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This is the second time I have had the misfortune of driving through this miserable state. They have the worst drivers on the planet, an entirely different rhythm then any other state I have driven in and there have been many.
Jeff, what the hell is up over there, that Merrick pkwy is a killer.
Go go go go go STOP go go go STOP!!
It's one or two Jersey drivers that usually F*$K thinks up for the rest of us :D
Not likely.
Seriously, any place I ghave ever driven has a normal rhythm on the road, a natural ebb and flow. Conn is totally different, you are crusing along at 50MPH and then traffic just stops, normally traffic would put along at a steady speed but not there.
I know, it's horrible. The infrastructure in this state is absolutely inadequate. Since this place is so unaffordable, people drive 70 miles each way and they clog the roads.
The trains are great, but only if you are going to New York. It takes as longer to get from Wilton to Greenwich than Wilton to NYC. When you can take the train, it takes you four years to get a parking permit to park at the train station. Our hard earned tax dollars at work.
Had to smile at the title "Conn drivers!!"
In French, "con" is an obscene word that is also used to mean "stupid".
Think yourself lucky you don't live in the UK, the roads are just as clogged but the trains are also cr*p :(Quote:
Originally posted by marist89
I know, it's horrible. The infrastructure in this state is absolutely inadequate. Since this place is so unaffordable, people drive 70 miles each way and they clog the roads.
The trains are great, but only if you are going to New York. It takes as longer to get from Wilton to Greenwich than Wilton to NYC. When you can take the train, it takes you four years to get a parking permit to park at the train station. Our hard earned tax dollars at work.
Come to India, specially Delhi... No lane driving, anyone can jump in from any where, narrow roads, big pot holes, water logging during monsoons, traffic signals out of order most of the time, blarring horn. Four lanes of car in two lane roads. And best part is due to lots and lots of flyover (more than 30 i suppose)construction going on, situation is worse now.Quote:
Originally posted by jovery
Think yourself lucky you don't live in the UK, the roads are just as clogged but the trains are also cr*p :(
If you can drive here, you can drive anywhere in the world.
Hopefully Metro will save the day once its complete.
Sounds like London :DQuote:
Originally posted by adewri
Come to India, specially Delhi... No lane driving, anyone can jump in from any where, narrow roads, big pot holes, water logging during monsoons, traffic signals out of order most of the time, blarring horn. Four lanes of car in two lane roads. And best part is due to lots and lots of flyover (more than 30 i suppose)construction going on, situation is worse now.
We have 7 tunnels and over a dozen bridges in the city of Pittsburgh. The fastest way to get anywhere in rush hour almost never involves a tunnel, if you can help it. The 31st bridge looks like if was shelled with a howitzer. The road is nearly impassable, and the sidewalk is impassable. I should know I rode my road bike accross it.Quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Hanky
Not likely.
Seriously, any place I ghave ever driven has a normal rhythm on the road, a natural ebb and flow. Conn is totally different, you are crusing along at 50MPH and then traffic just stops, normally traffic would put along at a steady speed but not there.
There is a road near where I live, called Beechwood Blvd, that intersect a road called Monitor, 3 times along a 3 blocks stretch, try to explain that. The person who laid out that street must have been an alchoholic. It is shaped like a lower case j written by a drunk.
Ah Spring, as the Orange PennDot barrels come into season! :rolleyes:
That's ok, we have lots of potholes, and the no look merge! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by adewri
Come to India, specially Delhi... No lane driving, anyone can jump in from any where, narrow roads, big pot holes, water logging during monsoons, traffic signals out of order most of the time, blarring horn. Four lanes of car in two lane roads. And best part is due to lots and lots of flyover (more than 30 i suppose)construction going on, situation is worse now.
If you can drive here, you can drive anywhere in the world.
Hopefully Metro will save the day once its complete.
Ah! the no look merge. Just now listening to a new Mick Hucknall jazz tune and thinking of what a gracefull move the no look merge can be.Quote:
That's ok, we have lots of potholes, and the no look merge!
Driving along, happier than a pig in s**t, listening to that new Mick Hucknall jazz tune, you know the one, the kind you find playing in your new big box all in one store, when all of a sudden, out of know where, some nut case just flitters right in front of you.
This is so much more fun when your on a motorbike and some moron decides to do a "no look merge". People that use the force to drive don't you just luv'em :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by gandolf989
That's ok, we have lots of potholes, and the no look merge! :rolleyes:
Oh yes, I do. The thing that would irk me to no end though is to see them yapping on a cell phone. Please allow me to change it to a blind merge. To me, someone yapping on a cell phone has an excuse. Those blind merges that are truely a thing of beauty are the ones where there is no excuse, just move up then, in. Oh, I can't stand the ones who try to be all artsy about it. You know the ones, they actually look at you then swerve in.Quote:
don't you just luv'em
Please, don't even get me started on these cell phone talkin morons!!
Here is a tip, if you THINK you are one of the people that can use a cell phone while driving unaffected, you are one of those morons.
My opinion is that they should be pulled over, bitchslapped and sent on there merry way. Repeat offenders should just be shot.
Between cell phones, dvd players, hot tubs, driving is no longer a priority.
Shoot them first off why give them a second chance to kill someone on the roadQuote:
Originally posted by Mr.Hanky
My opinion is that they should be pulled over, bitchslapped and sent on there merry way. Repeat offenders should just be shot.
And no comments on the lady with the cell phone who just slammed the brakes thinking that it was the accelerator, just missed her by a millimeter.
Look, I am trying to be more tolerant these days, I have to do something to appease the liberals here.Quote:
Originally posted by jovery
Shoot them first off why give them a second chance to kill someone on the road
I am inclined to agree however, if they were developers I wouldn't think twice.
Is there anything more frightening then some self-absorbed soccer mom driving a 40 ton SUV blabbing on the cell phone.
What about GW??? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Hanky Is there anything more frightening then some self-absorbed soccer mom driving a 40 ton SUV blabbing on the cell phone.
Hell no!!Quote:
Originally posted by gandolf989
What about GW??? :rolleyes:
YES! ThisQuote:
Is there anything more frightening then some self-absorbed soccer mom driving a 40 ton SUV blabbing on the cell phone.
I've been behind them, no cell phone, no nothing, just ups and slams the brakes.Quote:
The lady who just slammed the brakes thinking that it was the accelerator
You all are forgetting the colourfull curses!:D