Hey FLA! it ain't the tourists

[2fat2fly 0]

I've been tooling all around Orlando/Kissimmee today and i got to say-ya'll can't drive. I've seen more weird car tricks than anywhere else I've been. Local plates and dealer decals (I started paying attention.
Remember, red means stop-not blow through the intersection. Even if U turns are legal, look around first. Man, I'm glad I'm in a rental car.

I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried

[beowulf 1]

yeah I know all about FL drivers. I lived there for 5 years before moving to Texas. Stick around and you will see more weird tricks.

[flyangel2 2]

OMG, Florida driver. Mailin and I were in Orlando a few months ago, and a guy crossing the street got hit by a car. What shocked us the most was that no body stopped to help the poor guy till Mailin and I ran out to assit the guy. The cars just kept driving right on by me as Mailin kept them from hitting me.

Mailin and I head back out to Florida on Thursday, I hope we don't get killed driving from Orlando to the DZ.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[Daane 0]

Spen last winter in Fl the driver scared the hell out of me

[slug 1]

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I've been tooling all around Orlando/Kissimmee today and i got to say-ya'll can't drive. I've seen more weird car tricks than anywhere else I've been. Local plates and dealer decals (I started paying attention.
Remember, red means stop-not blow through the intersection. Even if U turns are legal, look around first. Man, I'm glad I'm in a rental car.

Q-tips

R.I.P.

[RastaRicanAir 0]

As one who was trained from Learner's Permit age in the fine art of vehicular combat on the unforgiving expressways of Miami, I must say you are correct. "It" (i.e. the persons performing these feats) is not the tourists. The tourists are just the ones in our f*cking way!!!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning flagrant violations of traffic ordinances or affronts to common courtesy. But when you're in the jungle, grow some friggin' fangs or scurry up a tree!

FL driving is not for the squeamish, hypersensitve, or overly friendly. But at least you NEVER see someone in the left lane going the SAME F*CKING SPEED as the person in the right lane, which seems to be the big fad here in GA where I just moved. Seriously, I've been driving the Sunshine State end to end for 20 years, and I've never been more consumed by road rage than on the 475 bypass. When I flash you with my lights it means GET THE F*CK OUT OF MY PASSING LANE!! DID THEY LEAVE THAT PAGE OUT OF YOUR MANUAL OR WHAT?!

(*sigh*) O.K. I've vented.
Remember, we are either products of our environment or just fresh produce for the other animals in it.
If you're really scared, take a cab. Then you can ride comfortably AND learn a foreign language from your driver.

P.S. Rental cars have local tags and dealer decals too.
Oh and P.P.S. No matter how annoyed you get, don't flip someone off. Chances are they're ARMED.

OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411
-"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is

[volo 0]

If everybody here thinks Orlando is bad, I'm assuming that you all haven't driven in Miami. The scary part in Miami isn't the aggressive driving. It's the aggressive driving and lack of auto insurance combined!

Jason Jerusalem
life@jasonjerusalem.com

[AggieDave 6]

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But at least you NEVER see someone in the left lane going the SAME F*CKING SPEED as the person in the right lane,

Bullshit. I was just in FL, I had that problem with people.

Luckily my truck is large enough and my rear bumper scary enough (heavy steel pipe) that folks didn't fuck with me too much while there...maybe it was just the Texas plates and the Aggie stickers.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[ChasingBlueSky 0]

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But at least you NEVER see someone in the left lane going the SAME F*CKING SPEED as the person in the right lane,

Bullshit. I was just in FL, I had that problem with people.

Luckily my truck is large enough and my rear bumper scary enough (heavy steel pipe) that folks didn't fuck with me too much while there...maybe it was just the Texas plates and the Aggie stickers.

Agreed, they just can't drive in that state. Slow in the left lane - helll, slow in all the lanes. You think they would know how to drive in the rain since they get so much of it. Then there are the old folks that don't even realize they have to share the road with others. Then there are the truckers that do whatever the hell they want....the tourists seemed to drive the best.

Texas has some bad drivers, but at least they drive fast while being bad!

