Memphis drivers

I hate driving in this city.  Not only are there not many side roads, but the main roads are also very few.  This is a weird city.  It's huge, but it feels like there are not many roads.  Or at least not many main thoroughfares.  There are tons of streets, but they don't really go anywhere.  You have a few main ones that you can take to go places and that's it.

On top of the slim choice of roads, you have very bad and inconsiderate drivers.  Since I live in Memphis this is what I know.  I know other cities have bad drivers, but it seems that Memphis is the capital of idiot drivers.  While driving today I was almost hit three times and witnessed at least five instances of distracted drivers.  People don't seem to understand the rules of the road in this city.  Earlier this week the power was down in my neighborhood.  Many people stopped at the nearby traffic signal (which was dead) and properly treated it as a four way stops.  However, I saw probably fifteen cars heading west not stop.  They just kept going through the dead light as if it were permanently green.  This really pisses me off.  It is common knowledge (or at least it used to be) that you treat a dead traffic light as a four way stop.

But I digress.

Manners are almost non-existent in this city.  People cut people off all the time.  People zip around almost causing accidents with no regard to anyone else.  I often wish I was a cop just so I could dish out tickets.  Memphis would get a lot of money if I were a traffic cop.

Another complaint I have with Memphis drivers is the lack of yielding.  Yield signs are almost always ignored here.

I have never been somewhere that ignores so many rules of the road.  I'm definitely curious about driving through the Western part of the country.  I'm sure I'll update on my findings of drivers of other areas.