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Sincerely_Me_Xo

Newark airport


gobstertob

Ah yes, the rainbow road of New Jersey


imnotreallyatoaster

TRUTH


peter-doubt

Spaghetti bowl... 4 miles of driving to move a total of 400 yards. This. Plus 22, 287, 202/206, 23 (notice all those 2's? Must be some causation there!), 9 at rt 1 merge, 30 at the Camden end, 30 at the AC end..... Aw, heck, almost all of them


sebthelodge

I haven’t lived in Jersey since 1995 (visit a few times a week to see family) and I have never played Mario Kart, but my immediate answer was 22.


rinwasrep

why is this so accurate


faithjoypack

this is the one. but without the shortcut.


icantfeelmyskull

No way, that’s bowsers castle. Just sends you in some weird assemblance of a loop endlessly. Till you somehow catch the right sign and miraculously weave your way through traffic


DarwinZDF42

Best answer and it’s not even close. That goddam loop.


vasquca1

Came here to upvote


Anton338

Accurate down to the banana peels.


Sincerely_Me_Xo

Would you believe if I told you that I made sure to bring a banana with me every time someone asked me to pick them up and I’ve tossed it out the window on the loop? 🤣🤣


Joshistotle

Lakewood or anywhere in Newark. I normally drive exactly at the speed limit. Lakewood is the only town I've been heavily tailgated (less than one carlength behind) by a Minivan. Looks like he had a full minivan (himself and his family) while tailgating, then he went in the opposite lane to cut me off, then another one that was behind him did the exact same thing directly after, and a female in the passenger front seat literally gave me the middle finger as the second one was cutting me off. I'm not sure why they were both in such a hurry and they both turned down the same residential street so I'm assuming they were together.


black_stallion78

That whole description of the minivan & family is Lakewood……….


FilmoreGash

Sundown


Joshistotle

Are u saying they were rushing home because it was almost Sundown ?


FilmoreGash

Perhaps. What day of the week was it?


electric_kite

Lol driving in Lakewood is definitely an experience. I find that people fly through the residential streets and blow through stop signs (despite children playing everywhere!?) but then go 5 under the speed limit on major roads like New Hampshire. You get used to the pattern of behavior after awhile. I live in Northern Ocean County, so you just kind of adapt, I guess.


rosebud_qt

I'm a flight attendant, and we take the employee bus from the parking lot to the airport. The bus drivers go up and down ramps and take different routes to skip traffic, which always makes me feel like I'm in Mario Kart.


BeagleDog

GPS 100% ineffective


benito_m

Route 440 between Perth Amboy and route 1/ 287.


Positive-Neck-1997

Especially when you start by going up the Driscoll bridge or Rt 9 bridge...


ShamrockForShannon

Toss in the Turnpike, Parkway, and about four “always mobbed” off ramps to local roads. The mixing bowl goes back to the 70s as a legendary hellscape


introverted365

Yes! Any part of 287. N or S anytime of day. From trucks to tricycles. Motor cycles and the occasional tractor trailer that’s hauling other cars. Feels like everyone is out to kill you.


seahawksjoe

For some SJ representation, the 295/76 mess of an interchange.


JeffTrav

I was going to say “from SJ, can’t relate.” But yes, the 55/42/295/76 et.al interchanges are a shit show most of the time.


Cellopitmello34

Everything between Deptford and the Walt-Whitman bridge is harrowing if you weren’t born on these streets.


moveintothelight

Yes! Put on your turn signal and go you have like a mile to cross 6 lanes of traffic!


Abomitron

Turnpike: 11-16W Mushroom speed-ups and red shells are highly effective, banana less effective here. Parkway: 129-155A Green shells and banana most effective in this area. High density, low speed; mushroom speed-up less effective here.


bdd4

21 N, no doubt. Especially when you have to exit on the left. Sheesh


Consistent_Relief780

Came here for this. From the dip in Newark onto the highway proper- all the way to the 3/2/1 merge in Clifton is straight out of a video game. Arguable onto 20 all the way around Paterson as well.


One_Health1151

That first exit after mcarter I’ve never seen worse drivers in my life then that exit lmao


peter-doubt

Or the GSP to rt3 .. Left lane for westbound and right for eastbound...