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you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me....
I WILL fly again.....

[lauras 0]

It's the lethal combination of NASCAR wannabes and really old people. Live here and you'll end up spending a lot of time shaking the shit out of your steering wheel. It's just one big out-of-body experience.

[rjackson 0]

Yep... moved out here to years ago from Cal. California drivers are professionals compared to these folks.

This state could make a fortune if they installed those red light cameras.

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Randy

[mailin 0]

Ya, that was quite possibly the most 'amazing' car accident I've ever witnessed.

And I don't mean 'amazing' in a good way

Tomorrow will be another test...

Jen

Arianna Frances

[mouth 0]

LMAO...after living in Lauderdale for 2 years I learned the fine are of driving to please myslef. The left lane is MINE so get the heck out of my way. So what if I'm in 2 lanes at once? I paid my taxes. Yes, I can cuss you out and tell you how bad you drive in Spanish. Even in a small car I can intimidate you into moving or bug the piss out of you one.

Ah, the fun of a large are like Miami/Lauderdale/Palm Beach.

Dall/ Fort Worth was not near as bad when I lived there. Atlanta was construction heavy (they've been rebuilding it since Sherman marched to the sea) but driving isn't bad there. I 85 means you can drive 85!

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Hot Mama
At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit.

[skymama 37]

I think there's an intersection in Orlando that's been deemed one of the most dangerous in the entire country! Pedestrians should fear for their lives down here.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[flyhi 24]

I bought a new car and moved from FLA to California and my auto insurance went down $100.

I love the visual someone posted on here: Blue car filled with white haired people => A Q-Tip Box driving down the road...real slowly.

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.

[prepheckt 0]

I thought Panama City was bad.....sounds like Orlando is worse. I fear for my life everyday I go to work. I found out this morning that if you're in the right lane and need to get into the left turn lane, you cut across both lanes, and without signaling either.

"Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet."
-9 toes

[skybytch 273]

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Yep... moved out here to years ago from Cal. California drivers are professionals compared to these folks

I learned to drive in CA. Driving in FL was easy in comparison.

You wanna see some really bad drivers? Go to Georgia.

[RastaRicanAir 0]

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Yep... moved out here to years ago from Cal. California drivers are professionals compared to these folks

I learned to drive in CA. Driving in FL was easy in comparison.

You wanna see some really bad drivers? Go to Georgia.

Yes! I got a witness. Thank You!
It's like everybody here is a Volunteer Highway Patrol officer. In FL I can be sure that there's ALWAYS some jackass driving faster than me and taking the heat off. Last ticket I got was about 6 years ago.

Here in GA, if I go 10mph over the limit I look like I'm trying to qualify for a pole position. Halloween weekend: 1 warning driving to Thomaston, 2 tickets driving from Thomaston to Athens. Welcome to the Peach St. You should've seen the ENTIRE GHP lined up on the on ramps the Sunday after New Year's just waiting to f*ck up somebody's first weekend of the year.

But I do have to agree about the little blue haired ladies whose head you can't see over the back of the driver's seat. Florida is after all God's waiting room. Apparently the fear of mortality dictates that the older and more visually and reflexively impaired someone gets, the LAAARRRGER their car has to be to protect them. I estimate I've spent a combined 7 1/2 years of my life waiting for some retired WWI Army nurse to back a 40' Town Car out of a parking space at the mall.
...But at least they're not driving through crowded farmers markets like they do in Cali.

(Oh no he didn't just make a joke about that!)

Still If you can't hang on I-95 South through Miami Beach on a Saturday night. You can't hang!

OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411
-"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is

[bean 0]

Yhea... That would be the intersection right next to my house.... Where John Young Prkwy meets our beloved I4; right next to the prison on 33rd st. Gotta love O-town. Also, since no one mentioned it yet.. I've been here 2 years and still get looks for actually using a blinker; 30mph or 80mph people, use your blinkers, this is not NASCAR!!!

I'm better now. Thanks.

Swoo Rodriguez #1020, LawnDart, AR #007