My mother drives here for a living, and most days I truly think she's probably the only person in the metro area who knows how to drive, so yes, I agree with you.
More than that, I can tell you *why* no one can drive here.... driver's ed is not required, and more than that, it's *expensive*.... it was $350 when I was in high school, and that's a good while ago now. The result of this is people in their thirties were trained to drive by their parents, who learned from their parents, who learned to drive on farm equipment. I'm not being snarky, it's the truth.... that's how all of my classmates learned. Who needs turn signals or to know how to merge on a tractor? Thus, everyone here, or at least everyone who grew up here, drives like they're the only one on the road. Add smartphones to that mix and forget it (and if you value your life, maintain a massive following distance).
The number of times I've been in the car when someone coming from the other direction crossed the center line.... thank God Mom is a good driver and we've (so far) always had a shoulder to run onto. 90% of the time I'm in a car, Mom is driving, because I have several friends whom I flat out refuse to ride with if they're behind the wheel. My nerves can't take the bumper riding, hairpin turning, turn-signal-optional driving style of native Georgians.
The city planning of Atlanta was done by five year old children who were first allowed to mainline sugar, I am convinced. Nothing runs true to cardinal directions,
three quarters of the streets are one way, and whatever way that is, it's the *wrong* way. When your city's main interchange is officially called Spaghetti Junction, and no one is kidding... that's probably a bad sign.
