If you can drive in Bradenton you can drive ANYWHE
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12/14/2011
I've been driving for 35 years, different types of trucks and cars in all sorts of weather alongside all sorts of drivers! I'm fron New England, but I have to say holy crap! I've recently started driving in south-west Florida. And the drivers here, especially in parts of Bradenton (I noticed) they are frightening! Scary people behind the wheels! You pull onto a main street and God forbid someone behind you has to brake ever ever so slightly because if they do they will blow their horn at you like you had cut them off into a ditch! What is it with drivers in parts of Bradenton?? The drivers there are worse it seems than drivers in Orlando, St. Pete, Anna Maria and Sarasota. And don't forget the tail-gators!!! OMG! I've never seen tailgators worse than those in sections of Bradenton!!! They're nuts! Some of the drivers will jump up on your bumper and honk wildly especially if you're an old fart that's not in a hurry to move over! I've noticed many senior citizens simply ignore the tailgators behind them which totally impresses the hell out of me! Either that or the senior citizens just don't realize when a tailgator is practically on top of their car! Some of the nut-case drivers around here seem to have an absolute hatred for snow birds! As for me I'm not a snow-bird. I live here year-round and I tend to drive an average of 10 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Where has common sense gone with drivers in Florida??? Are people just losing it??
I've found driving in Boston and NYC a piece of cake compared to driving in sections of Bradenton. Many of you Bradenton drivers are absolutely f____ nuts! I hope some of you someday move to New England because there you'll be guaranteed to hit speed traps one after the other. You won't be able to afford or renew your auto insurance policies after a while. New England doesn't mess around! There are more state troopers on the highways up there and local cruisers monitoring traffic in the cities and towns than you can shake a stick at! Some of the cities and towns seem to depend on the money state troopers and local police bring in from handing out speeding tickets! Good luck! I never thought I'd like to see more local and state police on the roads till I moved to south-west Florida!
Jesse | Holmes Beach, FL