Bad driving, was Re: NYT on flaming

[Alan]

Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> Alan wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure I agree.
>>
>> I can assure you that Back East, where the traffic density is much 
>> higher(1), people tailgate much the same as they do in California.
> 
> I don't agree.  Having lived in Boston, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC, 
> I never found tailgating to be anywhere near the problem as it is out here.
> 
Maybe it's New Yorkers and Jersey-ites then.
heh.

> I tend to attribute it to a higher incidence of auto-Darwination. Idiots 
> who tailgate wind up punished by the weather in those cities.
> 
A bit of snow does make for good accident weather, though no more than a 
good rain will cause havoc in SD.

> It probably also has to do with commute distance.  An hour commute is 
> the absolute upper limit in Boston because any amount of weather can 
> turn that into 2-3 hours fairly quickly.
> 
I never drove much in Boston (I wsa too young when we left), but just 
about everyone I know in NY who commutes goes at least an hour, most more.
My hometown is 80 miles from the city and probably 1/3 of my neighbors 
drove down there everyday.
I'll have to ask our Newton folk how far they drive.

-ajb