Comments on: how do YOU drive?

By: Mark Steel

Mark Steel — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:06:06 +0000

There … now the problem is rectified. *snicker*

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Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:04:42 +0000

[...] Cathy, over at Domestic Psychology,Â got on the same train of thought … This week, I pulled up to the white line behind which you are expected to stop at a red [...]

By: cathy

cathy — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:09:34 +0000

You also left out states with the most unlicensed drivers.

By: Mark Steel

Mark Steel — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:56:43 +0000

Well, I did leave out the “women can’t drive states” because I thought it would alienate too many potentials. *grin*

By: angie

angie — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:47:23 +0000

Um..I think I’m embarrassed to be a Hoosier driver. At least Indiana didn’t make that list of Mark’s.

By: Mark Steel

Mark Steel — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:36:33 +0000

I don’t think it’s a coincidence. Having lived all over the country, I’ve found *major* differences.

The best drivers, overall: Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Montana.

The absolute worst overall: Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia. (Amusing how they’re all right there together, innit?)

Shouldn’t be behind allowed behind the wheel: Utah, Nevada, Massachusetts, Illinois, Nebraska

The Tailgate States: Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Washington, California

Most likely to fire live rounds: Louisiana, Alabama, Idaho, New York, North Carolina

etc. etc. etc.

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:47:48 +0000

I carpool with a lady into work, and there’s a stop sign we have to turn left from onto a busy road, where usually cars from our right are turning left in front of us. She often pulls so far forward that it slows their ability to turn in front of us by reducing their angle, and the whole time she fusses because they’re taking so long to turn. People are just so funny to observe. As for the I states, I think it’s just a coincidence.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:30:13 +0000

When I first met my (now) husband. He used to go absolutely crazy about this one light in town. He would rant and rave about how it was broken. He’d wait and then run it.

One day I was driving and I stopped at the white line (something he NEVER did) The light obligingly turned green in about 5 seconds. He was amazed. I explained to him that while some lights are on timers some are connected to actual pressure plates in the roads. The plates sense the weight of a car and change accordingly. You can usually see the rectangular lines in the asphalt leading up to the white line if there is a plate in the road.

He sheepishly said.. “Oh! That’s interesting”. Now he (almost) always stops at the white line.