Originally Posted By AZDLDad Depending on where someone is from and where they are driving you can make some assumptions about their driving styles and etiquette... Chicago: One hand on wheel, one hand on horn. New York: One hand on wheel, one finger out window. New Jersey: One hand on wheel, one finger out window, cutting across all lanes of traffic. Boston: One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator. Scarborough, Ontario: Both hands clenched on steering wheel, driver staring directly forward, cutting in front of you and slowing down to 40 in a 60 zone then looking in rearview mirror in wonder as to why the car behind is flashing high beams. Los Angeles: One hand on wheel, one hand on nonfat double decaf cappuccino, cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator with gun in lap Ohio, but driving in California: Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror. Italy: Both hands in air and gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat. Seattle: One hand on latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on game. Texas: One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the accelerator and both feet on the brake, throwing a McDonald's bag out the window. Backroads of Texas: One hand on wheel other hand actually using "all fingers" to wave hello as you drive past in opposite direction. Also, will politely pull over, even if no shoulder exists, to let you pass by. West Virginia: Four-wheel drive pickup truck, shotgun mounted in rear window, beer cans on floor, squirrel tails attached to antenna. Florida/Arizona: Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above window level, driving 35 on the Interstate in the left lane with the left blinker on. Edmonton: One gloved hand on wheel, one hand on heater, feet up underneath bum to keep warm, 3 differently decorated ice scrapers, one plastic, broken; one steel, broken; one pastel, hidden in trunk. neither foot on accelerator or brakes because with all the ice on the roads, you're all moving at the same speed either way. Dubuque, Iowa: no use of turn signal, or left on for 26 blocks...also cradling cheap cell phone. IOWA Plates in foreign states actually stands for 'Idiots Out Wandering Around.' Maine: Beat up 1983 Dodge Ram pick-up truck, right hand holding a Dunkin Donuts coffee, cigarette dangling from mouth, greasy hair shoved underneath an oil stained cap and classic rock blaring from the radio. Pennsylvania: Both hands on reigns. California: (Bay Area / Silicon Valley) One hand on laptop computer, one hand at on-board navigation/Internet console installed in dash board, cell phone attached to head with microphone earpiece, having a executive meeting with half a dozen people on speaker phone, palm pilot wedged between knees to observe up to date stock quotes, and shoes kicked off, and feet crossed because traffic hasn't moved in the past hour. Montana: One finger on steering wheel of jacked up 4x4, Charlie Daniels blaring from speakers, dead coyote in back, hay leaves blowing out of bed while going down the highway. Quebec: engaged in heated political discussion with espresso in one hand and croissant in the other, aiming for pedestrians who have the mistaken notion that crosswalks are for them. Toronto: Both hands on the wheel, seat as far forward as possible, head fixed only looking forward, ignoring people behind and beside you, stopping and waiting for the road to fully clear before making any forward progress. Los Angeles: Lowered Honda, can't see over dash, driving too fast or too slow, car sounds like a bee as it goes by.
Originally Posted By tink_26 -Florida/Arizona: Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above window level, driving 35 on the Interstate in the left lane with the left blinker on.- This one was my favorite! I'll admit, I'm in CA with the cell phone and a Starbucks! I have power steering -you really can drive with your knee on the wheel and the cruise control on!
Originally Posted By avromark Scarboro's <<40 in a 60>>, uh you do know that all speed limits regardless of what the sign says leading out of Town Centre is 90 right? T dot <<head fixed only looking forward, ignoring people behind and beside you>>, With 18 lanes of traffic on the McDonald-Cartier, there are no vehicles beside you. <<seat as far forward as possible>> That's because when your on the Don Valley Parkinglot you need to be space efficient to fit in all the vehicles. When you get on Lakeshore it allows you to be closer to the front to get a jump on the other car, when you enter the intersection on a red light. << stopping and waiting for the road to fully clear before making any forward progress.>> ummm Let's see: << The 401 is widely considered to be North America's busiest highway, with an estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) of over 425,000 in 2004, between the Weston Road and Highway 400 interchanges in Toronto. This surpasses the Santa Monica Freeway in Los Angeles, and several Interstate freeways in Houston, Texas.>>
Originally Posted By knightnfrees >>I'll admit, I'm in CA with the cell phone and a Starbucks! I have power steering -you really can drive with your knee on the wheel and the cruise control on!<< And if a car cuts right in front of you? How do you compensate? Both hands NEED to be at 10 & 2. It's purely amazing how some people have become so blaze when it comes to safety while driving. I sincerely hope your statement is not a regular practice of yours, for others sake.
Originally Posted By avromark <<Both hands NEED to be at 10 & 2>> This is particularly important when you change gears, you need to keep both hands on the wheel while changing gears, ok?
Originally Posted By knightnfrees >>you need to keep both hands on the wheel while changing gears, ok?<< Absolutely!!
