snowflake don’t ever come to nj and try to drive. no wimps allowed.
Here in Seattle I’m pretty polite. I follow the rules of the road, stay in the fast lane to pass people, move over if somebody is going faster, let folks merge, etc. I try to get my kids to view driving as a “dance” - especially merging like this gal is so worried about.
But I lived for ten years in NJ, and my kids were awestruck by my entirely different driving style in NJ and D.C. while there on vacation last summer. Yes - you need to be pretty aggressive and fearless. After my first few bewildered encounters with traffic circles I asked a cop about who had the right-of-way on them (they had no signs 30 years ago, not sure if they do now or not - I can’t recall from our trip).
The cop said “whoever is there first”.
“Oh - you mean whoever is in the circle has the right-of-way?”
“No - there are no rules - if you can go you go, if you can’t go - don’t.”
I’m not sure if that was an official statement - but it sure was true, and served everybody well.
Same for Memphis, which is why I stay OFF I-40/240. Kamikaze drivers. They ride your bumper, speed past you and nose in with no room for them especially just before a turn off. Lane hoppers too. Afraid you might turn ahead of them. No 1 uses turn signals, and you Might get Shot to boot. NO one looks for back up lights. I always try to pull into a parking slot so I can see who is coming near me as I pull out. Not easy to find a Handicap slot that lets you do that, they want to stick in those not needed concrete things your tires bump into if you roll up to far that you can’t see.
Even on the Navy base where you DON’T even park the wrong way with out a ticket from Base Police they speed every where but the 2 places they have HUGE speed bumps and 5 mph speeds, Exchange and Commissary.
Hah! We Boston drivers eat NJ drivers for breakfast.
snowflake don’t ever come to nj and try to drive. no wimps allowed.
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I always heard about the self proclaimed toughness of people from New Jersey, but once I encountered them in the real world, I found they were pretty much just tough talk. No tougher than average people from other parts of the country.