Results tagged “roadrage”

-- According to Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone, the third of three suspects in the murder of Justin Cosby, 21, of Cambridge was apprehended yesterday in New York. Jason Aquino, 23, of Manhattan was arrested for first-degree murder, armed robbery and other charges relating to the May murder of Cosby at Harvard University. [Herald]

--A 9-year-old was injured in a hit-and-run in Dorchester overnight. [WBZ]

--We've heard of "road rage," but "boat rage"? Apparently that's what happened in Danvers late yesterday afternoon when some alleged bonehead got ticked off and rammed a motorboat with his pontoon boat. Twice. According to the Salem News, the drivers began wrestling each other. The person who got rammed had bite marks on his arm.

On the same day that the Herald runs a story about a real problem involving rising violence in the school system, readers also get to hear more griping about a fake problem – ice-cream men who are too noisy. Michele McPhee quotes one woman as saying, "You talk about road rage. I have ice cream truck rage.” She then added, “You think it’s a silly thing, loud ice cream truck music, until you live it."...

AutoVantage gave rude drivers across the United States a huge middle finger when it released its rankings of cities with the most obnoxious drivers. Boston was well represented with the number three spot, but Miami topped the list for the second year in a row. Miami? We're a little disappointed. Boston has its eyes on the prize. There's nothing quite like a Boston driver thanks to the lack of street signs and ongoing battles among...

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow.

Watching those wonderful surveys of quality of life, we're still not sure if we are better off on the mean streets of masshole driving or putting our shoes on the sidewalk and walking through the "Walking City." Another survey ranks Boston sixth crappiest. Only dog owners in Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix, and Seattle rate worse in picking up after their pets. (Public Service Announcement: doggie doo doo can spread disease and illness) People in Phoenix really have it bad – stepping in sh*t on the sidewalk and getting really mad behind the wheel, perhaps their best commuter option is helicopter. Road-raging drivers in New York have a better chance of not stepping in something if they take the sidewalks. For Seattle, well, stay in your car. People are friendly drivers but the sidewalk is littered with "presents" from Rover.

Bostonist was not surprised to hear that road rage is a growing problem plaguing Boston drivers. Despite kamikaze pedestrians and don’t-know-if-I’m-a-car-or-not bicyclists, not to mention all those skilled cell phone drivers, driving in Boston isn’t that bad when you know how to do it. Councillor Tobin wants drivers to slow down, but like others, Bostonist isn't sure if that will help any. Boston driving puts life and death in the balance assuming that there are common definitions to signs like “stop” and “one way?” With the creative interpretations we’ve seen of those basic commands Tobin’s “Please Slow Down Boston” (note missing comma) signs probably won’t do to much to solve the road rage. To the rescue? Psychologist and "America's Leading Expert on Road Rage and Aggressive Driving" Dr. Nerenberg. He’s fully aware that every now and again drivers are going to cut someone off, so when you do instead of just shrugging and waving hold up a “sorry” sign. We don’t have the statistics or science behind this to evaluate but according to Nerenberg 60% of road raging drivers would be calmed by a simple sign.