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Hoser
climber
Vancouver,Rome
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Feb 21, 2017 - 02:47pm PT
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I am surprised Manila didnt make that list Ghost!
The traffic here is bad for sure, being able to ignore all traffic laws helps...if you want rid yourself of road rage...come here, doesnt take long before you give up.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Feb 21, 2017 - 04:40pm PT
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What Dingus said is true. Just watch out for the BMWs.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Feb 21, 2017 - 04:54pm PT
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Why would you drive in LA when you can take the electric streetcar system? No traffic jams. No air pollution.
Oh yeah, GM, Chevron, and Firestone bought it, dismantled it, and sold off the land so it could never be recreated...
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Feb 21, 2017 - 05:17pm PT
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You talking about The Red Car, Fet?
My Grandmother said The Red Car took "all goddamn day" to get from Pasadena to the beach, and everyone in L.A. bought a car as soon as they could afford one.
( because strange as it seems, people in the 30s, 40s, and 50s didn't feel like wasting any more of their time then than we do today )
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Feb 21, 2017 - 05:40pm PT
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I almost moved back to California years ago, interviewed in my old stomping grounds in Los Angeles.
I remember being on a 5-lane freeway, in stop-and-go traffic in both directions, as far as the eye could see.
It was 2 o'clock in the morning.
Needless to say, I did NOT move back to L.A.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Feb 21, 2017 - 06:24pm PT
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Oh yeah, that lane splitting thing the motorcyclists do on the freeway scares me to death. yeah well..
I split lanes everyday. It's great.
I've seen people do some pretty strange things while doing this for the last 40 years.
One of the weirdest was a a guy in overalls driving a cop car with a uniformed cop in the back seat. That or the scantily clad girl dancing on the center k-rail to the music in her head. That one stopped traffic in both directions for miles, or maybe it was the nun screaming profanities out her window, or maybe it was....
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seano
Mountain climber
none
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Feb 21, 2017 - 06:50pm PT
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Don't those morons know that making gridlock worse makes pollution worse? And they're doing this sh*t on purpose.
"The gridlock will continue until traffic improves." There's a reason I avoid that part of the country.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Feb 21, 2017 - 06:56pm PT
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In terms of traffic, the Tijuana border line is Cairo, Rome and Jakarta all in one...all taking place in the middle of a swap meet.
You don't ever use your blinker, you don't ever make eye contact with the vendors and you never, ever let anyone in your lane.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 21, 2017 - 07:17pm PT
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Some crankloon in a POS Nissan Cube tried to take me off the line today! ARE U KIDDING ME?
A Cube vs a Raptor? Really? That's a seriously deluded metrosexual there.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Feb 21, 2017 - 07:32pm PT
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I've lived in LA for 30+ years, and yes, the traffic during business hours is tough, no doubt.
However, I'm amazed that someone would come to LA, with it's reputation, and expect to just fight through it with a car.
There are some amazing public transit options now. It's been a number of years since I've driven to downtown. No reason to, when you can take a nice subway, and relax and read.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Feb 21, 2017 - 08:20pm PT
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Like anything else in life it is a matter of having the right tool for the right job.
Get yerself a gyrocopter, dude.
[Click to View YouTube Video]\
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Feb 21, 2017 - 08:42pm PT
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Moscow is really not that bad. Navigation works great. No worse, or even better, than the Bay Area or Seattle.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 22, 2017 - 02:37am PT
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Nobody drives in LA anymore...the roads are way too crowded.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Feb 22, 2017 - 07:32am PT
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^^^
But, bringing it all back home.
Authorities respond to report of shot fired on Interstate 805 in Chula Vista area
Dispatchers said a driver reported having a window shot out while traveling on northbound I-805 at Olympic Parkway.
Gyrocopters may not be all they're cracked up to be. Fortunately neither John Wayne nor Harrison Ford, nor anyone else for that mnatter, was injured.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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