I don't think I've ever driven in SF - every time I've visited I've relied on friends & taxis.
LA drivers annoy me, but I think it's just that the driving cultures in LA vs the East Coast cities I'm used to are so different.
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Jessica - Sep 23, 2010 8:36:44 am PDT #3801 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
juliana - Sep 23, 2010 8:38:46 am PDT #3802 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I still remember white-knuckling my way through the Caldecott Tunnel and over the Bay Bridge for the first time at 19, and damn near having to pull over and throw up at the end of the drive
Hence, why I Do Not take the motorcycle over to the East Bay. GG Bridge is fine, though. Fun, even. Bay Bridge? Fuck, no.
Barb - Sep 23, 2010 8:41:56 am PDT #3803 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
LA drivers annoy me, but I think it's just that the driving cultures in LA vs the East Coast cities I'm used to are so different.
See, driving in LA doesn't phase me because it's so similar to Miami driving. Before the first time I went to LA everyone was all "Oh, the drivers, the drivers!" and I got out there and was like "What? I don't see it."
Only place that's ever phased me driving-wise was downtown Chicago, oddly enough.
lisah - Sep 23, 2010 8:42:57 am PDT #3804 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I always had a great time driving in SF! I was always in rental cars and loved trying to catch a little air on some of the big hills.
meara - Sep 23, 2010 8:44:44 am PDT #3805 of 30000
Yeah, I think the fact that I kept having to drive in strange cities in rental cars for work, and not know where I was going, made ALL cities seem freaky and ACK, but also "whatever", at some point...
NoiseDesign - Sep 23, 2010 8:52:36 am PDT #3806 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Driving in Orlando makes me fear for my life quite regularly. The natives are insane and seem to adhere to an insane set of rules, like stacking three+ cars in a median waiting for a left turn and then all turning in tandem and jockeying for one lane, and then there are all the tourists who are totally unpredictable added to the mix.
Also Cincinnati drove me a little nuts, the big thing that stunned me there was the number of drivers who would come to a complete stop and the end on an onramp and sit waiting for a break in traffic to then pull out. I'd come up the onramp at freeway speed expecting to actually merge into traffic and there'd be some nutjob just sitting in the middle of the lane.
ChiKat - Sep 23, 2010 8:53:55 am PDT #3807 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
For OTC sleep aids, I take Benadryl. I start with 1 and then take a second if I need it.
Only place that's ever phased me driving-wise was downtown Chicago, oddly enough.
Really? I've never driven SF but it seems white-knuckle worthy. Chicago doesn't bother me...except for the cabbies who think non-cabbies don't exist and try moving into your lane when you're still in it.
OMG, speaking of. I seriously thought I was going to be killed on my commute yesterday morning. Driving along in normal rush hour traffic (which is close quarters and about 70 mph) a car zooms up next to me...IN BETWEEN ME AND THE CAR IN THE LANE NEXT TO ME!! Came in between us. And then zoomed in front of me only missing my front end because I swerved into the shoulder. Then, that car continued it's crazy ways for as long as I could see it. I honestly about had a heart attack.
Jessica - Sep 23, 2010 8:58:25 am PDT #3808 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Cincinnati driving makes me crazy because the highway exits have ZERO relation to the Google maps version of said exits. Which I realize is more Google's fault than Cincy's, but I can't even tell you the number of times I've driven back and forth across the Kentucky border looking for an exit that I later determined did not exist.
Steph L. - Sep 23, 2010 9:05:20 am PDT #3809 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Also Cincinnati drove me a little nuts, the big thing that stunned me there was the number of drivers who would come to a complete stop and the end on an onramp and sit waiting for a break in traffic to then pull out. I'd come up the onramp at freeway speed expecting to actually merge into traffic and there'd be some nutjob just sitting in the middle of the lane.
Ay. Every morning, that's my commute. "Merge" is apparently a foreign word. (OTOH, I got a ticket this morning, so maybe I'm not the best person to complain about bad drivers.)
Cincinnati driving makes me crazy because the highway exits have ZERO relation to the Google maps version of said exits. Which I realize is more Google's fault than Cincy's, but I can't even tell you the number of times I've driven back and forth across the Kentucky border looking for an exit that I later determined did not exist.
Really? Now I want to Google map my drive home. Maybe I will!
Laga - Sep 23, 2010 9:11:07 am PDT #3810 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
In PA they put stop signs at the end of on-ramps. I just don't get it.
Driving dowtown Chicago used to freak me out until I drove a horse-and-carriage. Now it's pretty rare for any kind of traffic to phase me. I wouldn't look forward to a cab ride in Jamaica, though.