I lived in Florida for three months and I truly believe Florida has the worst drivers I've ever encountered. Almost every day on my way to work, I saw an accident or some other traffic calamity. If you are a resident of or visitor to one of these cities, what do YOU think?
MIAMI - For the second straight year, rude Miami drivers have earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday.
Miami motorists said they saw other drivers slam on their brakes, run red lights and talk on cell phones. Other cities near the top of the rude drivers list were New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
South Miami resident Erik P told The AP he's probably seen every bad driving habit on Miami's roads. "You don't want to know what I've seen," P said. "I've seen everything. I'm from L.A., and we don't see the crazy drivers that you see here."
Portland, Ore., drivers were the least likely of the cities to see other motorists tailgating on the roadways, and St. Louis motorists were the least likely to swear at another driver, the survey found.
Minneapolis-St. Paul was rated the most courteous city in 2006 but slipped to the middle of the list this year.
The most frequent cause of road rage cited in the survey was impatient motorists. [Yikes! That's me!] Drivers also cited poor driving in fast lanes and driving while stressed, frustrated or angry.
The list, ranked from those reporting the most incidents of road rage to the fewest:
1. Miami
2. New York
3. Boston
4. Los Angeles
5. Washington, D.C.
6. Phoenix
7. Chicago
8. Sacramento, Calif.
9. Philadelphia
10. San Francisco
11. Houston
12. Atlanta
13. Detroit
14. Minneapolis-St. Paul
15. Baltimore
16. Tampa, Fla.
17. San Diego
18. Cincinnati
19. Cleveland
20. Denver
21. Dallas-Ft. Worth
22. St. Louis
23. Seattle-Tacoma
24. Pittsburgh
25. Portland, Ore.
May 15, 2007
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I have never lived in Florida, although we visit the greater-Miami area and my husband lived in Miami during college. I think the reason their driving is so crazy down there (I agree with you!) is the combination of older drivers and residents who moved there from city #2 on the list. :)
I see Grand Forks didn't make the list...*whew...I must not be as bad as I think* haha!
See now~ having Dallas and Fort Worth tied together is soooooooo wrong. Dallas drivers are almost as bad as D.C. drivers. Admittedly, I am from Fort Worth, but have lived near D.C. as well as near Dallas. And near is as close as I'd get if I had to drive there. Ft. Worth @ 21 is probably fair, but Dallas needs to be around 7.
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