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Originally Posted by Triumph36
you are almost certainly wrong about this - Manhattan drivers drive closer to optimal than anywhere else I've ever been, and part of it is that a huge number of the drivers are professionals. The problem is that 'optimal' appears '******edly dangerous' to non-pros.
This doesn't mean New York drivers are the best - and in fact it's kind of a nightmare driving with them if you're not on their wavelength - but they're most optimized to their surroundings.
They avoid accidents well, but just about nothing else they do is very good. Just last trip I saw a car with its full hood stuck under a moving truck outside of grand central at 7 pm. There is no way that any parties could have been going over 15 mph given the area and the traffic. How could you ever let this happen at such a slow speed?
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Originally Posted by Noze
I assumed this conversation wasn't talking about cabs and other pro drivers. I could see random citizens of Manhattan being horrible because it's such a cluster****.
yea, but even the cabs I have been in in Manhattan make me carsick with how quickly they accelerate and stop. They floor it when traffic is moving and always stop quickly instead of coming to a stop gradually. They also don't obey lane laws and rarely ever signal at all. I also have found that cab drivers in Manhattan weave in and out of traffic and change lanes more than any other drivers I encounter. Finally they seem to be more willing than drivers in any other city to cut people off and disregard pedestrians while using their horn to express displeasure rather than warn people of danger.