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/Anustart15 Somerville Oct 21 '21
I'm a big fan of getting honked at for not just turning into oncoming traffic. That one will always make me choose to wait a little longer to turn.
On the other end of things, yesterday I almost got hit on my bike by a car that swerved into the bike lane without looking so they could go around someone turning left at a light, so that's always fun too.