1. Come to a complete stop just before entering a freeway, preferably with your nose in the first lane.
2. Drive 10mph under the limit in the fast lane.
3. Swerve left before making a right turn, or vice versa.
4. When approaching a 2-way stop, brake at the very last minute and come to a stop with your front end in the intersection, so you can scare the shit out of the driver with no stop sign.
5. When two or more cars are at a 4-way stop, wave each other through at least 3 or four times, just to show how polite you can be.
6. Turn right from the far left lane without any signal.
7. Drive for miles with your turn signal on, then turn it off when you are ready to make your exit or lane change.
8. Drive like hell to get in front of someone, only to turn off at the next intersection or driveway.
I'm sure that they do some of these things in other states, but Texas is the worst, and since they seem to go everywhere, the perpetrators in other states may be Texans!
> 1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A real California driver never uses them.
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> 2. Under no circumstance should you leave a safe distance between you and the car in front of you, or the space will be filled in by somebody else, putting you in an even more dangerous situation.
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> 3. The faster you drive through a red light, the smaller the chance you have of getting hit.
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> 4. Never, ever, come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No one expects it and it will result in you being rear-ended. (That's why they call it a California Stop)
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> 5. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to ensure that your ABS kicks in, giving you a nice, relaxing foot massage as the brake pedal pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to stretch your legs.
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> 6. Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right. It's a good way to scare people entering the highway.
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> 7. Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as a suggestion and are apparently not enforceable in California during rush hour.
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> 8. Just because you're in the left lane and have no room to speed up or move over doesn't mean that a California driver flashing his high beams behind you doesn't think he can go faster in your spot.
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> 9. Always slow down and rubberneck when you see an accident or even someone changing a tire or getting a ticket.
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> 10. Learn to swerve abruptly. California is the home of the high-speed slalom driving, thanks to the State Highway Department, which puts potholes in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes.
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> 11. It is traditional in California to honk your horn at cars that don't move the instant the light turns green.
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> 12. Remember that the goal of every California driver is to get there first, by whatever means necessary.
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> 13. In the California area, "flipping someone off" is considered a polite California salute. This gesture should always be returned.
Those of us in Cali at least understand the basic operation of our car. In New England- all bets are off- AND they have round abouts!
...And use it as a weapon to aim for pedestrians.
Also in Mass, they are called a "Rotary", England calls them a "Round About".
sorry - we call them traffic circle and I knew that wasn't right, so I went with the memories of my misspent youth...
Love Mass- hate the drivers. That one in Bourne? By the freakin bridge? Used to scare me shitless. Now I careen with the best of them!
That rotary is on the non-cape side has been replaced by an over pass with exits. The one on the Cape Side though is still there. The one by Sagamore (at the end of Route 3) is still there, but they are trying to get that one replaced also.
The worst Rotary was and is the Portsmouth Circle in Portsmouth, NH. Years ago, all traffic going north and south had to go through it. It was a total free-for-all.
Nowadays with Route 95 bypass it is much more managable now.
-- Modified on 5/10/2004 2:01:18 PM
1. Come to a complete stop just before entering a freeway, preferably with your nose in the first lane.
2. Drive 10mph under the limit in the fast lane.
3. Swerve left before making a right turn, or vice versa.
4. When approaching a 2-way stop, brake at the very last minute and come to a stop with your front end in the intersection, so you can scare the shit out of the driver with no stop sign.
5. When two or more cars are at a 4-way stop, wave each other through at least 3 or four times, just to show how polite you can be.
6. Turn right from the far left lane without any signal.
7. Drive for miles with your turn signal on, then turn it off when you are ready to make your exit or lane change.
8. Drive like hell to get in front of someone, only to turn off at the next intersection or driveway.
I'm sure that they do some of these things in other states, but Texas is the worst, and since they seem to go everywhere, the perpetrators in other states may be Texans!
.. In other states, people will go out of their way to hit a pedestrian. Only in Massachusetts do the drivers like to look them in the eye while they are doing it.
We are home to more Yankee and Western implants than any state in the country save Florida. Put all the above posts in a blender and that's what you have. Then realize that our sports heros are not NBA, NFL, or MLB players but Nascar drivers.
In Georgia, the police by law cannot you give you a ticket for less than 10 mph over the limit. We drive fast and have long commutes. So, get the hell out of our way when you are passing through.
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