According to a survey, that is. A survey commissioned by the AutoVantage auto club rated drivers all over the country and ranked them by most courteous and least courteous. Drivers in New York dethroned Miami for LEAST courteous (dis)honors, with Miami falling out of the top five. Dallas, Detroit, Atlanta and Minneapolis rounded out the snarling five.
Drivers in Portland, Ore. were given the honor of most courteous.
Chicago drivers ranked 14th on the list of most courteous, but fell from the number 8 spot they held last year. Survey respondents attributed the decline to too many people talking on cell phones while driving.
Naperville City Desk couldn't agree more. Blogging is only a side-line for us, we commute about 90 minutes a day for work and we see people yakking on cell phones all the time. What we can't understand is seeing people on the phone at 8:10 am - who are people talking to at that hour? A girl at work told us her boyfriend made her get a cell phone so she could 'call him during her commute.' Seriously? Because he can't bear to be parted from her for another 45 minutes after work? That seems like a boyfriend who doesn't care for her much. He should encourage her to drive carefully and that does not mean talking on the phone. People. When you're driving you should be DRIVING. Not yakking. Drivers on cell phones are distracted and not paying attention to the road. Here's an idea: try listening to NPR - it's hands-free and you can improve your mind without being so distracted you are a menace to other drivers.
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