I was born and raised in New York, lived in New Jersey, Manhattan, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires and Mexico, and I thought that I encountered some pretty extreme drivers. In Los Angles, even though they usually obeyed all the traffic laws, they were just plain bad. We used to sit at a cafe on Sunset and take bets on how long it would take to see or hear the next crunch up. As opposed to NYC and Buenos Aires where they can drive, but traffic rules there are interpreted by drivers to be more of suggestions than actual laws -- as they zigzag along. But ...