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
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