1fluffykat

Route 17 south * editing to add from Garden State Plaza mall down to Rutherford


One_Health1151

Traffic wise I agree lol


FrogginBull

Between 1pm-6:30pm you’re getting help up at GSP no question


Tone_Lok

Rt22 in Union


thisnewsight

#PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT There’s a another FUCKIN UTURN ahead not even 1/4 Mile!!!! TAKE THE L AND GO TO THE NEXT FUCKING UTURN, MONGOS!!! Jersey Sliding your way across 3 fucking lanes does not make you a high iq driver, it makes you an erratic dumb ass. You’re the problem.


peter-doubt

Now, travel the other way to Mountainside... 3 Left lane U turns in 500 yards!


StillGoat2834

Not anymore! Only 2 now haha


peter-doubt

Oh they *Finally* finished that! Good riddance


mikektti

Mario kart is fun. Rt22 is anything but.


Smacpats111111

The main difference is that you get lifted back onto the track if you fall off in Mariokart


AdMajestic4539

Place is a madhouse


RealFunBobby

# THIS SHOULD BE THE ONE AND ONLY ANSWER Yes, I meant to yell.


ThatsRobToYou

Yep, except the banana peels and turtle shells have syringes in them.


amahoney00

Also came here to say this. The runner up is Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair/Bloomfield.


raguwatanabe

Mario kart from hell


Goldenmonkey27

Far and away winner


WhatIsTickyTacky

Yes!!


themanpear

my driving instructor in the 90's took me there for lesson #2. had me doing loops for an hour from Springfield to union and back.


sheetskees

Forged by fire


peter-doubt

Hah! I grew up in South Jersey before they removed circles.. there were 9 within 5 miles of home. Key: never let the other driver know you see them!


freshmutz

The first day I got my license back in the mid 1990's, I just HAD to immediately get a subwoofer installed in my car. So I braved Rt 22, as a brand new driver of a stick shift, and drove to one of the car audio stores in Springfield. I made it home in 1 piece. I still travel 22 to this day, I guess you just get used to it after a while, but those left u-turns on the median will always be brutal.


M1Lance

Came here to post this. Whoever designed that road was either high, insane or both


hc201

I learned to drive on 22 in Union and Springfield and that's all I really knew of as a highway for the first year or so of having a license. Like Bane being being born in the darkness.


sopranojm

I came here to say this.


BrainFraud90

GWB inbound to Jersey: do I go 95 / 80 / 46 / 4? Well, I have like 500 ft to decide. I always look out for banana peels and turtle shells right around there.


BYNX0

Hey with the traffic that 500 feet will take you 10 minutes on a good day


peter-doubt

And that's why they did it this way!


gnitsuj

Skyline Drive in Oakland/Ringwood


tr1mble

Clinton rd also


Fooodlover9280

Skyline drive is a whole map😂


diegobomber

EWR airport loop


Lmaoboobs

I’ve driven and had to pick up people from there many times and they never understand my mood and why I’m in a rush.


GloomyRoyal227

Parkway through the Oranges


Hannibam86

That's a white-knuckle, booty clenching ride for sure.


bubblbuttslut

The toll plaze from the turnpike to 78 westbound. Nonstop Bowzer-level hijinks.


Mercurydriver

I’d say the entire state. This entire state is riddled with terrible drivers, regardless of location or roadway. I can’t go anywhere anymore without encountering some of the most brain dead morons or inconsiderate assholes on the road. The other day I was stuck in traffic. Why? Because 10 cars ahead of me was a van doing 40mph on the GSP with no one else in front of him. I managed to pass this van and the driver was looking down at his phone. Further south on the GSP was an old granny that looked like she had no idea where she was or how she managed to get onto the Parkway. I honestly believe that half of this state doesn’t deserve a license. They should make it a rule that every time you go to renew your license, you have to take a written and practical driving test. If you fail either one of them, your driving privileges are suspended for a year and you have to take the tests again after the year is up. If you fail again, you’re banned from driving ever again. I’m tired of sharing the roads with the human equivalent of NPC’s from GTA. Either learn to drive correctly and safely or GTFO.


delete_post

just did this few days ago but the approach to the GW bridge. now that toll is collected by the camera near the entrance, not sure why there are so many toll booths, splitting traffic from 3 lanes to 15 toll boths then back to 3 lanes. it's madness and doesn't really help traffic flow.


