Monday, October 17, 2005

LA traffic

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

LA traffic

is possibly the worst in the country. I've been watching it since 1998, when I landed there, and beyond a point, I could only 'watch' it and not drive in it. 405N was the first "free"way that I took. It was indeed free at that time. Then the traffic became unpredictable and became predictable again - there is always going to be traffic! On Thursday afternoons, it is called 'Thursday afternoon traffic'; on Sunday mornings it is called 'Sunday Morning traffic'. I am sure nobody knows what exactly that means.

Hello Senior Citizens! Yeah, buy your grand dream car after you retire with your 401K (make sure it either a Mercedes or a Lexus) and drive it sooooo slooooowly on the road so that everyone can get a very decent look at it! May you have the glory of holding up traffic on Wilshire Blvd on Saturday mornings. I mean, why would you want to get up on a weekday and head to the post office like the way you do, at 8:30am??!! Does the post office close beyond 10am? Or can't you just sit at home and do some internet shopping?

And those who are trying to enter the freeway - don't even look if the entrance ramp becomes another lane or not - just turn on your left indicators and head straight to the left lane without looking. That's when you can have the maximum impact on the society.

And how about being exxxxtrraaaa cautious when the road slopes downward in front of you - yeah, your car is going to take off like a plane because of gravity and you do have to slam the brakes pretty hard to avoid this even though there is absolutely NOBODY in front of you and you are already driving far less than the speed limit!

To all those pretty women - do you apply lipstick on your lips or lips on your lipstick when driving - could you let me go first? Do you have to do this at every signal and miss the precious green?

To the heroes of the fire department - could you do your drill at a later time please?

How about being completely ready to move your big monster vehicle when you get the left turn signal at Venice and Sepulveda? Or how about closing the 1 mile gap between yourself and the one in front of you, at times of extreme stress on the freeway. Are you reserving seats for somebody here? You are not driving at supersonic speeds that you need a runway to stop. Also, you should be proud to test your brand new BMW for its pick up and brakes. Either you close it or let me close it. Closing is bound to happen, so in your best interest, you do it without thinking.

How about not slowing down on the left lane to watch that funky clown on the other side of the freeway!!!

When the 'too good to be true' stuff happens and if the freeway is indeed empty, how about REALIZING it and driving at least at 65mph??

And what are you really doing following the semi when the lanes on either side are completely empty?

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