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Congratulations to all the CRT Members who reside in or around Miami!

Miami is nation's road rage capital
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stressed Miami drivers speed, tailgate and cut off other drivers so frequently that the city earned the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday.

AutoVantage, an automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance, also listed Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles and Boston among the top five cities for rude driving.

Minneapolis, Nashville, St. Louis, Seattle and Atlanta were rated as the cities with the most courteous drivers, who were less likely to change lanes without signaling or swear at other motorists.

More than 2,000 adult drivers who regularly commute in 20 major metropolitan areas were asked to rate road rage and rude driving in telephone surveys between January and March. The survey conducted by Prince Market Research has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

Drivers owned up to some rude behavior themselves: Nearly all said they had talked on a cell phone while driving, and 64 percent acknowledged they occassionally drive too fast.

Young drivers and people with long commutes were found to be the most likely to react to an aggressive or rude driver. The top reactions included honking the horn, cursing or making an obscene gesture.

No distinct differences were found between male and female drivers.

"Human behavior is so involved with crashes at all levels," said Elly Martin, a spokeswoman for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "(Aggressive driving) is a pattern of behavior drivers exhibit over and over."

AutoVantage, based in Norwalk, Conn., hopes to use the survey to educate people about how to resist road rage. Among its tips are remaining calm and not making eye contact with an angry driver.

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Rage rankings
AutoVantage ranked cities with the most and least road rage in its first "In the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey."

Residents in the following 20 cities were surveyed and are listed in descending order from those reporting the most incidents of road rage to the fewest:

1. Miami
2. Phoenix
3. New York
4. Los Angeles
5. Boston
6. Washington/Baltimore
7. Detroit
8. San Diego
9. Houston
10. Philadelphia
11. Dallas/Ft. Worth
12. Denver
13. Chicago
14. Cleveland
15. San Francisco
16. Atlanta
17. Seattle
18. St. Louis
19. Nashville
20. Minneapolis

Source: AutoVantage's "In the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey"

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You ALWAYS have an option ....... "NEXT" !!!

I drive like bastard when I am in Miami. Kill or be killed

costarican drivers?????? NOOO!

Roadrage, No not me. Just get the hell out of my way. Roadrage is now a crime in Florida. What's next? Flipping a bird?

Lionking

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"You can only keep a secret between two people if the other one is dead." Ben Franklin

LionKIng, I can see you having a fit of Road Rage....In your Big As A House Ford Expedition bearing down on some wimp in a Volkswagon , with a bigger than life hand with extended middle finger, and your head being twice as big as life ...like a Big Daddy Roth Drawing....Scary Stuff! LOL!!

Moved to Costa Rica after living in Miami for 25 years (ranked #1) before that Philadelphia (ranked #10) and New York (ranked #3)

No wonder I can drive here with no problem

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Pura Vida
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four
essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
Alex Levine

Yes, I agree, I've driven all over NY, LA and Vegas. Overall, I have to say, I find Costa Ricans drive with courtesy.
LVSteve

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Just an old horney, fat gambler.

Why the surprise guys? If you haven't noticed, most of the people living in that city are Latinos. Most of them never drove a car before coming to USA, and now (behind the wheel) they feel like they own the world. Latinamerica is not screwed up without a reason!

Royboy, That's Excursion my friend. It's for sale $17,900 60k miles. We should start a classified section for members. Remember the story about the Mercedes accident? They never had a chance getting hit by 7700 lbs. They where real lucky no one was seating in the passenger seat. My truck went clear thru the passenger side doors by at least two feet. I drove it home after that one. Ya, the gas mileage sucks but at least I know I will walk away from the accident. I'm really not into road rage, you never know who has a gun these days. Sure do wish you where coming down M-Weekend. I know it will be a blast. I also wish someone would screw the dam tica of the month and post the results.

Lionking

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"You can only keep a secret between two people if the other one is dead." Ben Franklin