Who else avoids the rush hour?

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It really can't be avoided.

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I keep my iPod with me to listen to either music or podcasts. I have my coffee in the mornings on the way in. Commute is about 1 hour in the car, that is 2 hours per day.

My car is my clean sanctuary.

Who is crazy enough to drive through rush hour?

I also avoid rush hour. I ride a scooter. A Vespa, do you know how dangerous it is to drive out during traffic hours like that? I have had people cut me off before, those rare times I do have to drive rush hour, people nearly merge into me, tailgaters, people who rush me, speed past me, etc. One time this guy would purposely accelerate behind me as if to get me to drive faster.

There are a couple of rules I follow

"You can go only as fast as the vehicle in front of you," if someone is going 38 on a 45 speed limit, then I will drop my speed and go 38

"You drive to the road conditions," if it's raining I slow down my speed for accurate stopping time, if it's windy I drop my speed enough to control my bike

"Don't speed to a red light," I think it's ret*d the people who cut me off, speed past me, and end up stuck in a red light.

"Give people space," it's called the 3 second rule, use it, and for motorcycles you should increased that rule to 4 to 5 seconds of space.

Sorry, this is one of those subjects that drives me crazy. I think I drive very textbook. I follow every rule taught to me when I learned to drive a motorcycle.

I'm fortunate enough to work a flexible week so work a combination of short and long days to avoid all the chaos even as a motorcycle driver.

Agree strongly with a couple of the rules from Pandora_Box:

"You drive to the road conditions," if it's raining I slow down my speed for accurate stopping time, if it's windy I drop my speed enough to control my bike - This may be a bike thing as cars seem to make people feel safe and they don't realise how bad the conditions are until they hit the brakes.

"Don't speed to a red light," I think it's ret*d the people who cut me off, speed past me, and end up stuck in a red light. - I even struggle to walk in rush hour as this just stress me out. I really want to grab drivers ad yak them out of the car (or bike) when I see someone who's been stuck behind traffic and as soon as they get a bit of open road they hit the accelerator only to brake 100 yards later as it's still rush hour so there's still loads of traffic!

Forward planning is the key skill, but it seems to be largely ignored!

Oh and too many people pull maneuvers that they only get away with because they force someone else to react to avoid a collision.

Avoiding rush hour traffic is always nice. In the mornings, I usually leave at first light to beat the rush hour, especially in the summer.

The upside is that it may save 5 minutes getting to work.

The downside is that you are probably more likely to hit a deer at that time.

Thought maybe this is a trick question.

Slow moving traffic and crowds are very hard work for me so I avoid them and fortunately I am able to avoid them most of the time.

YES. I cannot stand driving in heavy traffic. Why? Every time a car comes within a few feet of me, I get this bizarre "looks closer than it really is" perception, like the car is going to crash into me ANY SECOND. Even though it's at least 4 or 5 feet away. I know it's not actually going to hit me, but I panic at the sight of a car coming my direction. Can't help it.

This past Sunday, my fiancee and I were driving through Chicago (he was driving). I thought I was going to die. Literally, have a heart attack and die. It was like cars were coming at us from all directions and we were going to get hit any second. I was in panic mode for an hour straight and got completely exhausted from the tension! It was visual sensory overload to the extreme. Which is why I can't drive in downtown areas of cities either!

Of course he thought it was part terrible, part hilarious...this is why he's my fiancee lol.