about how bad much of the driving is, I thought you might be interested in this listing of the 25 towns with the worst driving. No, TV isn't on the list. If you continue reading, there is a second list of the 25 cities with the best driving. TV isn't there either. Maybe things here aren't so unusual after all. Metro Boston drivers named the worst in America, again - AOL.com (http://www.aol.com/article/2014/08/26/metro-boston-drivers-named-the-worst-in-america-again/20952810/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl8%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D570683)

[chuck90199]

Having commuted to Boston from southern New Hampshire for over 20 years, I can agree with the list. Driving in TV is a piece of cake.

[manaboutown]

While I lived in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area I noticed the worst driven autos were those having MA plates.

[Mikeod]

I believe it. Years ago I worked in Kenmore Square. One day we had a perfect storm. Afternoon rush hour traffic enhanced by an afternoon Red Sox game letting out. The square was gridlocked. Then we heard the ambulance and saw it trying to get through the mess. Drivers were jockeying to try to make room, and just when it looked like a path was clearing, one idiot pulled forward to block the ambulance. One of the attendants in the front seat jumped out and started banging on the guys car until he backed up and let them through.

When I moved to CA and went to the DMV for my license, they asked where I was coming from. I told them Boston. They'd asked how many accidents I had been involved in. I told them none. They said I didn't need a road test and gave me my license!

The traffic reporter in a helicopter got so mad one day at the drivers he suggested they give him balloons of red paint he could drop on cars doing idiotic things. Then he could call the State Police and tell them to ticket the cars with the red paint on them!

[dbussone]

I believe it. Years ago I worked in Kenmore Square. One day we had a perfect storm. Afternoon rush hour traffic enhanced by an afternoon Red Sox game letting out. The square was gridlocked. Then we heard the ambulance and saw it trying to get through the mess. Drivers were jockeying to try to make room, and just when it looked like a path was clearing, one idiot pulled forward to block the ambulance. One of the attendants in the front seat jumped out and started banging on the guys car until he backed up and let them through.



When I moved to CA and went to the DMV for my license, they asked where I was coming from. I told them Boston. They'd asked how many accidents I had been involved in. I told them none. They said I didn't need a road test and gave me my license!



The traffic reporter in a helicopter got so mad one day at the drivers he suggested they give him balloons of red paint he could drop on cars doing idiotic things. Then he could call the State Police and tell them to ticket the cars with the red paint on them!


Was the guy in the helicopter Joe Greene?

[rubicon]

With all the discussion on TOTV about how bad much of the driving is, I thought you might be interested in this listing of the 25 towns with the worst driving. No, TV isn't on the list. If you continue reading, there is a second list of the 25 cities with the best driving. TV isn't there either. Maybe things here aren't so unusual after all. Metro Boston drivers named the worst in America, again - AOL.com (http://www.aol.com/article/2014/08/26/metro-boston-drivers-named-the-worst-in-america-again/20952810/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl8%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D570683)

BUT you forget that all those bad drivers from the ten states with the worse drivers have relocated either full or part time to The Villages and they are the bigger share of transplants. To acerbate the situation the roads in and around The Villages are not built to accommodate cowboys

[tomwed]

BUT you forget that all those bad drivers from the ten states with the worse drivers have relocated either full or part time to The Villages and they are the bigger share of transplants. To acerbate the situation the roads in and around The Villages are not built to accommodate cowboys
It's true, the northeast represents more then 40% of the population.
But what many others consider overwhelming traffic, we see as a slight delay.

Show me where you got your facts that the northeast re-locators are the problem.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Try driving in the Philippines some time and then come here and complain.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

BUT you forget that all those bad drivers from the ten states with the worse drivers have relocated either full or part time to The Villages and they are the bigger share of transplants. To acerbate the situation the roads in and around The Villages are not built to accommodate cowboys

The roads in The Villages are well designed and easy to drive.

[Mikeod]

Was the guy in the helicopter Joe Greene?
Yes, it was! Joe Greene over the Southeast Distressway.

[dbussone]

Yes, it was! Joe Greene over the Southeast Distressway.

Joe's wife was an RN who worked with my wife. as they say in MA, he was a piece of work. And a wicked nice guy!

And here's your traffic report from Joe Greene. WBZ, Radio 103

[rubicon]

It's true, the northeast represents more then 40% of the population.
But what many others consider overwhelming traffic, we see as a slight delay.

Show me where you got your facts that the northeast re-locators are the problem.

Its not traffic if its moving I know I know.

First I didn't use the word re-locators I said transplants. We are creatures of habits bad driving habits in the northeast bad driving habits in the southeast.

I am from Minnesota and there we have no four way stops because people are so polite that no one would ever move..."No, please you go first", No please you go...........

[dbussone]

Its not traffic if its moving I know I know.



First I didn't use the word re-locators I said transplants. We are creatures of habits bad driving habits in the northeast bad driving habits in the southeast.



I am from Minnesota and there we have no four way stops because people are so polite that no one would ever move..."No, please you go first", No please you go...........


I have a friend who passed away at a four way stop in MN. They found his skeletal remains in his car with his blinker still going after he left home to get milk. So sad.

[tomwed]

First I didn't use the word re-locators I said transplants. We are creatures of habits bad driving habits in the northeast bad driving habits in the southeast.
Where are the facts that northeast transplants have bad driving habits in The Villages? Just a hunch, but the people from the northeast who see what makes this place, the place to be are not the north east drivers you are lumping us into.

[dbussone]

Where are the facts that northeast transplants have bad driving habits in The Villages? Just a hunch, but the people from the northeast who see what makes this place, the place to be are not the north east drivers you are lumping us into.


