Yep, they're very mean here in Boston. Yesterday I was nearly hit by a woman in a rotary (round about), she was in the inside lane, I on the outside, and thought she should just be able to go straight off onto her exit. There's a lot of traffic going that way so drivers try to bully people from getting into the rotary. Anyway, I had the right of way and she yelled at ME! I yelled back. Whatever man.
Sometimes I do flip people off but I am really trying to stop that. Sometimes though it's just necessary. I think the constant change in traffic patterns and The Big Dig certainly contribute to the rage.
We got #1 for deliberate tailgaiting. This is due to the slow drivers I am sure. You poor out of towners/old people/new drivers are screwed here. Seriously. If you vist Boston do NOT rent a car. If you drive here, consider staying outside of the city and taking the train or cabbing it in. It's bad! The roads make no sense, there are lots of one ways, there is no grid pattern or anything, you can lose your sense of where you are in a heartbeat. Then, no one cares that you're lost.
