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| cp124
Posted on 09/05/2003 4:56:34 PM PDT by cp124
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To: Madame Dufarge
Battle Creek Michigan has the worst drvers.
I live in Maine (have lived in Battle Creek).
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posted on
09/05/2003 5:27:38 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: FlyVet
I don't know about that. I think AZ is worse. Last year Phoenix was #1 in the nation in accidents caused by idiots running red lights. Tucson was #2. And, I lived in ME for 4 years.I'm actually astounded by those statistics. I was born and raised in Massachusetts (I know, I know - don't ask, it's a long story.)
Massachusetts has always had a reputation for bad drivers, and I drove there for almost 40 years. Never was fearful.
Moved to Maine and never witnessed more accidents or near accidents in my life. I feel like I'm going into combat every time I get behind the wheel.
Just no general understanding of the rules of the road.
To: cp124
Plus, Maine has lots of small towns. We all know what kind of things happen there....
23
posted on
09/05/2003 5:41:55 PM PDT
by
Genesis defender
(A Buddhist goes up to a hot dog vendor and says, "Make me one with everything!")
To: spartan68
#1 in BUSINESS LEAVING... Maine is like many of the Progressive Democratic Controlled Socialist entities in the US, which is the main reason for the decline in jobs in the US. There are too many arms of Government reaching out with taxes, lawsuits, and citations to create outcomes.
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posted on
09/05/2003 5:44:41 PM PDT
by
alrea
To: Cboldt
Battle Creek Michigan has the worst drvers.Never in my life until I moved to Maine did I even consider hesitating before I moved forward on a green light.
Now my head swivels around like a dashboard bobble-head before I take the risky move of doing just that thing.
To: Genesis defender
Thats what oakland is. Located halfway between augusta and Bangor, ie the none real maine.
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posted on
09/05/2003 5:48:31 PM PDT
by
dts32041
("Moderate Arab" he's the one who detonates his bomb via remote control.)
To: Madame Dufarge
Heheheh. I learned to drive in Fort Wayne, Indiana. About 5 -10 fatalities a year when folks took the green without looking both ways (crossing US 30, trucks don't stop -- especially wee morning hours).
I also motocycle, and assume I am invisible even when I am in a car. The effort to maintain attention beats being in a wreck. City drivers (Boston, NY, Chicago, Detroit, etc.) are the best. In California they can even be friendly -- although I tend to follow the "no eye contact" paradigm.
But Battle Creek, lordy. No rhyme or reason. Pokey, pop oput of nowhere as if they own the road, really an "exciting" place to drive.
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posted on
09/05/2003 5:54:17 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: Genesis defender
That's right, we don't need flatlanders in our great state! If I had my way, I'd charge $100 at the York Toll Plaza for all those damn summer tourists and leaf peepers that want to come north on I-95.
28
posted on
09/05/2003 6:00:07 PM PDT
by
ringmaster
(Maine....the way life should be.)
To: Madame Dufarge
Just no general understanding of the rules of the road.I don't know if it's no understanding or not. Here, I think it's impatience and lack of common sense. I've seen people not only run red lights at high speed, but run them making turns with traffic coming at them. They're nuts. If you don't hesitate before going into an intersection, you're asking for it. One of the first things I was briefed arriving in Tucson was to double up on uninsured/underinsured motorists protection. It's popular for people to acquire insurance just long enough to get their license and registration, then drop ther insurance. Part of the problem is that penalties for such things are too light.
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posted on
09/05/2003 6:17:04 PM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: cp124
7. Maine is experiencing the greatest growth in racial diversity in its history. Translation: Somalia has sent a sh*tload of people to Maine, who are now on welfare and collecting food stamps, courtesy of the taxpayer.
To: Cboldt
I learned to drive in Fort Wayne, Indiana.I have relatives there. It's one of the worst towns I've ever been to for driving. The traffic was absolutely miserable. Those one-direction-at-a-time traffic lights were maddening. Lots of road rage incidents there? I'd bet.
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posted on
09/05/2003 6:23:02 PM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: dts32041
It looks like we're up to reason #18:
You get to be called a Mainiac!
To: FlyVet
Probably typical rate for road rage (not much). I ran many 'a red light -- depending on cross traffic and all that.
Traffic patterns are miserable, and some of the lights have long cycles (more than 2 minutes) during low traffic periods.
Good town to learn defensive driving (or fail defensive driving).
33
posted on
09/05/2003 6:29:05 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: dts32041
18.You can call yourself a Maineiac
34
posted on
09/05/2003 6:29:11 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
To: dts32041
Allow me to tack on to your list:
18. The summer starts on July 8th and ends on August 3rd.
19. The winder starts on September 5th and ends on June 16th.
20. There are more French Canadians per capita than any other place in the world outside of Quebec.
To: Dusty Rose
Does it count, what we get to call people from Massachusetts?
36
posted on
09/05/2003 6:30:06 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: Puppage
See #32. We're on the same wavelenth.
To: Cboldt
Nevermind, oh shit. Top 10, and the outsiders have us counted up to over 18 already.
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posted on
09/05/2003 6:31:23 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: ringmaster
We don't need flatlanders in our great state! How did you know I was originally from Illinois?
39
posted on
09/05/2003 6:32:33 PM PDT
by
Genesis defender
(re: 23 - It was a Stephen King reference....)
21. You get automatic citizenship in Somalia.
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posted on
09/05/2003 6:33:12 PM PDT
by
Consort
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