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duncanrogers
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 718
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 7:36 pm: |     |
1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A real New Jersey driver never uses them.
2. Under no circumstance should you leave a safe distance between you and the car in front of you, or the space will be filled in by somebody else, putting you in an even more dangerous situation.
3. The faster you drive through a red light, the smaller the chance you have of getting hit.
4. Never, ever come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No one expects it and it will result in you being rear-ended.
5. Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive bodywork. New Jersey is a no-fault insurance state and the other guy doesn't have anything to lose.
6. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to ensure that your ABS kicks in, giving a nice, relaxing foot massage as the brake p edal pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to stretch your legs.
7. Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right. It's a good way to scare people entering the highway.
8. Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as a suggestion and are apparently not enforceable in New Jersey during rush hour.
9. Just because you're in the left lane and have no room to speed up or move over doesn't mean that a New Jersey driver flashing his high beams behind you doesn't think he can go faster in your spot.
10. Always slow down and rubberneck when you see an accident or even someone changing a tire.
11. Learn to swerve abruptly. New Jersey is the home of the high-speed slalom driving thanks to the State Highway Department, which puts pot-holes in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes.
12. It is traditional in New Jersey to honk your horn
at cars that don't move the instant the light turns green.
13. Remember that the goal of every New Jersey driver is to get there first by whatever means necessary.
14. In the New Jersey area, 'flipping someone the bird is considered a polite New Jersey salute. This gesture should always be returned. |
mona
Citizen
Username: Mona
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 8:02 pm: | |
love the rules.
makes me feel like i'm at home (brooklyn). |
Ignatius J
Citizen
Username: Ignatius_j
Post Number: 16
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 8:07 pm: | |
I have to agree wholeheartedly with number #10..if there is something going on on the side of the road that has absolutely nothing to do with you, for god sakes please slow down and have a look !!! |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 98
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 8:49 pm: | |
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Curt Wayne
Citizen
Username: Cswayne
Post Number: 44
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 9:09 pm: | |
I've just moved here and have been trying to figure out the unwritten laws... these are good. I have one though that I've noticed:
Ahh hem!...
"The car in motion tends to have the right-of-way".
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Jason & John
Citizen
Username: Johnh91011
Post Number: 65
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 9:11 pm: | |
What about the New Jersey turn? Only in NJ when waiting at a red light and turning left you have to jump as soon as the light turns green. Cars coming straight through on the other side DO NOT have the right of way. |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 299
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 9:13 pm: | |
may I suggest an additional rule: lines delineating lanes are suggestions only.
drivers are trusted to use their own judgment as to the optimal location for their particular car, on the stretch of road in question, with due consideration to the then-current weather conditions and forecast, location and conditions of surrounding vehicles, the particular time of day, and of course the phase of the moon. or something like that. |
deborahg
Citizen
Username: Deborahg
Post Number: 659
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 9:46 pm: | |
These are great! Can I drift slightly and throw in my suggestion for Florida? I spent part of the summer down there, and I am convinced that the first thing you see when you come over the border from Georgia should be a sign reading, "Welcome to Florida--please turn on your directional now." |
Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 2043
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 11:04 pm: | |
Funny, very funny Duncanrogers, especially coming from a guy who longs for the good old days in Boston. As I recall, driving on the Distressway there is like "Death Race 3000". I learned to drive in NJ, but I always feared for my life driving around the Hub.
Gotta agree on #5, though. Always steer clear of the death car ... |
ml1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 1236
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - 11:07 pm: | |
When I lived in Hoboken, it seemed drivers considered Stop signs to be just suggestions |
duncanrogers
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 722
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2003 - 8:08 am: | |
Nohero.. I learned to drive in Boston which is why I can smoke any of these wussy NJ drivers anyday.
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redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 100
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 4, 2003 - 7:00 pm: | |
Curt Wayne--What is that supposed to be a picture of on your post? |
monster
Citizen
Username: Monster
Post Number: 37
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 7, 2003 - 1:25 pm: | |
Sounds like almost every driver in NJ to me. |
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