Do you have your own dictionary that only comes into use when you’re stuck in traffic, or annoyed by another driver?

I have one, but nothing in it can be published on the Internet, at least not on this blog!

Here’s how George Carlin thinks about it: “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”

Drivers seem to be different in different parts of the country.  In Atlanta, the speed limit is only a suggestion, while in Baltimore, I found that drivers actually observe speed limits.

One thing that has always puzzled me is when I see an accident in the middle of an expressway – not near any exits or entrances.  If all the cars were going straight, how did they manage to run into each other?

Boston is another amazing place for drivers.  I spent about six months there several years ago.  The most curious thing I saw was a flashing green light that I passed fairly often.  It wasn’t broken.  It was flashing green. 

That might be one reason why driving in Boston is so difficult.  I asked every native Bostonian I came across, and not one of them had any idea what to do at a flashing green signal.  But the advice most of them gave was just to ignore it.