"Nobody drives in New York, there's too much traffic." -Phillip J. Fry
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2026
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I saw a stat that blew my mind. New York is known for its gridlock traffic, but stats show only about 20% of the population regularly drives. The others walk, bike, or ride in taxis, buses, and subways. Imagine if those options didn't exist.
Most of the driving is by commuters who live outside the city.
how's the train (amtrak?) from NJ to NYC? AFAIK the majority of NJ goes to NYC to work, or is it also upstate newyorkers? Are they commuting in and then going home at lunchtime for Albany style steamed hams?
Disagree. I get the story but.. My townie dad and friends have always driven into the city. Even after commuting home from high school or work and going back into the city afterward.
I donβt like it when stats like this are lumped together incorrectly. It just makes the stat meaningless.
A taxi is a vehicle that is on the road and contributes to the gridlock so shouldnβt be lumped in with the other options that actually contribute to reducing the gridlock.
It's universal! In France, from top to bottom you have: Paris, Montpellier, and Nimes.
In Germany it's: right lane, middle lane, and left lane of the Autobahn
I'm still amazed that the concept of Autobahn is still allowed in Europe. It would be like having a market where people sell rotten meat without any consequence.
But I love the Germans. They invented techno music, hacking activism (CCC), and many other weird stuff.
You are legally required to drive at a speed that is 'safe'/ befitting of the traffic situation, at all times. If you crash above 130 km/h you automatically get partial fault because you evidently drove too fast.
Maybe that explains it a little
Itβs called being responsible. Also the roads are built for it. Lanes are about 1/3 wider than they are in the US because theyβre not going for βjust one more lane broβ. Theyβre immaculately maintained. Curves are smooth and sloped. On and off ramps are once every two miles or so, so you donβt have traffic constantly merging or exiting and the βno restrictionsβ parts are only once you get out of the city.
Immaculately maintained is just not true. There is chronic shortage of money for maintenance, with a 5 billion shortage until 2029.
At least all the stretches I drove with no restrictions were that way, granted canβt say the same for sections in cities or with limits.
The autobahn is mostly kept around due to lobbying. There have been repeated attempts to introduce a maximum speed (130 km/h), the last one failed because "paying for that many signs would be too expensive" iirc.
But its also quite a bit safer than you might think. They're very good/well built roads, most people actually stick to the recommended 130, and (and I think this might be the largest factor) German driver's ed is very good (and hideously expensive).
Iβm still amazed that the concept of Autobahn is still allowed in Europe. It would be like having a market where people sell rotten meat without any consequence.
so which of the words autobahn, market, rotten, meat or consequence do you not understand? just ask and we will try to help you, but that sentence does not make any sense.
Long Island belongs to the Ratking you crumbums
I dont think most people in the west have experienced driving in north africa and i dont think most people should experience it cause its unhinged
Also south asia, from what i heard. Traffic rules are optional.
North Africa is a bit wild and slightly terrifying. For pure terror Honduras takes the blue ribbon.
Not India?
India is nuts as well.
Honduras has the added spice of being very mountainous around the major population zones. Most major roads on the edge of a cliff or very steep hill. So you get the "this traffic is nuts" combined with "oh fuck that's a long ways down." Frequent mud/rock slides along the routes add a bit more spice as well.
I worked with a Honduran dude who told me he used to street race.
Drove a jeep like it was fast & furious. Shit traumatized me. Good guy miss em
Well i cant say ive driven in honduras but ill take your word and not do so(not that i wouldve driven in honduras either way)
I got a lift from an off duty police officer in Greece. I held on to my backpack like it was an already inflated airbag. Not that it would have made any difference on those slopes.
Everything is legal in New Jersey!*
^* Except left turns, and pumping your own gas^
This comic is shiny and chrome.
Yeah yeah! Cause of all the out of state drivers here!
Also because we're dinguses.
If we give you a lot of salt water taffy would y'all leave us alone to be idiot drivers by ourselves?
A nice Taylor Ham sandwich (with egg and cheese, please) will suffice
You can have a pork roll sandwich, we're straight outta Taylor Ham.
+1 for pork roll
-1 for taylor ham
Sometimes I see dashcam clips and I think "that's just how people drive on 78"
We got places to be!
No one wears a seat belt in any of the 3?
Boston?
Don't use your turn signal. That is betraying your plan to the enemy.
I got the advice
"every road sign in Boston has an implicit ',please' at the end"
Wait, how the fuck am I on a bridge to Cambridge now
All I know about driving in Boston is that there's a place called Hahvahd Yahd in which to pahk your cah.
Boston? More like Lost-in, because the roads are so goddamn confusing.
As a non-driver but semi-regular passenger who was born on Long Island and moved to New York City, I can confirm all of this 100% accurate foolishness.
Staten island is already conquered and nothing prospers there
A garbage island full of garbage people.
If you live in the southeast, itβs the bottom one always.
WITNESS
Visited NYC pre-Pedophile-President and I drove around New Jersey to get some Chinese food on a very hungover evening. People drive pretty much the same as here EXCEPT for some reason the person going the opposite direction turning left will just go in front of you like that's a perfectly normal thing to do. It was baffling but I drive around a crazy downtown core for work, so it was pretty easy to get used to.
just about right