Scott McGillivray Quotes

Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.

You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you - let the police worry about somebody who wants to speed. Don't force them pass in the right lane and zig zag, which can create an accident, just because you think you're correct.

I have a 100-mile round trip commute on some of the nations' busiest roads and enjoy every minute of it.

I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought - you can go slower and get there quicker. And that's to do with flow. As soon as you made it two lanes and brought in the 70 (mph) and 50 (mph), you got there quicker. It meant the flow of the traffic was better, there were less accidents, less deaths, I think that's an important factor.

It makes no sense to make people drive cars.

I get tickets all the time and can't stay under the speed limit. I'm bad at that.

We did such a great job of creating the interstate highway system in Oklahoma City that we don't have traffic congestion. You can actually get a speeding ticket during rush hour in the city. That's how great our traffic flows.

We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road.

I love driving my car on any highway.

I've developed my passion for cars that drive themselves from being stuck in traffic for many, many, many hours of my life. I don't know what it adds up to, but I feel like I've lost a year or two just in traffic. That's big to me. That's a lot of time, a lot of money that I just lose on the road.

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65.

I don't need to break the speed limit. But if I'm not passing other vehicles on the interstate, I get a little irritated.

I don't like to drive. I don't like the aggressiveness that goes along with driving.

The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?

Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be beside the point. In other words, it's a little crazy that this is even a topic for debate in Germany.

The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance between individual convenience, the efficient use of limited resources, and urban-living values that protect spaciousness, natural beauty, and human-scale mobility.

The car is not a rabbit or a deer that jumps around in sweeping lines, but it is a man-made work of technology in need of an appropriate roadway.

I hate cars.

Remember folks stop lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph.

A car is a 2,000 pound projectile that can go 100 miles an hour.

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

Parallel parking is desirable for two reasons: parked cars create a physical barrier and psychological buffer that protects pedestrians on the sidewalk from moving vehicles; and a rich supply of parallel parking can eliminate the need for parking lots, which are extremely destructive of the civic fabric.

I have written to Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, asking him to consider 'staggered office timings' for government offices, which will help in decongesting road traffic during peak hours.

Cars are the reason we, you know, people live or die.

Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.