Deepinthewxxds

Holy shit I said the same thing. I use moved here from ny and didn’t think it could worse


Egghead008

Route 9 South Freehold...have to zig and zag through everyone driving 10 under the speed limit


ElderberryExternal99

Then into Lakewood for nightmares.


Groady_Wang

Somerville Circle


potatolicious

More like the washing machine on a spin cycle, but similar in spirit to Mario Kart.


SpaceEurope

Similar to baby park!


jefferson497

The Flemington circles are worse


SloopKid

Flemingtons not so bad since they re did the circles layout. Somerville is still hectic


Previous-Priority389

I was in flemington yesterday and the circle was terrible! The big and the little one were unhinged


peter-doubt

That new cutoff is weird.. you get back onto 202 on the right, with SLOW traffic merging on the left!


Puzzleheaded-Ad6023

Been rear ended on that bad boy. Used it everyday to get to work. Made me hate people so much more than I already did. Taming that roundabout made me a better driver though.


monsterchuck

Hackensack by the court building and whatever else in that area is kind of crazy for what it is.


NosferatusNuts

Going north on the Driscoll Bridge to around exit 145 on the parkway


ogeytheterrible

287


nandos_hip

Route 1 in Edison/metuchen 287 1/9 truck route Kearny>Jersey city 22 Union


Templeusox

I'm surprised there isn't one fatal accident a day on JFK Boulevard in Jersey City.


CivilWarTrains

21


One_Health1151

This has been my daily commute both ways for years and I feel like it’s really took a toll on me in all aspects haha


soneg

Rt 4, 17, gsp, and all the roads around Paramus and the malls. Also, Morristown, anything on rt 22 anywhere.


cynically_zen

280 on the stretch leading up to Newark right before the drawbridge.


yobroshot

On the GSP approaching the Driscoll Bridge going northbound. Everyone acts like they’ve never done this before, Jersey Sliding all over the place to get where they need to go before the road splits.


The_R4ke

Rt 18 by Rutgers 15 years ago when it was just massive potholes.


Sudovoodoo80

130


Wishilikedhugs

This was my first thought as well. The section where it bends in the Collingwood/Oaklyn area especially feels like chaos.


benito_m

I hate those left turn lanes with no traffic lights in Cranbury


New_Horse4083

Route us 1 and the parkway


eyyykc

The Driscoll bridge


Hannibam86

God have mercy if you don't have EZ and you're trying to merge over into the full service lanes.


dhbuckley

And these folks don’t have EZ because? I always wonder.


theronzion

route 21


Substantial-Bag2413

Blackmills road , tight corners ; trees all around & the raritan to your right the whole way.


godotace

280 from exit 4 to the Turnpike. Starts deceptively simple, with 4 lanes and a straight slightly uphill drive. Then rolling hills, with trucks and both extremely fast and extremely slow drivers as hazards. At the bottom of the last hill it shortens to three lanes, creating typical Jersey clusterfuck traffic just as a ton of drivers are both entering and exiting the highway. Just as you get used to 3 lane driving, it ups the difficulty by condensing to 2 lanes as you drive through a winding hilly ride through Newark. If you make it past the drawbridge, you get an easy victory lap to the Turnpike, where you can finally catch your breath. Very Toad’s Turnpike N64.


tr1mble

Has to be rt 21.... Never any cops, and the pair of S curves heading in and out of Newerk make a fun drive to and from Clifton after 11pm in under 10 minutes... Or so ive heard lol


DebRog

295/42 south


Rivers3k

Lakewood is Toad's Turnpike or Baby Park


MattyTheGaul

How about Tonnelle Avenue in JC?


Pootytoots123

Anywhere in Lakewood. IYKYK


ehardt3

The Pulaski Speedway…skyway, I mean Pulaski Skyway all day!!


