In July of 2021, I was in Albany, New York looking for a house to buy. My real estate agent knew I was not familiar with the area. She said “New York drivers (NYDs) are very aggressive. And the only way not to be involved in a car accident is to be aggressive back.”
What did I get myself into? I found out that NYDs have an intense desire to drive recklessly. They are insane. It’s like they are all driving without having their first cup of coffee causing them to be very angry and taking it out on out-of-state drivers. Which would be me.
My car had an New Hampshire license plate, because that is where I lived at the time, that said, “Live Free or Die.” Well, NYDs took those words very seriously and were ruthless with me.
"Threading the needle" is when a driver weaves in and around cars. Well, NYDs do that daily. Did I mention NYDs are crazy?
Well, I found another evasive form of driving that seems to be popular with NYDs. I decided to call it the “Horizontal Slide.” This is the act of changing lanes by just sliding over. It’s amazing to witness it. Unfortunately, not a fun experience if you are in the way of a slider. Which I was.
I was driving on I-787 when my agent gasped loudly. I saw a car sliding over to our lane (toward the passenger side of the car).
As I am doing some serious defensive moves to try not to get us killed, I’m thinking, “Wow! This is going to really hurt a lot.” Not a single image of my life passed before my eyes, which really says a lot about my life.
Thankfully, the car to my immediate left backed off so that I could move into its lane and not slide directly into it. I lived, only to experience crazier NYDs later that day.
As Taylor Swift would say, “Welcome to New York.” Yup!!!
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