The Most Terrifying Roads In The World

[Duke87]

...and the Merritt Parkway is far from the worst in the NYC area. Try driving the Bronx River Parkway sometime. No, not in The Bronx, the part north of the split with the Sprain. Y'know, the part that's so bad they built the Sprain to bypass it rather than upgrade it.

[Scott5114]

I've noticed that Yukon/Tahoe/Escalade drivers are the most obnoxious.  also the ugliest car on the road.

Now that the Pontiac Aztec has been dead for a while...

[agentsteel53]

Now that the Pontiac Aztec has been dead for a while...

that was a special breed of creatively ugly.  the Tahoe just looks like it was built by a committee of playground bullies.

[J N Winkler]

It was actually the Pontiac Aztek (with a k--Google is not helpful as to why) and Breaking Bad has made it iconic again.

[Alps]

It was actually the Pontiac Aztek (with a k--Google is not helpful as to why) and Breaking Bad has made it iconic again.

Same reason as the Mazda Millenia.

[J N Winkler]

It was actually the Pontiac Aztek (with a k--Google is not helpful as to why) and Breaking Bad has made it iconic again.

Same reason as the Mazda Millenia.

If you mean that the marketing people didn't want to remind clueless customers of their own inability to spell, then I can certainly believe that, but do you have a source?

[Alps]

It was actually the Pontiac Aztek (with a k--Google is not helpful as to why) and Breaking Bad has made it iconic again.

Same reason as the Mazda Millenia.

If you mean that the marketing people didn't want to remind clueless customers of their own inability to spell, then I can certainly believe that, but do you have a source?

I'm more referring to "slightly altered spellings are somehow considered to be popular." Just look at baby name trends lately.

[agentsteel53]

I'm more referring to "slightly altered spellings are somehow considered to be popular." Just look at baby name trends lately.

combined with random vampire names.  we've probably got kids being named Robyrt Patynsyn now. 

[Alps]

I'm more referring to "slightly altered spellings are somehow considered to be popular." Just look at baby name trends lately.

combined with random vampire names.  we've probably got kids being named Robyrt Patynsyn now. 

i will gladly give out my address to anyone who is willing to kill me before i meet anyone by that name

[Brandon]

It was actually the Pontiac Aztek (with a k--Google is not helpful as to why) and Breaking Bad has made it iconic again.

Same reason as the Mazda Millenia.

If you mean that the marketing people didn't want to remind clueless customers of their own inability to spell, then I can certainly believe that, but do you have a source?

I'm more referring to "slightly altered spellings are somehow considered to be popular." Just look at baby name trends lately.

It's for trademarking purposes.

[InterstateNG]

It was actually the Pontiac Aztek (with a k--Google is not helpful as to why) and Breaking Bad has made it iconic again.

It was already iconic because it killed the Pontiac brand.

[kphoger]

I love how we've gone from roads where people actually fear death on a regular basis to (1) various urban expressways in the US and (2) car model name spellings.

[Alps]

I love how we've gone from roads where people actually fear death on a regular basis to (1) various urban expressways in the US and (2) car model name spellings.

The Aztek is the most terrifying car in the world; therefore, any road on which it appears is the most terrifying.

[kphoger]

Thank you for the illumination.  I have edited my post.

[bugo]

It was actually the Pontiac Aztek (with a k--Google is not helpful as to why) and Breaking Bad has made it iconic again.

It was already iconic because it killed the Pontiac marque.

No, it didn't.  The Obama administration did.  GM wanted to keep Pontiac around, but they rejected GM's plan that kept Pontiac around.  One of Obama's boondoggles.

[Brandon]

It was actually the Pontiac Aztek (with a k--Google is not helpful as to why) and Breaking Bad has made it iconic again.

It was already iconic because it killed the Pontiac brand.

Pontiac was a dead brand walking long before that.  Many, many missteps killed the brand long before it was finally axed.  I'm actually a bit surprised Buick survived in the US and Canada.

[bugo]

Pontiac was doing fine as a marque (not a brand.  Cars are either makes or marques.  Toilet paper, bread, and TVs are "brands".)  It outsold Buick by a large margin.  The only reason they killed off Pontiac and kept Buick is because for some reason, the Buick marque has a lot of prestige in China.  I'm still angry for the losses of Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Plymouth, and Mercury.  Hell, I miss DeSoto, Edsel, Packard, Studebaker, and AMC, even though all of those were before my time besides AMC.  I don't really miss Saturn, and good riddance to Hummer.

[agentsteel53]

back on topic... the only thing keeping "any arterial in Mexico City" off this list is the sheer volume of traffic.  driving 7-abreast on a road designed for three lanes (but just not striped, of course) is not quite as harrowing when you're averaging 3.5mph.

[texaskdog]

Really hate commercial that use cool roads without identifying them.  Maybe that could be an AA roads post someday.

[nwi_navigator_1181]

I'm surprised we made it this far and didn't even mention "[The Tail of] The Dragon," a portion of U.S. 129 on both Tennessee and North Carolina. Hundreds of sharp (and blind) curves where any mistake could be one's last. They even had a 55 mph speed limit before dropping to 30 in 2005.

Twenty-four lives have been lost since 2000 due to accidents on this nasty stretch. It was recently profiled on the documentary "Hell Roads," which aired on the Discovery Channel. Here is the clip.

[kphoger]

So, basically, it's just like any lettered highway in the Missouri Ozarks. 

[Alps]

Really hate commercial that use cool roads without identifying them.  Maybe that could be an AA roads post someday.

There was that one Super Bowl commercial that kept showing this truss bridge that made me want to drive it. But not the car, just the bridge.