Area drivers---------------always in a hurry! (Can't manage time?)

Has anyone noticed that drivers in this area are always in a hurry.
So much so,  that one Patch commentor mentioned that adding 100 seconds to Rt 18 travel (by lower speed)  was too much "valuable time" to spend when traveling from the Macy's area to the Tower Center area.
As a one-time victim of an automobile caused accident,  I can tell you that any insurance company (and civil trial jury) will make anyone who impatiently drives will instantly wish that they hadn't.