...and yes, Onhwy61, I feel much safer driving in my NY than in any suburb. I might get cuttoff by a cab, i might be passed on the right but I almost never see anything sudden there and I'm always aware, calm and cool... My LA friend wondered to my ability not to pay attention to messy drivers and high density traffic. He said that he would've used his middle finger many many times already.
I used to drive for limousine service(the last my driving job was at Music Express) and i managed not to get neither traffic violations nor accidents for a hundreds of thousands miles i've roded back then.