Do people around you drive like bumper cars?

Yes, they drive like insane maniacs here too, especially when the moon is full. 🤪 There are a couple interstate entrance ramps that I will go out of my way to avoid because the people on those roads are CRAZY. They will literally run you right off the road vs. moving over to let you merge in. And don’t even get me started with the people who don’t know how a roundabout, dedicated acceleration lane or J-turn work.

I just saw a bumper sticker that said ‘I’m a veterinarian, I drive like an animal'.
And I thought there’s an awful lot of proctologists on the road.

I am in SoCal, and I feel like drivers are more impatient. Overall, the drivers here aren't bad. We've always driven fast and furious.. But to me, there seems to be more cars now that don't want to wait and zoom around cars that they deem are going to slow for them.

Really the only place I notice bad drivers is when they are trying to get onto the interstate from a ramp. It's like no one has a clue how to properly merge.

They're everywhere. Georgia is the bane of DH's existence though. Especially from Kennesaw down through McDonough. We were just there from ~3pm (ish) the Friday before Labor Day and it was the worst we've ever seen. Between construction, the rain, and crazy drivers.. We had a guy in a Tesla drive in the shoulder around traffic. He would swerve into the left shoulder for a bit, then cut the person off in the left lane. We caught up to him a few times and he was still doing it. We almost got sandwiched between a semi and an SUV because people don't know how to merge. We're in a minivan, so it's not like we're invisible.

Between stupidity and cell phones? It's a bad combo on the roads.

I live in Ireland where the rules of the road are more like vague suggestions! The roads are narrow, windy and bumpy and everyone drives too fast, I spend a lot of time terrified when we go anywhere.

Except I live in centralish AR. My little town is full of just bad drivers and the majority do not have insurance. Lots of hit and runs. My neighbor and I were just talking about it day before yesterday. They were involved in an accident on the way home from family. We have so much construction going on with our highways driving is just a pain. They were sideswiped in one of the construction zones. People do just seem so impatient these days. I admit I am one to move around you on the road but that is if you are going way under the speed limit and to me, that is more dangerous than speeding at times. 

We are new to round-abouts here. There is one on the road between my DD and my ODS. I feel I have a good handle on them but it's the other drivers who just stop or go so slow you don't know if they are taking the circle or exiting. AND DON'T even get me started on the lack of blinkers! 

It's surprisingly pretty easy to drive on the left.  Your rental car has you sitting on the right, which is your first clue that you need to do something different.  Then there's a sticker on your windshield telling you to drive on the left.  And I also noticed a lot of medians in the roads and arrows on the road before a rotary reminding you to stay to the left. I only drove in touristy areas in Ireland, but we were in some pretty remote areas in Scotland (with a German car, so the steering wheel was on the left that time).  But I never acutally drove in a big city.

Can verify! We spent about a week and a half driving around Ireland and it was harrowing. DH drove, I certainly didn't.

I know why there are Virgin Mary grottos all along the roads--you're going to need them. I made DH stop at the first one I could safely get to (also, that was a laugh, I'm lucky I didn't die crossing the road) so that I could make a proper prayer and offering for us to make it alive.

I think it worked, we didn't die.