A very humble total of 11 here ... I have never considered doing a "TP Drive" to cross a new State line, or going to Florida :D

I've been to 49 states (only one left, you betcha), but then you probably weren't asking the Americans. :p

Double points if it's Florida...

Not really scooping but I made a list in a previous post. Adds up to 23.

I can probably add a couple I visited in passing but have not made a lasting impression.

I agree that driving styles vary quite a bit.

I think most of Florida fits your depiction of Miami, don't forget to include all of the visitors from all over to your mix.

Alaska, actually. It has a fairly small window when it's worth visiting (except maybe on a cruise) and it's far enough that it's a bit of a hassle. I'm sure I'll make it one day.

There are definitely regional differences in driving style. It depends in part on whether people who grew up there were required to have formal instruction, but also just learning the local style.

Driving in Boston is like driving in LeMans. You move at top speed, close together, and glancing to the left or right is taken as a sign of weakness. But traffic moves very efficiently because individual motorists know how to comprise a cohesive, dynamic flow. Natives are brought up knowing how to navigate narrow, weirdly designed roads like Storrow Drive, with its surprise lane changes and sharp curves, at a good clip.

Driving in the Northwest, to gently counter MastaHanky, is the polar opposite. Motorists are oblivious to one another and overall traffic flow, so backups are endemic. They're reading newspapers or doing their eyelashes in there. And left-lane banditry (blithely cruising in the overtaking lane at or below the speed limit) is a way of life here. It's the only place in the country I've heard drivers defend their right to squat in the fast lane at 55-60 mph, even when it plugs up traffic flow and causes desperate right-side passing behind them, or even accidents. I think Seattle is actually the most dangerous place to drive in the US because of this defiant individualist mentality from motorists who aren't that skilled (no driver's ed required here; even auto safety inspections are not required). Every once in awhile some suburban mom in a hulking SUV mows down a couple of children because she was eating a bowl of cereal while driving or something.

PS. I have been to 46 states... all but HI, AK, ND and MT.

... and 30,000 Miles compensation as well for the sheer touristy-ness of it!! :D

We have good friends in Anchorage, AK. Sadly, not quite good enough friends to justify the unbelievable cost of getting to see them!!

You don't say... :D You do need to subtract 10 points now.

Then you haven't driven in Manhattan, nor Paris nor any Middle Eastern countries. All of the above 3 make Storrow drive look tame. How about the Pasadena fwy 110, now try driving that at 80 m/hr. Next time you are in LA try it and see if you can clip 5 minutes from downtown to Pasadena. :D

Not a fair comparison, because driving the 110 is actually fun. :D

Sure I have, the difference being that it's hard to find anywhere in Manhattan where you can exceed 7mph.

You should come to British Columbia Canada. Theres a highway to the resort interior town of kelowna called the coquihalla that is windy, hilly and a high mountain pass, and drivers routinely do 85-90

Questions ...

1. Is that thread deviation, as it refers to Canada?
2. Is that a lie, as nobody can live at more than 70 mph?
3. Is that actually interesting, when some people in the UK regularly drive at 100+ on major motorways? [see 2 above]

:D

Service should be rewarded with tipping???
 

No Think 20-25% for tips. I have traveld often with british (mainly on cruises) and I don't understand why they are often so against tipping???:confused: