Side Mount Spare
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Joined: May 2008
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From: Poway, Ca.
At one time, traffic was chaotic...because there were no painted lines between the lanes. People passed one another *****-nilly, even against traffic.
By the 1950's, painted lines had become the norm...to keep people from passing *****-nilly.
When Ike became prez, he fought hard for his Federal Highway Safety Act...based on what he had seen in Germany's autobahns during WWII.
When passed, interstates began being built, and it wasn't long before interstates killed off Route 66 and the Lincoln Highway-the first transcontinental highway-opened 1919, and it was not built by public funds.
The automakers, tire manufacturers, petroleum industry built the Lincoln Highway which stretched from NYC to San Francisco.
Route 66 began on Wacker Drive in Chicago, ended at Santa Monica Blvd & Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. Someone (not sayin' who) bagged the END ROUTE 66 sign in Santa Monica before the feds removed it.
By the 1950's, painted lines had become the norm...to keep people from passing *****-nilly.
When Ike became prez, he fought hard for his Federal Highway Safety Act...based on what he had seen in Germany's autobahns during WWII.
When passed, interstates began being built, and it wasn't long before interstates killed off Route 66 and the Lincoln Highway-the first transcontinental highway-opened 1919, and it was not built by public funds.
The automakers, tire manufacturers, petroleum industry built the Lincoln Highway which stretched from NYC to San Francisco.
Route 66 began on Wacker Drive in Chicago, ended at Santa Monica Blvd & Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. Someone (not sayin' who) bagged the END ROUTE 66 sign in Santa Monica before the feds removed it.
LOL! Been out there lately? It's NUTS! I can reinstill your "chaotic" with just two words: Cell Phone!
Ford Parts Specialist
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Simi Valley, CA
Someone published a book a coupla years ago on all the short cuts one can take to avoid WLA traffic. So now even the short cuts are jammed with traffic. &(*^^%$
Since I moved out here to Hacienda Slights in 2001, I avoid the WLA area. 'Course traffic out here isn't much better, I live on the top of a hill on a cul de sac.
Coming down the hill t'other day, a gardener yakking on a cell phone ran the only stop sign on our street and damn near ran into me. *&(*&^$
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