• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    15 days ago

    I have, in fact, been to Texas. Driven through it twice and went to Ft. Worth by plane once. The drivers were not by any means great, but the ones in Atlanta were so much worse.

    Maybe those are not the part you’re thinking of?

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      15 days ago

      Not OP, but it’s a big state. I went to Texas for the first time recently and I was very uncomfortable on their highways. People speed and tailgate quite a lot. Definitely bad drivers.

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      15 days ago

      Florida man here. Driven I-4 many times, can be scary, but not horrible. Miami, yes can be horrifying.

      Dallas and Houston, I hate driving in the most. I don’t like Atlanta traffic, but I’d agree with you it’s awful. I was just being coy with my comment. Atlanta is probably top 10 worst drivers in the country. That list probably correlates well with biggest cities too.

      Maybe it’s because I drive less since Covid, but I’d seems like everyone has gotten 10x more aggressive. Just in general. Kindness seems to almost be obsolete and decency is a rarity.

      For what it’s worth, my mantra when driving is lead, follow, or get out of the way. I try to match speed to about the 80th percentile of traffic so I don’t jam things up, but also not the one that sticks out to get the speeding ticket.