Posted by js305 on June 04, 2015 at 05:04:05 from (70.195.196.214):
In Reply to: Road rage/vehicles? posted by Geo-TH,In on June 04, 2015 at 04:00:44:
I live just outside of Lubbock, Texas, population somewhere around 300,000. There are rural roads and an interstate highway all within a few minutes any direction.
You ask what kind of vehicle does it most? It seems to me the ones with paper tags do it as much as anyone. You know, somebody who has just bought the "new" car or truck and hasn't got the new license plate yet. The theory there is they have to keep buying another car because they wreck the ones they have all the time.
I think we have the worst drivers in the world here. Mornings are pretty bad, I have to drive about ten miles one way to work, going from the "out in the country" area to almost downtown. The usual suspects are all there, eating, putting on makeup, texting, talking on the phone. Even the bike riders text now. Scares the bejeebies out of me to see a motorcycle rider texting with both hands doing 70 MPH. Lane changers are pretty entertaining too. All this zig zagging to get to the same place at the same time as I do while going in a straight line in the same lane. Yep, I make mistakes too, but so far I don't have wrecks and make people do funny gestures at me too much. I drive an older pickup that's just big enough that a smart car can't intimidate.
Oh yes, the worst I see around here are the semi truck drivers. I know they are not all bad, but the locals here mystify me as to how they got licensed to start with. Over the road professionals seem to weed themselves out after a bit and those guys do OK, with a small percentage making a bad name for the rest.
Back to the question at hand: I think the worst are the ones aged 19 to 30 or so, with this "I want it now" attitude. Doesn't matter what they drive. Add to that that even the lowliest car on the road will do 90 MPH in a heartbeat and here we go off to the races.
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