...the coveted first place goes to...

MIAMI!  

Sadly, Los Angeles only made number 4.  See what you think.  Does this ring true?  Remember that at any given point, OneSuaveFolk is behind the wheel in mellow Seattle.  Pittsburgh is courteous?  Who has a car there?  Or New York?  It's mostly cabs, right? 

Well, for what it's worth, the rude-courteous driver survey results. 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

It's just a little embarrassing, don't you think?  I mean, we have an automobile culture.  We've got the roads and the cars and the congestion.  We've got pent up and frustrated people by the millions.  It just seems to me that we deserve at least a number 2 standing.  And falling so far behind a backwater town like MIAMI!?  That is sad, my friend.  Surprising and sad.  In fact, I'm inclined to believe the survey was fixed.

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

I suppose you're right.  Every cloud having its silver lining and all.  Maybe this is a good thing.

Miami, though?!  How could that be?  I lived there many years ago but I guess things have changed.  Tough cops there too.  I was once pulled over for having dilated pupils.  That and the burnt out license plate light in the rear. 

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

QUOTE: QUOTE: There's probably very little that can be done in the way of driving that could cause me to lose my temper. You're like me.

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

I honked at a guy last year who cut me off.  He literally accelerated up and jammed his car in where no car could fit.  Only by jamming my brakes on did I avoid hitting him.  So I gave him a quick toot so he could be aware what a stupid move it was.

So what does he do?  Drives forward a little bit and then nails his brakes.  Fine - I have good reflexes and brakes.

We go around a corner and the single lane splits into 2.  I've recognised this guy as a road hazard and plan to get away from his general area.  So I put my foot down and go past.  Just as I'm 90% past him, I think he's gotten a little peeved that he's about to be left eating dust, so he does the logical thing and turns sharply into my car.  Kinda like the police chase manoevre - sent my car spinning around a couple of times, off the road, and left facing upwards on the freeway embankment resting against a small tree.

Because I dared to give him a quick honk of the horn for being a grade-A dickhead.

Anyway, you atheists may be sceptical about the power of christianity...but had I not been a christian, there is 100% chance I would've smashed this guy to within an inch of his life.  But I remained calm, and told him he'd better back away, or I'd class his approach to me as provocation and unleash.  The gritted teeth, pulsing veins and flying spittle probably gave him a clue that I meant it.  Anyway, car's fixed now, and life goes on.

Would I honk the horn next time?  Probably.  I use my horn about 1-2 times a year...only when someone really needs to be told to get a clue.  Otherwise, I really enjoy driving, in my own A-type sorta way.

In terms of the US, the worst drivers I saw during my 2 years there were in Hawaii - some real risk-takers over there...