MA - RI drivers

Submitted by coltonstewart806 t3_10434ds in massachusetts

Since moving here, I’ve noticed a vast difference in driving styles between cars with Mass plates and cars with RI plates. Seems like RI drivers are always clogging up the roads and causing slow moving traffic

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Linux-Is-Best t1_j32x79f wrote

Personally, I disagree, but perhaps others here will have a different opinion than myself. Rhode Island drivers always seemed like safe drivers in my opinion. I do not find them "slow" but I do know they keep a good distance between themselves. That's something I admire.

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March_Latter t1_j32zlan wrote

Yes....they will not move out of the right lane either. Every screwball mindless thing they do. Pacing the car next to them, not signaling, can't maintain speed. Remember, a good number of the are uninsured also so good luck when the accident happens.

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singalong37 t1_j337ja9 wrote

Do we really think driving habits are noticeably different from state to state? Maybe driving in the south versus the midwest versus the pacific coast but how can there be any real difference between Mass-Conn-Rhode Island? All three crowded urban states, lots of traffic, old winding roads... More likely real differences between rural-suburban-urban than between Mass and R. I.-- so worse in Pawtucket and Providence, better in Middleborough and Attleboro, and much worse in Boston, and great out in Deerfield, Sheffield, and all those other quiet rural areas.

Maybe a joke post since everyone knows the term "Masshole" applies to Massachusetts drivers and Boston area drivers in particular. No epithet for Rhode Island drivers because there's no vulgar but catchy pun available for Rhode Island.

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egv78 t1_j340jhu wrote

As someone who has lived (and driven) in both, my take on RI drivers is that there is an abnormally high %-age of "squatters" and "zoomers". Squatters get into the left most lane and stay there, regardless of if they are passing or not. Zoomers are constantly changing lanes, passing on the right, etc.

Now the question is: Are there more zoomers because there are more squatters, or vice versa?

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egv78 t1_j3415ns wrote

Replying to singalong37 (#1,289,562)

Insurance companies charge very differently state-by-state. Granted, some of that is based on the minimum required coverages, but some of that is based on probability of being in an accident. RI is one of the most expensive places to get car insurance. [cite]

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Itscool-610 t1_j3bnmks wrote

At least in the greater providence area, I’ve never seen a blinker used once.

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