Northerners....serious question

YES !!!!  

Now, let the intelligent questions begin.

Gullah, I warmly invite you and your neighbors to drive here in upstate NY during an ice storm and we'll see who ends up calling their insurance company.

What's that you say? How interesting.

In the north it's common to have insurance on your car. 

Boy, I second everything in that post.  However, I understand how difficult it is to get insurance on a double wide, therefore am inclined to cut him little slack. Which also brings up the interesting question...would it be CAR insurance, or homeowners?!  Boy, the issues you face. 

And...funny...it looks like your avatar is actually paying homage to the north?!  And if you listen closely enough, you can hear it say "yes, we are your bitches?!".  Hmmm.

ROFLMAO, guys I can't come to NY. If I ever got that far north I'm sure my nose would start bleeding or something.

I don't doubt your severe winter driving abilities, it's the no signal turns, 15mph in the left lane, stop before turning , lost as $#@% and stopping to read every street sign....etc.

Of course they could just be tired or perhaps it's the change in latitude.

In cities like those BIG NORTHERN CITIES, turn signals are a waste of time.  Just cut across three lanes of traffic.  It's easier than going around the block.  DEAL WITH IT!!!

Since you don't come up north you wouldn't know this, but up here they sell cars with this option called "passing gear".  We use it to go around the slow people. 

Check your vehicle, it may already be equipped with it.

I do pass them but I do it very quietly, wouldn't want to wake them up. And another thing , I've never seen a car from New Jersey that didn't have some body damage. And a lot of it looks like vehicle vs pedestrian stuff.

LMAO...Hey cut us northerners some slack.  We don't accuse y'all of piggin' out on grits, hog jowls and chitlins. 

 Well, maybe we do (a little), but just back off buddy or I'll sic Rusty Wallace after ya.

I'm slack cutting as we speak.

I second that!

I think the difference may be that in the North we wear shoes. So the sole of our foot is not directly touching the gas pedal or break pedal. Takes a bit of work to be able to feel it through a pair of shoes.

Just as I've signed a truce with Max, Don shows up and muddles it up.

Some folks are worried about the immigration problem on the Rio Grand. I'm troubled by the ones coming south on I-95.

And if we have a tourist season then shouldn't I be allowed to shoot a few.

And another thing - the floods of "Winter Texans," many in trailers, is something we have gotten used to - but please tell me why these blue hair, flamingo sporting geriatrics are so bent on stopping in an onramp? and why are so many of them from Chicago?  

And here I thought Tampa was Heaven's Waiting Room.  Am I to believe that San Antonio is challenging this status? 

Utah drivers bad?

Hard enough to drive with one backseat driver, they're allowed multiples.  I think that explains a lot.

Now that we've got IPASS, no need to slow down at the toll plaza's either.

And if you're doing 80 in the 55 zone,  you better be in the right lane or you're holdin' up traffic.

Turn signals aren't used, because they give the other drivers a chance to speed up and block you from changing into their lane.  Better to swerve over suddenly when they aren't expecting so that you're assured of getting in. 

-Chris

I did a 1-month trip around the country on a motorcycle, going through 26 states.  My wife and I compared notes and came up with the following observations.  Also realize that you see more wacky things whilst motorcycling than you ever will behind the wheel of an automobile!

1.  Most courteous drivers...Minnesota.  For the most part, they were the most likely to stick to the speed limit, and always used turn signals.

2.  Most obnoxious drivers, as in "I don't care what lane I'm in, what speed I'm doing, or even if you're a resident of the same planet.  It's all about me baby!"  A tie between New York and Connecticut.  Might give the nod to New York because they cut you off without even a glance, while a Nutmeger will at least acknowledge the fact that he dissed you.

3.  Fastest drivers...Wyoming.  Them suckahs drive like mother-&^%$#'s but at least they stay in their own lane.  I had the cruise control set at 85 and I was in the right lane puttering along like a Tampa blue-hair.

4.  Worst roads...Michigan.  No state even comes close to a challenge here.  Pot holes left over like mini bunkers from WWII, concrete roads with expansion joints that cause cars to leave spare parts all over the place.  Makes for some dodgy motorcycling, let me tell you.

5.  Best roads...Arizona.  Straight as an arrow, no turns for 7,000 miles it seems, just crank it and go.  Perfect pavement.  Only down side is that when you do hit a corner, someone might have to wake you up in time to make the turn.

6.  Roads with the least amount of trash on the sides...Tennessee.  High marks to this state for it's overall cleanliness.  Maybe they have success with prison inmates doing the trash picking.  Whatever, it works.

7.  Friendliest people when you stop for gas.  Tie between Arkansas and Michigan.  We hit a huge rainstorm in Arkansas.  Stopped into a mom & pop store out in the boonies, guy and his wife come out, help me drag the bike into his garage, bring us into the store, feed us with some of their own dinner cooking on the stove in the back, ask a million questions, and in general act like we were lost relatives!  Wonderful.  In Michigan, everyone was friendly, but it was probably a show of bravado to mask the pissed-off feelings about the road conditions.

8.  Best place to eat on a budget...Arkansas, Oklahoma, or wherever there is a CeeCee's pizza.  All you can eat buffet, pizza and desserts.  Unreal!

9.  Most insane truckers...Texas.  I was passing a line of 18-wheelers when I notice another truck gaining on me from behind.  I crank it up to get ahead of the line and let this guy go by.  He blows by me like I'm in 2nd gear.  I look down and I'm doing 105.  Patti is sitting on the back, watching the scenery like it's no big deal.

10.  Best scenery...Southwest.  Monument Valley, southern Utah, Northern Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico.  Honorable mention to the area around Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota, though the rest of the state was boring.

11.  Most surprising scenery...Western Nebraska, around Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff.  Change my mind (slightly) about that state.

Hell, yes, they're so bad you can taco a Hummer wheel. I've seen small townships disappear into potholes.   It's like riding on Keith Richards' face.  Ugh.

Now you know why ALL of my bike training is inside, sometimes even during the summer.