I'm a hardcore gamer and I'm a far better driver than most people. A lot of people don't use or incorrectly use their turn signals, change lanes while turning across an intersection, don't properly stop and obey yield signs, etc etc. I've been driving for 14 years and I've never gotten a ticket/warning. I've never been pulled over at all.
In fact, playing some more of the more realistic racing games helped better understand how cars behave when they have either low traction or lose it all together. Once when I got ran off the road by someone screwing around with something on their passenger floorboard, and another when I lost traction on an icy road.
EDIT: It really can't be broadly accepted either. It does depend on the region and it's driving conditions. I've lived in Indiana and Florida and there are notable differences in driving habits.
In Indiana, people were probably a little better about properly signaling and driving less aggressive. However, they seemed to speed more. Also didn't seem to yield to pedestrians as much.
In Florida, I don't usually see a lot of speeders, but when they do speed they REALLY speed. Second, a lot more poor/non-existent use of signaling and far more illegal passing, road rage, tailgating and other aggressive methods. However they seem very pleasant to pedestrians and bike riders. And usually when you signal someone will let you in.
Though, and this is not racism or whatever, just fact - there are a lot of people from Puerto Rico here and from what I've heard from people who lived there, there was basically no driving laws outside of full cities. People drive where ever and how ever they want. So that could be part of the cause here. Also, Florida is covered in lakes, streams, wetlands and things like that so the roads then to be quite curvy so there is less chance to pass the slow pokes which will irritate some people.
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