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New Jersey Drivers

thatdarngirl by thatdarngirlOG 2002 · Jun 15, 2004 · 223 views · ·

Yeah..I know it's a forward but it made me laugh sooo.

20 Ways To Tell You Are a New Jersey Driver

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A real New Jersey driver never uses them.

2. Under no circumstances 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. Crossing two or more lanes in a single lane-change is considered going with the flow.

4. The faster you drive through a red light, the smaller the chance you have of getting hit.

5. Never, ever come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No one expects it and it will inevitably result in you being rear ended. If you want your insurance company to pay for a new rear bumper, come to a complete stop at all stop signs.

6. A right lane construction closure is just a game to see how many people can cut in line by passing you on the right as you sit in the left lane waiting for the same jerks to squeeze their way back in before hitting the orange construction barrels.

7. 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.

8. 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 pedal pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to stretch your legs.

9. Never pass on the left when you can pass on the right. It's a good way to scare people entering the highway.

10. Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as suggestions and are apparently not enforceable in New Jersey during rush hour.

11. 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.

12. Please remember that there is no such thing as a shortcut during rush-hour traffic in New Jersey.

13. Always slow down and rubberneck when you see an accident or even someone changing a tire.

14. Learn to swerve abruptly. New Jersey is the home of high-speed slalom driving thanks to the State Highway Department, which puts potholes in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes.

15. It is traditional in New Jersey to honk your horn at cars that don't move the instant the light changes.

16. Never take a green light at face value. Always look right and left before proceeding.

17. Remember that the goal of every New Jersey driver is to get there first,by whatever means necessary.

18. Real New Jersey women drivers can put on pantyhose and apply eye makeup at seventy-five miles per hour in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

19. Real New Jersey men drivers can remove their girlfriend's panties and bra at seventy-five miles per hour or in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

20. In the New Jersey area 'flipping someone the bird' is considered a polite New Jersey salute. This gesture should always be returned.

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35 Comments

yodasucka yodasuckaOG 2003 ·

haha i do so many of these things... amazing find lyndz

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

what i loathe is when you're driving 80 in the fast lane on the FWY minding your own business and some dork driving 50MPH decides to get into your lane, in front of you and you have to slam on your breaks so this dork can proceed with going 50MPH...GRRRRR

modestjesse modestjesseOG 2004 ·

That's when you jump in the middle lane, go around him, and jump in front of him.

Be resourceful not angry.

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

HAHAHA i've done that! im bad i know!!!

modestjesse modestjesseOG 2004 ·

That's not bad, that's how you drive. :)

beachbum beachbumOG 2002 ·

i have road rage. esp against people who don't use turn signals. arrrrgg.

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

me too. i feel it is my personal duty to punish bad drivers, haha

beachbum beachbumOG 2002 ·

i think i should start making citizen's arrests

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

i just have road rage in general! HAHAHAHA

hunkpapap hunkpapapOG 2003 ·

why is it that one flash is considered enough? I mean i've been in the car many times and people flip the blinker on and then off after it flashes once. WHY?!?!

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

I'm guilty of this. But thats better then no flash!

modestjesse modestjesseOG 2004 ·

This coming from a new yorker?

beachbum beachbumOG 2002 ·

not only is it one flash, but it's one flash just as they are turning which you can hardly see anyone b/c you are ready to rearend them. i almost want to hit them just for being stupid.

modestjesse modestjesseOG 2004 ·

Well, you're talking about cutting someone off. I never cut anyone off, now I define being cut off as anything that requires you to remove the pressure you have on the gas pedal. If you jump out in front of me, nearly squeezing in by 1 ft, as long as I don't have to step off the pedal you're ok, kudos to you. But if I have to take my foot off the gas, boy you're lucky I'm a nice guy.

perrin perrinOG 2004 ·

What really annoys me on top of that is when they do use it but wait till they are turning to turn it on. It's like why even bother it totally defeats the purpose of even using your blinker. So annoying.

punkprincess punkprincessOG 2001 ·

18. Real New Jersey women drivers can put on pantyhose and apply eye makeup at seventy-five miles per hour in bumper-to-bumper traffic....

not only pantyhose...ive gone from meeting clothes to bathingsuit driving down the garden state parkway (im not saying this is a good thing...just that this list is true.)

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 ·

just out of curiousity...how many objects (cars, trees or small children) have you hit while driving??

punkprincess punkprincessOG 2001 ·

zero!

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rocksupastarFounder ·

i doubt that very much, you hit such things while fully clothed...

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

My dad came into the house once and holds up a dress that was shoved in his glove box wanting to know how it got there. My sister told him she changed while she was driving.

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

i think these rules apply even more to nj...its funny, most people in nj understand that when you flash them, it means for them to move into the next lane....nobody in ny pays attention to that...and everybody most certainly drives in the left lane...even mini vans!

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

#6 makes me angry. Not just a little angry, like stop-my-car-get-out-and-kill-you angry. Not just on the highway. In HS everyone would be lined up to leave the senior lot in the middle and the 'popular' girls would drive down the sides and cut in. They are very lucky I didn't have a fire arm..or maybe a blunt heavy object.

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

you crack me up lyndz!

I'm with you. i totally hate that!! i just hate driving in general.

one day you'll see the news and they'll give an out of state breaking news story "mexican chick flips out on the freeway, caught throwing rocks at passerby's..." and its going to be me....please dont be shocked

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

I'll come join you..only I think I want to use poisonous darts.

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

ooohhh good idea!

magnum magnumOG 2001 ·

its called drive in both lanes, heck i will force you into the cones if you try speeding down that lane, i do this as well in traffic in teh right lane with people flying down the entrance ramps that are 1 mile long. You think i am bad with a car, mess with me in my fedex truck, i will send you into a divider :) The mass amounts of idiots/work has made me into a very evil driver these past few months.

malibu malibuOG 2001 ·

everything is true. but when i was in florida, i know people don't use turn signals but being there for a week i never once saw my aunt use a turn signal. watching the other cars, i saw only about 1 turn signal a day. it was insane.

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rocksupastarFounder ·

hahah this is GREAT! i love the passing on the right even if you can pass on left... i do this as MUCH as possible!

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002 ·

Yeah, I'm a big fan of passing on the right. Because! People get into the left lane and then go 70 and people in the middle lane are going 55 or something awful like that and no one wants to be in the right lane cause people are getting on and off.

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002 ·

you know what, i never use turn signals. hardly ever. really ever. you know what though, i've never had to replace a blinkler light.

modestjesse modestjesseOG 2004 ·

cost savings, I like it!

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

i'm the SAME way!

modestjesse modestjesseOG 2004 ·

Yeah, I agree with everything here. I'm just not a horn person, I never use it, well extremely rare for me to.

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

i jsut scream out the window, forget about the horn! HAHA *kidding

socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

WOW, i'm finding out that NJ is just like California, So cal that is

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