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MadrasT

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59. Right there with you.

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 04:49 PM

Aug 2012

Not to mention that in Philly, if you don't start moving at a red light BEFORE THE LIGHT EVEN TURNS GREEN (in anticipation of it turning green), the person behind you blows their horn because you didn't get going fast enough.

That happens to me at least once a week.

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Fill in the blank: People can't drive for shit in _________ . [View all] ohiosmith Aug 2012 OP

shit filled cars Bucky Aug 2012 #1

Brilliant! ohiosmith Aug 2012 #2

Snow. Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 #3

Not me! Grew up in the mid-west and lived in Canada for twenty years. ohiosmith Aug 2012 #5

My favorite was getting passed on both sides while I poked along at 25mph.... Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 #9

Karma baby, karma! ohiosmith Aug 2012 #10

Something similar happened pipi_k Aug 2012 #11

The DC area. I grew up there. I know. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #4

Agree completely! ohiosmith Aug 2012 #6

Hey, that's how I learned to drive like an asshole - by example. I don't anymore. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #7

....inside the supermarket. Liberal Veteran Aug 2012 #8

In Costco last Friday someone drove one into a pretzel display. ohiosmith Aug 2012 #27

Boston, Mass pipi_k Aug 2012 #12

Boston was terrifying when I was there in grad hifiguy Aug 2012 #18

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In Boston, green means go KamaAina Aug 2012 #46

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Charlotte NC metro area Populist_Prole Aug 2012 #14

+1 Terra Alta Aug 2012 #37

I can't stand it anymore because I take it so personally Populist_Prole Aug 2012 #38

Try Driving an RV RobinA Aug 2012 #45

their sleep Duer 157099 Aug 2012 #15

Ex-Laxistan? pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #16

Minnesota. hifiguy Aug 2012 #17

Minnesotans never seemed to learn how to merge onto a highway. LuckyLib Aug 2012 #25

Actually I found them to be quite courteous. Populist_Prole Aug 2012 #26

Yes. geardaddy Aug 2012 #47

blindfolds n/t Shrek Aug 2012 #19

Classic! ohiosmith Aug 2012 #49

1. Atlanta; 2. Saudi Arabia Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #20

1. Atlanta 2. Metro Atlanta 3. Atlanta Phentex Aug 2012 #33

I agree. I live in the Atlanta area. n/t RebelOne Aug 2012 #55

Atlanta definitely! Brewinblue Aug 2012 #62

Never been to Saudi Arabia, but Dubai has got to be a close second. ohiosmith Aug 2012 #50

Space. kayakjohnny Aug 2012 #21

People can't drive for shit in Xyzse Aug 2012 #22

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Pennsylvania justanidea Aug 2012 #29

Right there with you. MadrasT Aug 2012 #59

Johnson County Kansas! lastlib Aug 2012 #31

Oh my! mwdem Aug 2012 #40

Canada. baldguy Aug 2012 #34

oh ya, why don't you try having to drive the shitmobile! Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2012 #35

Seoul, South Korea MrScorpio Aug 2012 #36

front of me. Gold Metal Flake Aug 2012 #39

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