I am sick and tired of the stupidity of Philadelphia drivers. In all of my life I have never seen drivers so idiotic and in their own world. And I have been to Bangkok, Manila, and other Asian countries where it is very congested and you have to be on your toes to navigate, but at least there is not a common stupor that governs the roads. Every day I see something new. I wish I had the skill to relive them with words, but I do not. I even struggle painting the picture with words. It is one thing that you have to experience in order to believe. On second thought, no, you do not want to experience it. All it will do is drive you mad as you grow bitter.
With that, I have now ranked Philadelphia as the #1 city of the worst drivers. They over take New Jersey (it is a state, but who cares) after 4 years of being number one. So here they are ladies and gentlemen, the top 5 cities/areas of the world's worst drivers.
#5 San Francisco Bay Area - These drivers make the list because they live and die by the 80/20 rule. They travel at a velocity of 80 mph, slam on the brakes, and reduce their velocity to 20 mph. This is due to people changing lanes for no reason and no knowing how to properly merge off and onto the highway.
#4 Manila Philippines - There is congestion and traffic. However, these drivers are truly nuts. They win #4 based on one taxi drivers move where I was in the front seat. Imagine 7th Ave and 42nd in New York, but bidirectional. You are in a car stop at a red light at 42nd in the far right lane traveling towards 41st. Your destination is across the street on the corner of 42nd and 7th Ave, but on the other side of the street. The light turns green and the Taxi speeds across the intersection in a diagonal direction, swerves to miss oncoming cars that accelerated to make it uptown, and skids out on the corner sidewalk. Now, that is a crazy driver.
#3 New York - See #3, but now imagine a stream of yellow cabs crowding the streets. The swerving in and out of traffic with or without signals, sudden jerks to miss pedestrians, and hard brake action makes this city of drivers #3. One could argue that New York is just crowed and this makes the drivers aggressive. Yes, this is true, but if you come from Our Little Town, South Dakota, I am sorry, you are not making it in this city. Driving is like a video game, but these people will cut you off in a heart beat.
#2 New Brunswick (i.e. all of New Jersey) - Good driver know how to not use their brakes. At all cost, they will use the laws of mechanics to pace their car. Oh, but not in New Jersey. You can be in a wide open highway with one car in front of you as you are traveling about 70 mph. Then out of the blue, the car in front of you puts on their brakes. There is nobody in front of them and there was not a deer that crossed the road. They simply and inexplicably put on their brakes. What does this do? Make you put on your brakes. After a 4 year run, this state of breakers have met their match.
#1 Philadelphia Metro - No words to describe. You just have to come visit and experience the city of the most stupid people of the world.