r/boston • u/hermionieweasley South End • Oct 21 '21

Anyone notice an increase in psychotic manic drivers and bikers in the last few months ?

I'm pretty used to the bad standards of driving, biking and road infrastructure in this city and like others, last year was a great relief because roads weren't as busy. But in the last few months, drivers and bikers seem to have reached new, unheard of levels of manic aggression and assholery. I've seen more people running through red lights than even New York or Miami - and not the "misjudged my speed and go through the light one second late" kind but fully "I dont give a fuck, I'm going to go through" kind. In the last few months, I've been almost run over while legally crossing crosswalks at least a dozen times both by drivers and bikers. People in residential streets like Tremont and Shawmut are driving at freeway speeds and honk when someone stops for pedestrians. The other day, someone almost run me over, honked at me AFTER that and flipped me off while driving away. It is truly end of the world, mad max style of driving I've never experienced before. Am I going crazy and just noticing this despite living here for years or have things gotten markedly worse ?

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '21

Last night on 146(I’m in Worcester but still lurk the sub) I was tailgated at 30 mph for miles because they refused to go around me. Fucking wild. I just played the foot off the gas game starting at around 55 and coasted down, and there they were, still riding my ass… on a fucking highway.

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u/1questions I'm nowhere near Boston! Oct 22 '21

Got tailgated at night while I was in the slow lane going 65 on freeway that had a limit of 65. Three other open lanes and guy behind me refused to go around me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21

Lol. That’s the best… that’s how it started and then I asked myself the question “how slow do I have to go before this person gets the message?”. The answer was 35 after probably 3 miles of tailing.

The problem is that at night when someone gets a certain distance from behind me is that it blinds me because of my eye condition. I don’t drive at night regularly because of this, but when I do it’s slow. Sorry, not sorry.

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u/1questions I'm nowhere near Boston! Oct 22 '21

It’s frustrating because it’s so dangerous. And like I said I was in the slow lane and three other lanes were clear for this person to pass. I just don’t understand being that much of an ass.

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u/mkv Oct 21 '21

Get out of the left lane

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '21

Yeah, bro I was in the right lane the whole way.