Comments on: What Is It About Bay Ridge Drivers? http://www.bksouthie.com/2010/01/what-is-it-about-bay-ridge-drivers/ The South Brooklyn blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Annon http://www.bksouthie.com/2010/01/what-is-it-about-bay-ridge-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Annon Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:16:13 +0000 http://www.bksouthie.com/?p=1098#comment-253 13th Ave is not Bay Ridge! 13th Ave is not Bay Ridge!

]]> By: Brian Hedden http://www.bksouthie.com/2010/01/what-is-it-about-bay-ridge-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Brian Hedden Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:40:11 +0000 http://www.bksouthie.com/?p=1098#comment-239 I haven't owned a car or driven regularly since 2003. But from the time I first started driving to then, my driving habits got a lot more aggressive. But then, my driving environments became increasingly urban: from Cowtown NY, eventually to Pittsburgh, and then to New York and the surrounding area. Especially by the time I ended up in Connecticut, where seemingly every car trip takes 45 minutes, I just got tired of wasting even more time at traffic lights or behind people who weren't going fast enough to suit me. When I was commuting between Williamsburg and Norwalk, it usually took me about 1-1/2 hours. Less time if I was highly caffeinated. Drivers on I-95 and the Hutch would blow past me like I was standing still, but by the time I got off the highway, I was treating McGuinness Blvd like the backstretch at Daytona. And quite frankly, driving aggression just like riding a bike - I never forget how. Whenever I rent a car to head out of town, I pick up my old habits right where I left off. So yeah - I am just as guilty here as anyone else. I haven’t owned a car or driven regularly since 2003. But from the time I first started driving to then, my driving habits got a lot more aggressive. But then, my driving environments became increasingly urban: from Cowtown NY, eventually to Pittsburgh, and then to New York and the surrounding area. Especially by the time I ended up in Connecticut, where seemingly every car trip takes 45 minutes, I just got tired of wasting even more time at traffic lights or behind people who weren’t going fast enough to suit me.

When I was commuting between Williamsburg and Norwalk, it usually took me about 1-1/2 hours. Less time if I was highly caffeinated. Drivers on I-95 and the Hutch would blow past me like I was standing still, but by the time I got off the highway, I was treating McGuinness Blvd like the backstretch at Daytona.

And quite frankly, driving aggression just like riding a bike – I never forget how. Whenever I rent a car to head out of town, I pick up my old habits right where I left off. So yeah – I am just as guilty here as anyone else.

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