It's quite sad, but this is how most of the northeast drives. The east cost kamikaze driving is just a form of social contagion that untill recently hasn't affected us in Vermont. In almost all the surrounding states, the accepted style of driving is needlessly abusive, callous, and borderline suicidal. The interstate outside of Boston is regularly 80+ miles per hour, honking and aggressively cutting each other off while tailgating. NJ Turnpike is even worse. I think it was coming here eventually one way or another.