I have NEVER lived anywhere else where it was understood that you didn't cross the intersection when the light turned green, because if you did you would be broadsided by the oncoming traffic turning left.
hm. I don't do that as a matter of course. Sometimes you get to sneak that left turn in, sometimes you don't. It's all about paying attention!
I tend to deny left turners their opportunity to turn, but if they get the jump on me, then it's all good.
Who am I to talk- I hate driving in any state, anyway.
Yeah. I mean, I've not driven in Third World nations to compare Boston driving to its foreign equivalents, but it makes Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. all look calm and relaxing in comparison. The only time I get the same worrisome feeling while driving as in Beantown is when tornados or icy roads have driven all the sane drivers indoors and it's just me and the (other?) crazies out driving.
I think drivers everywhere are crazy and bad in their own ways. I feel like Boston was the only place where drivers seemed to go out of their way to try to hit me as a pedestrian. Walking across Kenmore Sq. was always an adventure.
Whoo! Lisa's coming home!
Yeah, the pedestrian/bikers/cars tend to have to battle it out. It's just because there are so many of all of them, sharing the same space.
So, the Boston drivers would be less crazy if they had more oral sex while driving?
It's too backed up to get any real speed though.
Maybe during rush hour, but on both Storrow and 128 I've been in near bumper-to-bumper traffic that's in the 80+mph range (well, more 60-70 on Storrow - too many reverse curves and people coming on and off at short intervals - but still hella unnerving), and you have no choice but to keep up. It's amazing that there haven't been more massive pileups given what just one person screwing up could do to everyone else.
Well, maybe more oral sex in general. That'd relax a lot of folks.
So, the Boston drivers would be less crazy if they had more oral sex while driving?
Maybe they'd just die happy.
Well, they'd certainly be more relaxed.
Yeah, the pedestrian/bikers/cars tend to have to battle it out. It's just because there are so many of all of them, sharing the same space.
I think it made me an insanely (as in dangerously) aggressive pedestrian. I still think if I make eye contact with the driver that means I get to go in front of them.
Maybe they'd just die happy.
Easier to find parking spots, then.
well, more 60-70 on Storrow - too many reverse curves and people coming on and off at short intervals - but still hella unnerving
Hee hee! I love driving on Storrow when you're able to get in to the curves.
I now realize I have completely disqualified myself from having a reasonable opinion about Boston area driving. But seriously, it's all about paying attention! Which is why we are all tense and need more oral sex. Elect me for governor!
