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rwilcox t1_j1wnwp9 wrote

I know the Supreme Court ruled this legal, but isn’t good driving not hitting pedestrians every day in West Hartford?

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KJK998 t1_j1wo1v1 wrote

Then tell them so stop throwing shit outta their cars on the highway.

Whoever was driving the silver Prius on 91 today, tell your passenger to go fuck himself for covering the front of my car in Soda

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kmuz700 t1_j1wqr2m wrote

Man if these morons are #1, that’s a low bar to set.

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Armsmaster2112 t1_j1wsg33 wrote

Short answer, cops here don't give out as many tickets and that skews the data.

Or at least that's the answer that's said every other time I see this pop up. Sounds reasonable to me though.

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10onthespectrum t1_j1wtbj4 wrote

Last few years influx of New Yorkers will eventually make this go down

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mkt853 t1_j1wtpk4 wrote

I love being the best at driving!! Take that poor drivers in other states!

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ZippittyDooBlah t1_j1wubds wrote

Holy shit! I've been gone for 30+ years and can tell you that every time I visit, y'alls' driving gets worse!

I think it was the I-91 expansion that did it! I don't know why, but there it is....

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_343_Guilty_Spark__ t1_j1wv7fn wrote

Replying to KJK998 (#1,102,638)

I’ve been driving on 84 for about two years now and went from never having had someone throw something out of their car at me to having had it happen on 4 separate occasions. It’s always some dipshit camping the passing only lane also

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FarcicalArse t1_j1wvfe9 wrote

Having lived & driven in CT and FL for 5 years+, CT drivers drive relatively safely but you can feel the sense of entitlement on the Merritt with people camping in the passing lane and REFUSING to move. Probably my biggest complaint. Oh and CT drivers are clueless to motorcycles. I know this because one ran me over in 2018 😂

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sardo34 t1_j1wwqlx wrote

As everyone from NY, NJ, and Mass race through our state.

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kesagatame-and-Chill t1_j1wz152 wrote

Somone needs to tell them about Route 8.

New trend is using the median as a third lane. Has been wild to watch this develop.

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redcapmilk t1_j1wzyvq wrote

These rankings are nonsense and we all know that the worst drivers come from the nearest bordering state, no matter what state you live in.

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IdiotSysadmin t1_j1x0c82 wrote

They must have excluded the Merritt parkway from those statistics and blamed that whole situation on NY.

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abyde t1_j1x4ma3 wrote

Yeah, the best at driving me insane.

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nintendosbitch666 t1_j1x5bqq wrote

I care about nothing else but the dhmis reference and appreciating that someone else in this state knows this series

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theesempe t1_j1x7x8c wrote

If you drive 84, 8, 91, 691, 95 or any road in CT, you know this to be a complete lie.

Edit: completely forgot to add 15 in there. Can’t have bad CT drivers without 15

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ophelias_tragedy t1_j1x9rsu wrote

Replying to Jawaka99 (#1,104,913)

I mean, I got pulled over on Rt 6 a couple months ago for going 10 over driving to class. The state police are the ones who pound down on tickets, I’ve never worried about my town police pulling me over unless I drive crazy

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marooncape t1_j1xawsa wrote

Replying to rwilcox (#1,102,618)

I hate driving in West Hartford. The sheer amount of people jaywalking is ridiculous. They just walk into the road without even looking half the time. Idk if there just isn’t enough crosswalks or if people just don’t care in that town but I avoid it at all costs.

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lizardRD t1_j1xhxr0 wrote

Replying to Armsmaster2112 (#1,103,167)

Yes! I was just having this exact conversation with my cop brother in law on Christmas Eve. As someone else said you have to basically be driving on the wrong side of the road for the police to even do anything.

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PG-Glasshouse t1_j1xk2oj wrote

Replying to Armsmaster2112 (#1,103,167)

There is zero risk of being pulled over if you are within 15 mph of the posted speed limit. If eighteen wheelers were no longer unofficially permitted to cruise at eighty it’d seriously fuck up an economy that has become accustomed to it.

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secretmadscientist t1_j1xu7di wrote

Whoever decided this cannot point to Connecticut on a map and has never been to the state.

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Squirrel698 t1_j1xvtbn wrote

I suspect bribery is influencing these results

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Maximum-Mastodon8812 t1_j1ye5ib wrote

This makes me really sad about how bad drivers must be everywhere else then lol

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_j1z3l7y wrote

Nobody with a brain in their head in any way cares what Lending Tree has to say about the rank of anything.

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FarcicalArse t1_j1z5ah5 wrote

Replying to MV203 (#1,114,187)

It was the “let me look down at my phone while I proceed to make a left across two lanes of moving traffic” that got me. Then the woman called me a liar when I said I scan people’s eyes when I ride. I’m like lady, it’s really not that hard - your windshield is see through and your entire face was pointing down at your lap 😂

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imschur66 t1_j1z6d00 wrote

Each morning I drive route 8 from Naugatuck to Seymour, it’s an extremely short ride, maybe 10 minutes. There are some mornings it feels like a scene from Mad Max. Cars passing on both shoulders, crossing two lanes of traffic to take an exit. Many incidents of road rage and what appears to be either racing or cars chasing each other. Looks like part of Forza Horizon. I’ve also noticed there’s some asshole regulars that show up on time for whatever their late for. Apparently the police have noticed and started pulling over soccer moms in SUV’s. Probably can’t catch Mr morning lunatic in the racing Acura.

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Bigballerway93 t1_j1z6ibo wrote

Whoever made this decision definitely hasn’t driven in CT this year

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MV203 t1_j1z6kza wrote

Replying to FarcicalArse (#1,115,464)

Bro that’s literally the move this guy pulled. The classic bit is when he said “I don’t know, the guy took off, crazy”, after I asked him if he saw where the driver that caused my wreck went, while I was basically in shock and collapsed on the sidewalk from trying to put pressure on my foot lifting my own bike off of me without help as I was pinned to the ground with my foot bent the other way.. And that’s when an eye witness whispered to me “it was HIM”. About 5 mins later the guy goes “ok yeah it was me I didn’t see you OK?!” Fast forward to 6 months later and even though we have the driver admitting fault on the cops badge cam, Bridgeport PD is withholding the drivers info inexplicably.. Lawyers on it.. Imagine protecting an asshole like that?!

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unicornbomb t1_j1z7ttg wrote

As someone from the dmv (dc, Maryland, Virginia), who now is in Fairfield county… while drivers here are aggressive af, folks do at least tend to know what they’re doing and understand the basics like zipper merges without bringing traffic to a complete stop. In the DMV you get insane aggressive driving combined with people with absolutely zero awareness or basic road skills, which is horrifying lmao.

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JolyGoodShow t1_j1z7v73 wrote

Nahh, i moves here from Texas and I completely disagree

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whateverusayboi t1_j1zag5u wrote

I got rear ended at a stop light, broadsided at another, watch highway drivers think they're in a NASCAR race, and listen to idiots accelerating up to stop signs while I'm out walking. Last road trip in my RV, heck, even 84 in NY was fine, got to Danbury, instant idiot tailgating madhouse. Glad my local highway is the northern half of Rt 8, as pre retirement during my commute, it seemed like if it was raining or a Thursday, some idiot would be on his roof on 72.Back when I kept a sailboat in Old Saybrook, I used to laugh at the race car drivers flying down 9, all in the left lane. They'd fly by me in Cromwell, then fly by again....in Essex.

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anaqyk t1_j1zbbk0 wrote

people get pretty mad when im only going 5 above the speed limit

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One-Yak-6722 t1_j1zbjbf wrote

I like when I get passed up by several cars when there clearly is a red light ahead. . . Or get passed on the right to cut across 2 lanes to STOP before making that left all within 100 yards ! 😳

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letstry822 t1_j1zhor9 wrote

What was this based on? Lol! Did they actually drive in cities like New Haven, Bridgeport or Hartford? The drivers there are fucking assholes! I've seen so many near hits to cars and pedestrians when stop lights are apparently optional to some people. This is a daily occurrence and I won't even get into what happens on I95 or I91.

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unskinnyjeans t1_j1zo3ue wrote

i’m from new york(not sure how i even ended up on this sub lol) and we almost died when driving in bridgeport…i’m scared

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crankygeese t1_j24yoyp wrote

Replying to Armsmaster2112 (#1,103,167)

I never see state police on the highways anymore. One of the few times I did, someone was going 90, weaving in and out of traffic, went right past the cop and nothing. The cop didn’t pull them over.

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crankygeese t1_j24yzia wrote

Replying to imschur66 (#1,115,654)

Same in Danbury. Just the other day, I went from New Milford to Ridgefield, about a 30 min trip, and the amount of road rage, insane drivers, and near accidents I witnessed was insane. It’s always bad everyday, but that was the worst I’ve seen yet.

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crankygeese t1_j24zedg wrote

Clearly whoever came up with that has never driven on any of the highways and roads in CT. CT drivers are pretty awful consistently.

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