I agree Tom. As a Bostonian who learned how to drive in Boston, I'll admit I had an accident 1 month after I got my license at 16. I backed into a light pole in a parking lot. And have not had an accident since. I'm primarily a defensive driver who is very suspicious of those in rotaries and those when seated in a car whose heads are not higher than the steering wheel.

[Mikeod]

I'm primarily a defensive driver who is very suspicious of those in rotaries and those when seated in a car whose heads are not higher than the steering wheel.

LOL In Palm Springs we called them LOPs (little old people). It was said they used the hood ornament on their Cadillacs and M-Bs as a sighting device for the lane markings so they drove down the middle.


And now we ARE LOPs. OMG!

[rubicon]

Where are the facts that northeast transplants have bad driving habits in The Villages? Just a hunch, but the people from the northeast who see what makes this place, the place to be are not the north east drivers you are lumping us into.

tomwed: You do know that I am playing light here? Just feeding the thread. Of course there are bad drivers in every part of the country, world, space.

Gosh tomwed I didn't just fall out of a tree. Please lighten up. In fact I question the survey presented here because I suspect like all statistics they are flawed or in the case of political polls manipulated

Glad to have met you via TOTV.

Personal Best Regards

[tomwed]

tomwed: You do know that I am playing light here? Just feeding the thread. Of course there are bad drivers in every part of the country, world, space.

Gosh tomwed I didn't just fall out of a tree. Please lighten up. In fact I question the survey presented here because I suspect like all statistics they are flawed or in the case of political polls manipulated

Glad to have met you via TOTV.

Personal Best Regards
I'm sorry I miss-read you. My "this is just a joke antenna" must have been down last night. I'm usually pretty good at picking up on that. My kids were in for a visit and went back home. I think I was sorry to see them go so I was a little down. I hope you understand.

And I'm sorry you fell out of a tree a some time ago too. That must have hurt.

[MikeV]

I lived in Boston for 2 years. I went there for a promotion. The first day I drove to work and back home is the day I started looking for a job somewhere else. It took two years almost to the day but I got out.

[Walter123]

I have a friend who passed away at a four way stop in MN. They found his skeletal remains in his car with his blinker still going after he left home to get milk. So sad.

LOL....That's why we have circles here in TV. If we stop, we may not start again!

[dbussone]

I lived in Boston for 2 years. I went there for a promotion. The first day I drove to work and back home is the day I started looking for a job somewhere else. It took two years almost to the day but I got out.


I'm sorry you didn't like Boston, Mike. It's my favorite city between June- August. Great college town and a heart attack to drive in.

[Happydaz]

Boston drivers definitely do some amazing things like exit a four lane expressway from the far left lane, but they do have some redeeming characteristics. They do have a good sense of where the other cars are on the road so you can feel somewhat comfortable passing them and not getting cut off. I drove for over thirty years up there. Accidents were numerous due to the aggressive driving, but I believe traffic fatalities were not the highest. I don't know the reason for that.

[dbussone]

Boston drivers definitely do some amazing things like exit a four lane expressway from the far left lane, but they do have some redeeming characteristics. They do have a good sense of where the other cars are on the road so you can feel somewhat comfortable passing them and not getting cut off. I drove for over thirty years up there. Accidents were numerous due to the aggressive driving, but I believe traffic fatalities were not the highest. I don't know the reason for that.

It's tough to die in an accident if you are already a member of the "living dead.". Dead people vote in elections in Boston all the time so it's only fitting to believe they drive to the polls. (This is not a political statement.)

[mtdjed]

I for one think that Boston drivers are amongst the best in the country. I spent about 26 years there and the road system is horrendous and yet the drivers somehow manage. The traffic is heavy and if you need to move , you must pull out when opportunity exists. The Boston drivers know this and will stop. Non Boston drivers will keep moving and crash.
Having spent 26 years in Boston, I feel as though I have learned defensive driving well. I worry more about southern drivers and Midwestern drivers who have never had the experience of Boston
In fact there has only been one Boston driver who has ever had an accident in The Villages. And he just smacked into a car with a Wisconsin Plate and a cheese on the top last night. He claimed pass interference.

[tomwed]

In fact my favorite bumper sicker is from Wisconsin. It reads "Honk if You Love Cheeses."

[CFrance]

I have a friend who passed away at a four way stop in MN. They found his skeletal remains in his car with his blinker still going after he left home to get milk. So sad.
That funny story would be believable except for one fact, dbussone... Nobody in the Midwest uses turn signals!:shocked:

[dbussone]

That funny story would be believable except for one fact, dbussone... Nobody in the Midwest uses turn signals!:shocked:


Caught & ashamed. (Not!)

[CFrance]

Caught & ashamed. (Not!)
I didn't think so!

[justjim]

I'm watching a national news network tonight and was surprised to hear a segment on Senior drivers. It was very positive. According to the report seniors are very safe drivers. Yep, that's what the stats say. As they say, "put that in your pipe and smoke it".

Perhaps we complain too much.

[tomwed]

I'm watching a national news network tonight and was surprised to hear a segment on Senior drivers. It was very positive. According to the report seniors are very safe drivers. Yep, that's what the stats say. As they say, "put that in your pipe and smoke it".

Perhaps we complain too much.

I looked that up. The study was by AAA. It said seniors are more likely to wear seat belts, be sober, not drive will using a cell phone or play music. Seniors want more testing and health screening for drivers over 75.

[CFrance]

I looked that up. The study was by AAA. It said seniors are more likely to wear seat belts, be sober, not drive will using a cell phone or play music. Seniors want more testing and health screening for drivers over 75.
Did they do a side study on Villagers?:wave: