10 Driving Pet Peeves

"The Rudest Drivers in the USA Live Here"

If you get behind the wheel in Miami, Fla., beware!
Drivers in this city are the rudest in the country. They
speed. And tailgate. They change lanes without
signaling. And they'll cut you off without a second thought.

That's the word from the automobile membership club
AutoVantage of Norwalk, Conn., which has ranked the
top five U.S. cities with the worst road rage, reports
The Associated Press. The results are based on a
survey of 2,000 adult drivers who regularly commute
in 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas.

The Worst Cities for Road Rage:

1. Miami
2. Phoenix
3. New York
4. Los Angeles
5. Boston

Cities With the Most Courteous Drivers:

1. Minneapolis
2. Nashville
3. St. Louis
4. Seattle
5. Atlanta

What do we do when we encounter road rage? The
drivers who are most likely to react to a rude driver
are those who are young or have long commutes.
To show their displeasure, they honk the horn,
curse or make an obscene gesture.

What should you do? AutoVantage recommends
remaining calm and don't make eye contact with an
angry driver. Instead, call them one of the names
below--if only to yourself. Hagerty, an insurance agency
for collector vehicles and boats, conducted a nationwide
survey to find out the top 10 things drivers do that frustrate
and annoy other drivers. How many of these do you
see on your daily commute?

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"Top 10 Driving Pet Peeves"

1. Motor Mouths: Distracted drivers talking on
cell phones.

2. Turtle Racers: Slow drivers in the fast lane.

3. Piggybackers: Pushy drivers who tailgate.

4. Wacky Weavers: Drivers who weave through
traffic to gain one or two car lengths.

5. Gap Snatchers: Obnoxious drivers who speed
up to keep you from changing lanes.

6. Space Invaders: Hasty drivers who change
lanes without signaling.

7. Road Ragers: Those drivers who feel the slow
burn and red hot anger of road rage--and then
act on it.

8. Speed Racers: Motorcyclists who race down
the middle of a lane between cars.

9. Driving Divas: Women applying makeup and
men shaving.

10. Morse Coders: Drivers who leave their turn
signal on for miles.
Received on Mon Jan 8 08:01:17 2007