I'm gonna say East Coast drivers are equally batty making to me, a Los Angeles driver. Go faster, MERGE, red means stop and GREEN means go. Ahem.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Jun 02, 2014 4:35:27 am PDT #28964 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sarameg - Jun 02, 2014 5:01:32 am PDT #28965 of 30000
I can't disagree. LA driving was a positively civilized experience. There are just too many cars for the available routes.
brenda m - Jun 02, 2014 5:25:18 am PDT #28966 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
OMG, people in DC/VA who go to the end of the on ramp and then STOP and wait for an opening.
brenda m - Jun 02, 2014 5:27:03 am PDT #28967 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
A Chicago quirk that catches people by surprise and has actually changed how I drive is that yellow lights only last for a three-count.
-t - Jun 02, 2014 5:42:09 am PDT #28968 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OMG, people in DC/VA who go to the end of the on ramp and then STOP and wait for an opening.
My most hated driving thing! I can forgive a lot but that one drives me up a wall. Actually, most of my driving rage is caused by failure to merge one way or another. Merging is an important skill, drivers, learn it!
Laura - Jun 02, 2014 5:51:44 am PDT #28969 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
OMG, people in DC/VA who go to the end of the on ramp and then STOP and wait for an opening.
The Worst! I have come close on more than one occasion to rear ending someone on a ramp for this insanity. Of course some wacky engineers have decided to put a light at the end of ramps to control traffic volume. Weeps.
SuziQ - Jun 02, 2014 5:54:36 am PDT #28970 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
A Chicago quirk that catches people by surprise and has actually changed how I drive is that yellow lights only last for a three-count.
The Denver area has long yellow lights, which still mess with my brain. A ton of cars fly through like it is a contest to see how many can get through before it turns red. I've had people honk at me if I dare to stop before it turns red.
Laura - Jun 02, 2014 6:02:20 am PDT #28971 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Random side note to traffic issues. It has been 6 months since I have driven on I-95. Instead I take the beach road and it has been slower but so much less stress.
This weekend I charted my potential routes for driving to NY for the summer and the highway route is ~22 hrs and the off highway options are ~30 hours. I decided it was worth it. Less chance for catastrophe and a change of scenery from a route I have done many dozens of times. Instead of staying in a hotel 1 night I am thinking 3, broken into fairly even chunks, with the 4th leg a short one from NYC to Otter Lake. First leg from home to Savannah to visit my niece. 2nd leg to Charlottesville (bats eyes at Zenkitty). 3rd leg to Staten Island to stay with my wonderful SIL and maybe kidnap her and take her with me upstate.
The notion is to arrive feeling like I have been on vacation instead of arriving tense and exhausted from two very long days of highway traffic.
-t - Jun 02, 2014 6:26:39 am PDT #28972 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds nice, Laura. Always better to be able to enjoy the driving part of the trip rather than just enduring it until you get where you are going.
-t - Jun 02, 2014 6:28:48 am PDT #28973 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Crapola, I left the list of places I need to call about my parents' party at home. Oh well, a lot of them are probably closed on Mondays, anyway.