Few years ago I moved to Oregon. Because of the Willamette valley and mountains, it never gets to hot or cold though out the year. Like a perfect year round average.
Here in New England we don’t talk about rain and shine, we talk about how yesterday was 60f and today it’s 17f with getting 3ft of snow.
Per my experience, Oklahoma has the dumbest drivers, Texas and California are tied for the most aggressive drivers (but simultaneously skilled just enough to not cause mass genocide), and Virginia has the worst road layout.
There’s a lot of different flavors of shit.
Texas drivers are the worst drivers in Kansas
Went to Texas once. Made it to Paris, was there for a couple minutes, decided to leave after almost being involved in a fatal car crash right in front of me
I used to be a trucker. Drive everything east of the Mississippi.
Indiana has the dumbest drivers. Never have I been to a state with a lower average i.q. Idk, it might be an environmental thing, like in the water, or too many generations of cousin fucking. But something ain’t right there. They make poor choices and have a lack of self preservation.
New england the rudest, but they’re at least predictable. When they do something rude and reckless its always in pursuit of a goal. E.g. making the next exit, turn, lane ect.
The south has the most lackadaisical drivers. They just don’t give a fuck. They’re doing what they’re doing and that’s that.
The Midwest has the nicest most considerate drivers, and as a result traffic jams are far fewer, everything just flows smoother.
There’s a big difference between drivers who only drive in rural areas and drivers who drive in crowded rush hour traffic in big cities. And, different big cities have their own challenges. As a visitor, trying to navigate LA’s freeway hell was awful, and the drivers who were used to it were not at all accommodating. But, I think LA drivers would find driving in Boston and its Masshole drivers to be hell, because it’s all about squeezing down narrow streets that come from a time before automobiles.
California I believe has the statistically worst drivers. New York id say has the most insane but skillful enough to somehow not die drivers.
https://www.moneygeek.com/resources/states-with-the-worst-drivers/
New Mexico has the worse drivers, Texas is fifth. California seems to just be average.
Call me weird but I enjoy driving in Manhattan. People drive at a reasonable pace.
Never been to the east coast (that’s a goal for sure though), but I totally get that. It’s why I like driving the areas surrounding LA. People are more decisive while driving than other states up the coast. The California driver is more likely to be an asshole, yes, but one who knows what’s happening around them, makes a decision, and stick to it. My home state drives (ha) me insane with the amount of people who just seem totally checked out, either fiddling around on a cell phone or some other bullshit that shouldn’t be done while driving.
Exactly. The real pro move is driving in Montreal.
Don’t be silly, no one drives in manhattan, there’s too much traffic
I witnessed a right turn from the left lane in utah. Except the street was 4 lanes wide.
This use of bipolar has very little to do with the experience of most bipolar people. Bipolar rapid cycling is defined as four episodes per year, much closer to the change of the seasons than the change of weather from day to day.
what’s term for someone who has waaayyy more than four per year? like…four per week.
Capricious is my favorite adjective, rather than trying to ascribe mental disorders to global systems. If you’re asking regarding a specific human, you should talk to a psychiatrist — if it is disruptive to their life, it may be a sign of borderline personality disorder.
won’t matter much now since they’re dead 🤷
just curious though.
My condolences for your loss.
What can I say, people love minimizing mental health issues and turning them into jokes.
The all time record high temp and all time record low temp for my area are set on the same day about ten years ago. I’d say the weather here is a little wild
I thought my state was the worst, but turns out Miami takes the cake. Grand Theft Auto was basically accurate.
Nobody in California ever said that shit.
Having rain 3 days a year isn’t bipolar weather
A couple years ago I was back in Florida visiting my parents and I forgot how weird shit was there sometimes. About 75+ degrees outside and out of nowhere sudden hail/downpour. Hail of all different sized, one piece was like half a soft ball. Went on for maybe 60 seconds. Was long enough for me to open the door, acknowledge I could no longer see shit, and then pick up that giant piece of ice and the storm cloud passed. A bit over 2-3" of rain I emptied out of the rain gauge.
Everywhere has weird weather moments, but that one will always stand out to me.
Yeah but weather over there fluctuates a lot between on fire and not on fire
In Houston, some days there isn’t a cloud in the sky, then it rains like 2 inches over 30 minutes and then it goes back to clear skies and the water evaporates making the air sticky. Goes from perfect to drenched to perfect to a totally different kind of drenched in an hour’s time. Also the drivers all lose their minds when the weather changes. So all the time… I guess.
I’ve lived in quite a few places and I still think of Maryland drivers as the worst I’ve encountered. Istanbul drivers are the most ballsy/skilled/terrifying/helpful.
I was coming here to say this exact thing… I’ve never seen such an aggressively clueless population of drivers as those in Maryland. They will savagely cut you off in the left lane to go the speed limit or less.
In my state not all the drivers are the worst. Just those from 22, 8, 14counties. That’s Crete, hastings, grand island
Its raining in Oregon. We’ll see the sun in July… Hopefully.
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It’s raining in OregonWe’ve had a rather fucky winter on the west side so far, admittedly.
We’ve streaky… The rains finally came, but they were gone for so long that I was worrying a bit about fire seasons. Still am honestly.
A day? In New England we say if you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes, it’ll change. And Boston drivers aren’t bad, just aggressive. New Jersey drivers are bad.
NJ won’t even let them pump gas.
In New England we say if you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes, it’ll change.
Which New England are you in? When it’s rainy/snowy, that weather sticks around for days. Generally speaking, most places with high humidity generally have more consistent weather. It’s areas with low humidity (and high elevation) where you get really big weather and temperature swings.
Pennsylvania drivers take the cake. NJ is a mishmash.
Seriously Colorado though:
Rest of the world panicking for Colorado for a second
Yea Colorado is peak “four seasons in one day” territory sometimes
Arkansas doesn’t require driver’s ed so I think we do have the market cornered on bad drivers. I see folks slam on their brakes on the interstate, reverse back to their exit, the interstates themselves were obviously designed by folks who don’t understand how it works, etc. I’ve lived in several states and never seen anything quite like it.
I think what people don’t realize is that roads are mostly designed by politicians and transit engineers just check to make sure the whole thing doesn’t collapse or sink when a car drives over it.
There are standards but 9/10 times the standards are written by the local council member whose background is in like real estate law or is the son of the local auto dealership owner.
They do that shit in Florida often enough as well. Mostly the same reason. People who don’t, or legally should not, have a license.
A good driver NEVER misses their exit.
The real issue is being temperate enough to freeze, but not cold enough regularly to have good road maintenance or drivers experienced with ice/snow.
