Stoplights, other drivers

which stoplight on comm ave?

 

Okay, how long have you been driving in Boston? This is totally
par for the course, not only here but in many cities. Bostonians
are just a little more directedly vindictive about it sometimes,
as opposed to just being completely clueless. But self-importance
rules the knuckledragger mind, whatever city they live in.
.
This is why I'm taking several steps to make it really clear,
but I'm still sort of at my wits' end how to gracefully get
people off my butt.
.
_H*

 

I drove in Boston once 15 years ago. Saw some guy go straight for the "barriers" and later realized they were only plastic and could be run over. Hmmm.

I've driven across 42 states and 7 provinces and I'd never seen driving like that before, except NYC. Just part of the local culture, like everywhere, whatever that culture might be...

Of course driving in Mexico and MANY other foreign countries can be pretty "fun" too.

 

timwalsh - wasn't it clearly stated once that the prius owners are intelligent and reflect intelligent driving habits??

cheers. keep up the gas saving techniques. i'm trying to learn all of these gas saving techniques now. my prius has actually slowed me down and forced me to think and drive with foresight instead of being a gas hogging, speed driving moron.

 

ahh yes great section to practice thinking a few lights ahead

 

fyi if you are going 40 mph+ windshield wiper fluid will fly backwards onto a tailgaters windshield and make them realize just how close they are.

increasing speed and decreasing distance between cars maximizes this technique

 

Actually, the best is when someone in a huge truck guns it to get past me just to wait at the red light, and I manage to time the light just right to drive past him (it is almost always a guy) as he floors the accelerator to get 3 tons of vehicle back up to speed.

Then it repeats at the next stoplight.

 

As soon as I saw Comm Ave in the first post I thought, oh yeah, no one's gonna like the little Prius coasting up to the stoplights! Ahh, Comm Ave....definitely a fun place to watch some really interesting driving antics. My favorite is when people cross the T tracks when there is a train coming, block the tracks, and the T driver will inch the train up to within a foot of the car and then honk the horn at them. That'll wake you up.....

 

it doesnt matter where you are, if you are within earshot of that t horn it will startle you

gotta get me one of those for my prius

 

haha me too man 2007 eng grad though congrats

 

compared to NY driving in boston is a cake walk

 

Yeah, well some folks are just slow learners....

It still yanks my chain that folks accelorate up to a red light. At least I'm starting to see less of it. Meaning that I'm no longer the only one out there who's hanging back trying to avoid stopping.

If I had to characterize the folks who I still see doing this, they're luxury car and big SUV drivers. I'm sure that there are exceptions, but at least from where I stand, it looks like more and more people are starting to "get real" about the way they drive.

 

That makes three of us....'99 CAS grad here.

 

It's not just Boston. By substituting oil for knowledge most drivers have a habit of accelerating toward a red light and braking at the last minute. Having a Prius glide (and regenerate) is a foreign concept to 99% of drivers. Stopping at a stoplight and not idling is another foreign concept. Road rage is rampant because drivers continue to substitute oil for knowledge rather than applying the knowledge (as with Prii). Model what you teach and we all come out ahead.

 

He He... Put a light oil in your wiper fluid tank. That will show 'um.

Bob

 

Spoken by the expert.


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