Rattle wrote:
] ] Drivers in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states did
] ] worst. Twenty percent of test-takers failed there.
] ]
] ] The state of Rhode Island leads the nation in driver
] ] cluelessness, according to the survey. The average test
] ] score there was 77, just eight points above a failing
] ] grade.
] ]
] ] Those in neighboring Massachusetts were second worst and
] ] New Jersey, third worst.
]
] ] For instance, one out of five drivers doesn't know that a
] ] pedestrian in a crosswalk has the right of way, and one
] ] out of three drivers speeds up to make a yellow light,
] ] even when pedestrians are present, the study said.
]
] All these things make the roads of the Northeast very
] exciting. Personally, I think the south is the most enjoyable
] place to drive in the US.
]
] Lets all remember the golden rule of driving: "Get the
] fuck out of the way."

I miss traffic lights, and lines on the road sometimes. Like when I'm negotiating a roundabout on a bicycle with a TATA SUV bearing down on me like Mario Andretti coming up to pass within a foot of my handlebars. Somehow here its not the trucks, or the busses, motorcycles or hatchbacks... its still the motherfucking SUVs that suck of the butt.

RE: CNN.com - Northeastern drivers worst in country - May 27, 2005