I don’t know what it is about New York.
I’ve driven in other big cities like L.A. and Chicago, and (in my experience at least) drivers there didn’t seem to feel (for example) that it’s a threat to their masculinity if they let you pull on to a highway from the entrance ramp or let you change lanes.
We better learn to “chill out” when we’re behind the wheel, or one can end up REALLY chilled, r’l
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