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Until some idiot looking at a phone runs into you. Be safe out there, I've noticed a marked dip in driver quality between the past 10 years and prior. Though I

Until some idiot looking at a phone runs into you. Be safe out there, I've noticed a marked dip in driver quality between the past 10 years and prior. Though I think in part it's because I moved from the northern US to the south and I'm fairly certain driver education and lower quality of people in general plays a role. It's bad enough that I gave up riding my motorcycle entirely, death wish.

ptaipale 11y ago
Interesting that you get downvoted for this comment. I cannot see why. Getting run over by a careless driver (and yes, looking at phone is a specific problem) definitely is a risk, at least in some places. Where I live, I have dedicated bike/pedestrian paths so it's only a few intersections where I need to watch out. (a bit over 10 km, 25 min in the summer and 25-40 in the winter, plus the time it takes to shower and change clothes at both ends).
- DanBC 11y ago
  I'm just guessing but > lower quality of people in general is likely to get some downvotes.
  - ptaipale 11y ago
    Quite, I didn't read properly. That's not a very reasonable statement.
mhurron 11y ago
> I moved from the northern US to the south and I'm fairly certain driver education and lower quality of people in general plays a role. Ya I hear you, I moved south and the low education and low quality of character definitely got to me. Of course I moved south from Canada into the US, so all of you Americans are garbage to me.
matwood 11y ago
lower quality of people in general plays a role. And people wonder why large swaths of the country are angry at the entitled sounding northeast with comments like the above. I grew up in the south and oddly enough the south I grew up in is now mostly people from the northeast. So either all the low quality people from the northeast moved to the south or you are letting prejudices get the better of you.
- jheriko 11y ago
  to be fair this is a common opinion the world over, not just the north-eastern US. the south has a pretty poor reputation globally - i'm pretty sure its an unfair assessment given that everyone i have met from the southern US seemed like a decent, normal person... i think it stems from the perception that some of the stranger laws, viewpoints and customs are exceptionally backwards by the standards of most modern populations and are more popular than they are in reality. the religious fervour and gun loving being the two most obvious things that no other highly developed and civilised part of the world has and which are strongly associated with the southern US. (p.s. i am from the UK)
  - matwood 11y ago
    The irony of your statement is that most of the world gives Americans a hard time and considers them closed minded. If what you say is true, the rest of the world is doing the same thing. Do you also think everyone in California is like Kim Kardashian?
    - jheriko 11y ago
      i think its pretty true - although its not just about close minded-ness. a lot of people do associate california with kim kardashian types - which i assume to mean pretty, fake and lacking in skills beyond entertainment value. i try not to think this way myself... my own experiences clash with this sort of thinking a lot, but its a very common perception and its evidence is to be found in a lot of places sadly... helping to reinforce those perceptions.

ptaipale 11y ago

Interesting that you get downvoted for this comment. I cannot see why. Getting run over by a careless driver (and yes, looking at phone is a specific problem) definitely is a risk, at least in some places. Where I live, I have dedicated bike/pedestrian paths so it's only a few intersections where I need to watch out. (a bit over 10 km, 25 min in the summer and 25-40 in the winter, plus the time it takes to shower and change clothes at both ends).

DanBC 11y ago
I'm just guessing but > lower quality of people in general is likely to get some downvotes.
- ptaipale 11y ago
  Quite, I didn't read properly. That's not a very reasonable statement.

mhurron 11y ago

> I moved from the northern US to the south and I'm fairly certain driver education and lower quality of people in general plays a role. Ya I hear you, I moved south and the low education and low quality of character definitely got to me. Of course I moved south from Canada into the US, so all of you Americans are garbage to me.

matwood 11y ago

lower quality of people in general plays a role. And people wonder why large swaths of the country are angry at the entitled sounding northeast with comments like the above. I grew up in the south and oddly enough the south I grew up in is now mostly people from the northeast. So either all the low quality people from the northeast moved to the south or you are letting prejudices get the better of you.

jheriko 11y ago
to be fair this is a common opinion the world over, not just the north-eastern US. the south has a pretty poor reputation globally - i'm pretty sure its an unfair assessment given that everyone i have met from the southern US seemed like a decent, normal person... i think it stems from the perception that some of the stranger laws, viewpoints and customs are exceptionally backwards by the standards of most modern populations and are more popular than they are in reality. the religious fervour and gun loving being the two most obvious things that no other highly developed and civilised part of the world has and which are strongly associated with the southern US. (p.s. i am from the UK)
- matwood 11y ago
  The irony of your statement is that most of the world gives Americans a hard time and considers them closed minded. If what you say is true, the rest of the world is doing the same thing. Do you also think everyone in California is like Kim Kardashian?
  - jheriko 11y ago
    i think its pretty true - although its not just about close minded-ness. a lot of people do associate california with kim kardashian types - which i assume to mean pretty, fake and lacking in skills beyond entertainment value. i try not to think this way myself... my own experiences clash with this sort of thinking a lot, but its a very common perception and its evidence is to be found in a lot of places sadly... helping to reinforce those perceptions.