North East Region

I'm from NJ and when I hit the road everyone complained about St louis traffic... I kept driving the midwest asking "where the heck is all this traffic they are complaining about?" Even Chicago rush hour did not seem as bad as Philadelphia which I used to drive every day when I worked there.

Atlanta was the city that shocked me.. 4am on a SATURDAY... wtf?

I'm from NJ and when I hit the road everyone complained about St louis traffic... I kept driving the midwest asking "where the heck is all this traffic they are complaining about?" Even Chicago rush hour did not seem as bad as Philadelphia which I used to drive every day when I worked there.

Atlanta was the city that shocked me.. 4am on a SATURDAY... wtf?

I-5 through LA in rush hour, is the worst traffic and crazy smack-a__ drivers I have ever witnessed.

I-5 through LA in rush hour, is the worst traffic and crazy smack-a__ drivers I have ever witnessed.

California in any major city during rush hour is absolutely the worst. Although Atlanta does come in a close second.

Ernie

I nominate NorVA/DC (i.e. northern Virginia/metro Washington DC) as the worse.

I did training out in cali with Schneider I didn't understand all them lanes and so much traffic lol....

I'm from MA, I haven't been there since the end of march. When I was with my trainer we went to CT, all he did was talk about how much he hated the northeast. I didn't think it was bad at all. The only part that freaked me out was from the GWB to CT. Seemed like all the bridges were too low.

Once I went solo I rarely made it south or west of Ohio, so I pretty much learned how to drive in the northeast. I thought I was being thrown to the wolves, but now I don't think it is so bad up there.

Turned a lot of good miles up there. I ran all December my first year in the NE and got between 3,000 and 3,500 miles every week...and that was with only a couple months experience and the first time dealing with snow. I didn't have to worry too much about parking, I was always taking 10s at shippers and recievers or driving.

The I-95 murderers row of cities between DC and Boston can make for some fun traffic, but individually they aren't any worse than other metro areas...it's just that the entire stretch feels like one giant metro area.

The older cities can be a bit tougher to get around with a 53' trailer, but I can't really remember any issues (and I've been lost in Boston).

I'd say the biggest difference is just the traffic because of the population density. Lots of freight because of that population density, too.

My wife dislikes driving in Atlanta more than anywhere else, she's had awful luck on the 285 though. We rarely make it further than Jersey running team.

LA doesn't bother me too much, it gets insanely busy but people keep moving for the most part. Bay Area / Sacto seems much worse due to people's driving habits. Kind of like Dallas drives me nuts but Houston doesn't bother me at all (because everyone speeds and seem to merge a lot better in Houston). Of course, once there are accidents it all goes to crap.