Posted on 05/16/2006 1:30:06 PM PDT by King of Florida
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Stressed Miami drivers speed, tailgate and cut off other drivers so frequently that it has earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday.
Norwalk, Conn.-based AutoVantage, an automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance, also listed Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles and Boston among the top five cities for rude driving in its first "In the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey."
"The advent of road rage is part of every day life," said Todd Smith, director of corporate communications for AutoVantage's parent company, Affinion Group, which has offices in Nashville. "It's just a fact of life."
On the other side of the spectrum, Minneapolis, Nashville, St. Louis, Seattle and Atlanta rated as the cities with the most courteous drivers who were less likely to change lanes without signaling or swear at other motorists.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
My husband took a business trip to Miami about 8 months ago and told me that people drove extremely erratically and would do things like honk for no reason, blow through red lights, etc. And that pedestrians would just run across the street whenever they could - it sounded scary!
When I think of Miami drivers, I think of the Dave Barry column where he said that elderly drivers in Miami put on their turn signals as soon as they pull out of their driveway and don't turn them off till they get back home. :)
I try so hard too.
It makes a better newpaper table.
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