A year ago I was back in NYC and it was a mad-house. I had a prejudice when I went and come to find out I was wrong. I did notice that when you get trapped in a lane and need to get over, in order to turn, or get out of a turn lane...they use their turn signal and they honor yours (they slow down and give you a gap). In some places, when you turn your signal, they close the gap.

A month ago I was on a trip to the nationals. One of my team members, from Long Beach, me and 2 others went out to dinner. I immediately noticed that he was driving like a wild man....when we left the hotel it was full-speed ahead. Then we turned onto I-40...damn the torpedoes, whipping the wheel to change lanes (I didn't notice the turn signal or not). It was like he was late for a meeting in rush-hour, trying to make up being 5 minutes late. I think what it was, was that we were leaving later than what he perceived that we needed to leave in order to be there at 6:30, and we couldn't be late for our dinner appointment. I told him to slow down as there was no rush. My other partner (also in the back-seat) says the same thing, no rush. Here it comes...he says, you have to drive aggressively, like this, in LA, SO-Cal, or Long Beach (one of the 3 or another) or else you will get in to an accident.