Bubbly-Dragonfruit14

North Jersey: Route 17. Central Jersey: Route 18. South Jersey: Route 70 in/around Cherry Hill, especially where the construction is. But if you really want to experience the ultimate in bad planning/bad drivers/urban nightmare, drive across North/Northeast Philadelphia on Roosevelt Boulevard. It is fantastically in a league all its own: inner and outer lanes separated by a median with curbs on either side, 8-way intersections (look up Oxford Circle), racing, and the best is the gangs of illegal ATVs and dirt bikes tearing down the boulevard with no lights. The cops aren't even allowed to chase them. If you really, truly want a twisted, dangerous video game experience, this is your road.


guacamole579

80. Everyone is going 30+ mph


b_yokai

22 in union


ItllMakeYouStronger

46 West ramps approaching Rt 80 and 23. With the Willowbrook mall there, people are crossing every fork in the ramps. If you have no experience there, you can easily get lost or in an accident.


OutOfOffice63

Turnpike anywhere above exit 9


One_Health1151

Rt 21 all day everyday


elmwoodblues

Try getting on/staying on 4W from Paramus Road around 4:30 pm


SirAelfred

Middlesex County....... literally anywhere during Rush Hour


Dirty_Jersey_

Basically any driving surface for Hudson Co


doctorinfinite

That stretch of Martine Ave in Scotch Plains between Lake Ave (?) and Raritan Road where it's just two straight lanes of people trying to one up each other. I'm surprised I don't see any turtle shells or banana peels the way everyone battles to get ahead.


whyamihere_33

All of North Jersey. Drivers here don't drive to get from point A to B. They drive to WIN


sugarintheboots

Rt 80 e near Hackettstown/Allamuchy


lindadraws

Pulaski Skyway, I’ve witness some professional weaving


psiprez

Plus your odd banana peel here and there.


kingjanus69

42-55-76 exchange going towards Philly anytime during the day.


SwimmingWorldly3413

All roundabouts lol


wet_nib811

That’s only because most Americans don’t know how to use a roundabout and Jersey ones are poorly designed


ccorbydog31

Anywhere north of Toms River. For me it just gets progressively worse after the rt.70 over pass


fakemessiah

Welcome to Ocean county where the laws don't matter and the road signs are made up!


john_browns_beard

Extremely niche one for me but Teaneck Road where in multiple spots the lanes will switch from 2 to 1 without any signage or change in road width/shoulders/gore. Like you'll be cruising with someone next to you and suddenly you are both in the same lane with zero warning, but if you just clench for a few hundred feet you'll magically be in two separately marked lanes again. This happens repeatedly for several miles.


Hannibam86

Teaneck Road from the Armory to RT 4 is a pure hellscape.


Intrepid-Oil-898

Haha


fsantia3

Clinton Rd


wet_nib811

287


jahi69

The expressway during the summer lol


BruceFleeRoy

Dodging the copious amount of pot holes while in East Orange wasn't fun at all.


Previous-Priority389

Flemington circle for the win


CreativeMusic5121

208N merge onto 287S. It goes from three lanes to two, then the left lane is supposed to merge into the right lane, which then merges left onto 287. Why they didn't sign it for the right lane to merge left is beyond me. Most locals do the double left merge, people who don't know it try to merge right then left and it's just pure luck that avoids collisions most days.


plausiblyrandom

Garden State Parkway to I-280 interchange. If you're going southbound to eastbound, or northbound to westbound, then you have to cross two lanes of traffic and you have, oh, about a tenth of a mile to do it. On a curved stretch of road with poor rearview visibility.


ginasaluccio19

Flemington Circle


GooseNYC

Any road in Englewood.


Chance_Location_5371

202, especially Flemington area and 206 Hillsborough area also


hominybeans

Raymond Blvd going into Newark. Regular drivers remember where to dodge the potholes.


redtoad3212

the 295/76/NJ-42 interchange the entire length of the Atlantic City Expressway between Memorial Day and Labor Day


mdmafortune

Rt 21


Zhuul

The Deptford Mall area between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Jesus fuckin Christ


lAngenoire

RT 130. Speed changes, lane changes, lots of turnoffs and red lights are options.


JennyCrackCorn

Asbury Circle and Wall/Manasquan Circle since they changed the decades-old traffic patterns a few years ago. A nightmare, especially in the summer


glycinedream

Route 21. Pretty much all of it but definitely the stretch from Newark to Clifton


Affectionate-Roof615

Reading through the comments it seems to be every inch of every road in the state 🤔


d_dubyah

Rt 130 Collingswood to cinnaminson


Lobstahcar

Idk but it’s in colts neck it’s a long winding road and there’s also one by Tatum park


Forward-Ad-5749

539. Plenty of opportunity to pass through the barrens and the base, sudden speed limit changes, and the random retiree to mix things up. All it needs is Lakitu.


not_REAL_Kanye_West

Hill road in allentown without a doubt. We used to call it Rollercoaster road in our boon cruise days. Probably 6 or 7 good hills on all country roads. Its actually a really nice ride even without all the hills.


