(NAC) Re: MA residents: "stealth" cruisers, passing-lane enforcement

[Jon Linkov]

I'd say I-95 is a totally different experience than I-90. I-95 is too narrow
and too filled with trucks.

The times I've driven I-90 I've been amazed at the reckless driving I've
seen...and I'm originally from NJ.

But YMMV. Just goes to show how statistics say one thing, perception
another...reality is somewhere in between.

Perhaps it's expectations/self fulfilling prophecy, rather than reality. I
never have any problems driving in NJ, except for the narrow lanes on the
Parkway and summer traffic. But I know what roads to avoid and when to avoid
them. And I stay off I-95 in CT (I live near I-84) because of
traffic/trucks/construction.

But MA is a PITA to drive, at least I-90. Again, I may see things there I
ignore in more familiar surroundings.

Jon


On 3/6/04 3:41 PM, "Brett Dikeman" <brett at cloud9.net> wrote:

> At 3:05 PM -0500 3/6/04, Jon Linkov wrote:
>> Well, in MA, this means:
>> 
>> A) MA have ANY budget troubles in less than 1 year, cause Ma*s-hole drivers
>> are the most aggressive in the nation, so plenty will be paying fines
> 
> Massachusetts is actually the safest state in the nation, based on
> per-mile travelled.  The "Boston driver" myth is the same as the
> "taxachusetts" myth(we're dead smack in the middle of the 50 states
> per-capita)- a myth.
> 
> When I drove I-95 through northern CT southbound on a Sunday evening
> a few years ago, it ranked as the most terrifying experience I've
> ever had behind the wheel of my car(NJ state thruway a close second,
> also unpleasant as you need to stop breathing).  Defensive driving
> doesn't even begin to cover it.
> 
> Brett