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Never really thought German drivers were anything special as there's both a lot of aggressive entitlement on the Autobahn coupled with others who have an extreme over abundance of caution and respect for the rules to a fault.
Diving recently in rural Japan had me thinking that might be the best place I've ever driven a vehicle.
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@seawolf said in Unpopular opinions:
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@seawolf said in Unpopular opinions:
I'm never surprised when I see Maryland drivers acting like lunatics. Sorry @Matt !
Maybe he was one of the nutjobs behind the wheel?
That's extremely likely.
Not just a Md. driver- a Baltimore City -driver isnt the right word- assailant works.
Traffic lights & stop signs are suggestions for the weak who should stay home .
What do you say @MattThose are my principles, and if you don't like them…
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@pechelman all kidding aside, I find driving in Germany a lot more stressful than driving in Switzerland for example. I don’t drive as much as I used to for work but I do roughly 40000 km per year and I’ve seen some crazy shit on the autobahn, including a dude grabbing a gun from his glove compartment and waving it at me at 160 kph.
Having said that, Dutch drivers are the worst.
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Driving in Italy is quite an experience. I left Naples airport onto a 3 lane road that had 5 lanes of cars! How there aren’t more accidents with Vespa riders weaving in and out of traffic, I’ll never know.
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Shoot drivers were great in Berlin, Barcelona, and Croatia. Drivers are also great in Mumbai but it’s another kind of thing. Lanes aren’t even suggestions, it’s get in where you fit in amongst all the cars, trucks, buses, and motorized rickshaws. I’d have wrecked in seconds there but it works for them.
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@flannel-slut def helps get obnoxiously close to other vehicles when parking. I miss the front camera I had on my previous car which my truck doesn’t currently have. It reinforces my habit of only backing into spots.
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@steelworker @Matt @seawolf i have a theory about why MD drivers are notoriously bad : it’s because they’re from everywhere else. Md is FULL of transplants and military people. This means everyone brings a different style and habits formed by their home state and laws/designs. Combine that with road infrastructure designed for half the current volume of traffic and you get a “fuck you, me first” attitude.
Also: the police don’t enforce much anything on MD roads anymore.
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@WhiskeySandwich you’re absolutely right. But that doesn’t explain why Virginia drivers are generally way better drivers. There’s a massive military population in the Norfolk area and the DC area, and my experience with VA drivers was never as jarring as it was with people from Maryland.
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Also Maryland drivers, drive with one hand on the horn permanently. Never seen so many 5 year olds behind a wheel. You have exactly 1 tenth of a second when the light turns green before a moron blasts the horn.
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@seawolf I think that difference with VA is because they do more enforcement. And VA roads are ALWAYS under construction, so everyone is on high alert because their commute changes daily.
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@yannis it’s because you need to drive faster to save them time lol
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Trust me. They are going absolutely nowhere. Lol.
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@WhiskeySandwich said in Unpopular opinions:
@flannel-slut def helps get obnoxiously close to other vehicles when parking. I miss the front camera I had on my previous car which my truck doesn’t currently have. It reinforces my habit of only backing into spots.
I’m in Texas. If you don’t back into your parking spot, everyone knows you’re a transplant.
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@seawolf unless you need a rest at the back.
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@GraemeE said in Unpopular opinions:
MASSholes made me fear for my life out east
Driving in Boston is not for out of towners.
No grid like NYC. Paved cowpaths with one way streets. You can see where you want to go but you arent going to get there.
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