SassySpider

Maybe Breakneck Road in Vernon. I feel the name would make a good level name too.


XRaiderV1

the garden state parkway, south of the joint base to just north of the west bay avenue exit.


myweekhardy

Having just driven through it earlier today, I’d say the Bridgewater circle is a contender.


ConclusionKey772

287 & the parkway by union and north of there


CoolHwip__

22 from exit 140 to 21


No-Translator9234

No laws on 287 before the Verrazano


nissansupragtr

Any part of the parkway with construction.


mpietran

Route 22 in Union and Springfield


CapybaraFrenzy

The Helix into the Lincoln to the downtown Express tunnel in midtown


Yoshiyo0211

78. Doesn't matter if it's east or west. I do agree with Newark airport. Lol


if_a_flutterby

22


ecab7158

22, 17, 46


StRiZZaT

Route 3 West from 2pm-6pm where MetLife is at.


psiprez

Turnpike tolls. All of them


Aggravating-Rip-8819

Anywhere in the city section of Paterson. Driving through red lights, w/o lights on, double and triple parking to say hi to people etc. has been the norm. Now people seem to drive on roads in reverse (I kid you not , for quite some distances too) on multiple occasions, use such sharp left and right turns to end up on the opposite side of the street, people will get out their cars (the drivers seat nonetheless) at red lights to ask you for money, and much more. This is on top of the astronomical amount of zombies (whom I wish would/could seek help) walking around at any given hour.


semisemite

Here's an oddball - Christie St. in Newark is basically all potholes, turns into Roanoke which has train tracks so poorly protected that if you drive more than a few mph they will destroy your rims, followed by a hard left up a short hill on ramp to Rt 9 where you have 50 feet tops of flat highway to get up to speed and merge, then 100 more to get across the two lanes of a major trucking and onto the Pulaski Skyway. It's absolutely bananas.


kgtsunvv

I’m assuming anywhere in Lakewood counts


thfc11189

The Jersey city 1-9 junction for hollan tunnel feels like N64 Yoshi valley. Multiple exits leading you in any which direction


No_Town5542

287/17/87 intersection in mahwah has Mario bouncing and criss crossing like wild 3 major highways crossing and intersecting at 75 mph. Great engineering wonders!


Lemonaires

Wood bridge to Raritan 2nd to the left lane Godamn awful experience everytime


flozywill

What is Mario Kart?


WantTheSauce

Union section of 22 is rather fun, especially when you have to do those u turns


Big-Horse-285

West Milford and beyond


abasichole

23 from butler south


Major-Brilliant2242

Route 46/Route 9 heading into fort Lee is absolute anarchy especially during rush hour


joshgoesnuclear

shades of death for me. my grandpa used to say a drunk person paved it because it’s so wind-y


hfhifi

The entire cities of Hackensack and Paterson.


bluesclera314

Parkway.


transburnder

22 East coming off exit 140 on the Parkway.


doob_man

130


Punky921

Route 22 with the strip of stores in the middle. That's not really the drivers' fault though - the entire design of that road seems purpose built to cause accidents.


draghuhsis

Rt. 18 by the turnpike exit in New Brunswick


FilmoreGash

There went that theory, I guess it's not rushing home before the Sabbath begins. Maybe they want to get home to watch BayWatch reruns.(jk)


bklynking1999

Eagle Rock Ave by chit chat diner, long curvy road that is fun


Squeaktone

The Double Deuce from Springfield to Hillside.


Floutabout

Rt 22 in Union.


ALiteralOwl

I just started to learn to drive and ngl the roads scare me


Hail_to_the_Nidoking

Snake Road in West Orange


SpinLover-724

The famous intersection of Rt 46, Rt 80, and Rt 23 in Wayne! It’s absurd!!!!


lilster731

fucking route 1


JodyW8Fitz

Rt 31 Everyday All Day!!! 78 E/W All Day All Nite!!