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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:15 PM Original message |
I’m Convinced Bad Drivers In The City, Makes People Assholes |
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rasputin5 (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. You have, inadvertantly of course, reversed cause and effect. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. LOL. I haven't worked out all the kinks in my theory. It's a work in progress. |
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rasputin5 (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It happens. |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oddly I didn't mind LA driving |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Wow, don't know how you did it! I drive all over the country, and this place pisses me off the most. |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. As every out-of-stater here notices, |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Exactly! You hit the nail on the head. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. guess that's why the cops labeled the rolling stop the "Hollywood" stop |
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rasputin5 (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I hear you. I've driven in 50+ countries and every U.S. state, I think |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Yeah I prefer aggressive rude people to overly polite ineffective droolers |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think Californians are great people as long as they are not |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Like I said - still working on my theory. (This is my first non-political post.) |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've lived in LA all my life, and I agree! |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thanks! Great post. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Actually, other than the rush hour that never ends, I don't find driving in LA that bad when I visit |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. LA certainly does not have a monopoly on bad drivers. |
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Riktor (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Massholes take the cake |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. i live in California but i'm a transplanted Masshole, my theory on asshole drivers in this state |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Try riding a bike in the city where you have to share the roads with these drivers. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. That must suck. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Miami is a little slice of hell, too. I think this is a "chicken or the egg" kinda thing. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. Public canings would alleviate this problem in a jiffy. You, betcha |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Now, now, don't be so quick to dismiss your idea! |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. idiot drivers are everywhere |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think it has to do with population-density. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. Had to vent. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's the anonymity that is the problem |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
24. Are you one of those left lane drivers |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Not even close! I'm talking about about doing 75 or 80 in the middle lane with nowhere |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. I would slow down to a crawl then |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't buy the rural drivers v. urban drivers hypothesis. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Like eridani said, a lot of it has to do with anonymity. That and the fact there are so many |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. There is a big @sshole magnet under Los Angeles that attracts bad drivers. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You rock! |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. I lived in L.A. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. LA drivers are aggressive as hell. They bunch up on the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. On the freeway, they don't want to be ahead of you or behind you. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. I found drivers in Ca. much easier to put up with than Texas drivers. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. You want agressive, high speed, tailgaters? Try anywhere in England. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. When we used to go to Mexico, we'd bribe the cabbies to go SLOWER. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. When I was in Japan, we tough-guy marines, would sit in terror in the taxis. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I was there in the '80's. I know exactly what you're talking about! |
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suede1 (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. The House Wive's of Wheaton Illinois... |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. I moved to LA from Nebraska... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. My pet peeve. I swear, some asshole driver will put me in my grave |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Love that line! Going to use it. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's the whole transportation system. Thank the "big 3" automakers. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. Not me... |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. Bay Area resident here - totally agree. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You're lucky. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I did the commute for the first year I lived here. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
52. Here's a tip: when changing lanes, |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
53. Come to Asia before you EVER criticize American Drivers/Driving Again |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I've been to Asia, and yes they're worse. But people here can be better, |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Absolutely criticize... However, I always enjoy the peace and quite of a drive through LA or NYC |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. LOL. I never got into a car in Japan without a corresponding heart-attack. |
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