Originally Posted By: lovcom
You will find more tailgaters the further south you drive. Here in Chicagoland, and when I lived in California, you didn't often see tailgaters. But when we lived in Tenneessee, and visited other southern states, we saw a heck of a lot of them. I think that there's a correlation between tailgating and intelligence...seriously. Or it could be that the more backward a person is, or the lack of reading skills, or lack world traveling, the more likely that they will tailgate, handle snakes in church, and speak in tongues...oh, and have a southern accent.
Where was this in California?
Los Angeles drivers tailgate as much/more than Dallas or Denver drivers. Then there's the insane difference in speed between the right lanes and left lanes and if you open any kind of a gap while in the left lanes, the right lane drivers will try to exploit that gap, forcing thier way in and causing you to panic brake. It's almost a rule that you must tailgate.
It's almost like a dance. If you open up too much of a gap in L.A. the lane on the right will move in. If the cars on the right don't move in the car behind you will pass and force his or her way in so he or she can get to their destination .000125 seconds sooner.
The statement about southerners? Nobody here is from here anymore Go to a Dallas/Ft Worth/Arlington sports bar on any autumn Saturday. You are as likely to see Blue and Maize or Scarlet and Grey as you are to see Burnt Orange. And for good reason. Around 1980, we had a GIANT influx of people moving from Michigan. Dallas and Detroit reversed population numbers. (Dallas skyrocketed over a million people and Detroit fell below a million) Ohio and Pennsylvania residents followed in large numbers looking for opportunities. A few years ago, California residents were flooding in looking to escape the declining state economy and to exploit the lower cost of living. They artificially jacked up the housing prices finding homes for $100,000 that would cost $300,000 in California. (if they had looked in Oklahoma they would have found a similar home for $75,000 but there is no Telecom Corridor or Silicon Prairie in OK) Even former President Bush is not from Texas. He was born in Connecticut.
So, if we are as stupid as you implied, it's an indication of the US in general.
You will find more tailgaters the further south you drive. Here in Chicagoland, and when I lived in California, you didn't often see tailgaters. But when we lived in Tenneessee, and visited other southern states, we saw a heck of a lot of them. I think that there's a correlation between tailgating and intelligence...seriously. Or it could be that the more backward a person is, or the lack of reading skills, or lack world traveling, the more likely that they will tailgate, handle snakes in church, and speak in tongues...oh, and have a southern accent.
Where was this in California?
Los Angeles drivers tailgate as much/more than Dallas or Denver drivers. Then there's the insane difference in speed between the right lanes and left lanes and if you open any kind of a gap while in the left lanes, the right lane drivers will try to exploit that gap, forcing thier way in and causing you to panic brake. It's almost a rule that you must tailgate.
It's almost like a dance. If you open up too much of a gap in L.A. the lane on the right will move in. If the cars on the right don't move in the car behind you will pass and force his or her way in so he or she can get to their destination .000125 seconds sooner.
The statement about southerners? Nobody here is from here anymore Go to a Dallas/Ft Worth/Arlington sports bar on any autumn Saturday. You are as likely to see Blue and Maize or Scarlet and Grey as you are to see Burnt Orange. And for good reason. Around 1980, we had a GIANT influx of people moving from Michigan. Dallas and Detroit reversed population numbers. (Dallas skyrocketed over a million people and Detroit fell below a million) Ohio and Pennsylvania residents followed in large numbers looking for opportunities. A few years ago, California residents were flooding in looking to escape the declining state economy and to exploit the lower cost of living. They artificially jacked up the housing prices finding homes for $100,000 that would cost $300,000 in California. (if they had looked in Oklahoma they would have found a similar home for $75,000 but there is no Telecom Corridor or Silicon Prairie in OK) Even former President Bush is not from Texas. He was born in Connecticut.
So, if we are as stupid as you implied, it's an indication of the US in general.
