Why do people suck at driving in Atlanta, GA, and why do pedestrians suck at crossing the road in Atlanta, GA?

[seager]

Every time I get on the highway I constantly get cut-off, tailgated, nobody ever uses turn-signals, and people generally waffle back and forth between exit lanes and the highway. Is it because the roads in Atlanta are confusing, does everyone have road-rage from overpopulation and traffic, or a mixture of all of this stuff?

And furthermore, why do people suck at crossing the road in Atlanta, GA? Nobody ever uses the crosswalks, they cross roads whenever they feel like it, they never look both ways, they block traffic and get pissed off when you honk at them, they make sure to walk extremely slow as to show how tough they are or something, and they frequently get hit by oncoming traffic and even get tickets for doing so!

So, in general - is the driver's license testing in GA so dumbed down that people have no understanding of how and why traffic laws work? And maybe is GA so backwards that since there are a real lack of sidewalks and/or bike lanes, people retaliate by walking in the middle of the road as much as possible?

[cinnard]

Try driving in Mass. We have 5 states converging on our highways. Rhode Islanders are the worst ones,,followed by New Hampshire people, New Yorkers, Conneticut people, Vermont, backwards asses from Maine. Im wondering myself why does everyone converge on Massachusetts. Cant they stay in their own backyards.

[blaeey]

Try driving in Mass. We have 5 states converging on our highways. Rhode Islanders are the worst ones,,followed by New Hampshire people, New Yorkers, Conneticut people, Vermont, backwards asses from Maine. Im wondering myself why does everyone converge on Massachusetts. Cant they stay in their own backyards.

This is true because my sister and her husband live in Atlanta and you cannot drive the speed limit on the highway or you "will" get run over, I see this every time that I visit them...