Sunday, March 1, 2009

Minneapolis Drivers

This is a post about Minneapolis drivers. They're not terrible, they're just really really bad. They're bad like wrapping a baby in too much bubble wrap to keep it from getting hurt is bad when it suffocates. They break on turns on the highways. And Minneapolis driving is at least 50% highway driving. Turns are still banked, they just completely ignore that. They also use turn signals sporadically. They don't let people merge, and they merge at the last second. They go the same speed (within 3 mph of the limit) in all the lanes so it's impossible to pass. But the worst activity they engage in by far is hanging out in other people's blind spots. They think it's perfectly ok to drive in a blind spot for miles.

I suggest two simple driving solutions which would cut down crashes and save Minnesotans money:
1. Stop breaking on curves (and stop breaking on the highway in general) - saves gas
2. Stop driving in other car's blind spots - stops accidents, lowers road rage

I'm not saying it's the worst, because I hate in St. Louis when they don't pull into the intersection to turn left, sometimes waiting up to 3 lights. I also think the Pittsburgh left is a little scary (one turner on green before anyone goes straight). I am used to Chicago drivers who tend to go way too fast and way too insane, but at least it's mostly not infuriating. Texas is scary when you have to enter the highway and they don't care if you die or not, but Texas is always a little different anyway. My real problem is that these Minneapolis drivers could do so much better.

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