i hate washington dc traffic!!!
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i hate washington dc traffic!!!
anyone ever driven through dc during rush hour? or any other time?
i mean, jeez, i have lived and traveled in alot of places, even lived in london, uk for 2 years, and i have never seen traffic so bad in my life!
there was traffic everywhere! the highways, backroads, just thousands and thousands of cars everywhere! sitting all in one place not moving.
and to top it off, i missed my turn, headed out of arlington to dc and took me an hour of sitting in traffic and figuring out how to go west across the river again.
alright, just my frustrations.....the heck with hybrids and higher mpg cars, they need some mass transist!
i mean, jeez, i have lived and traveled in alot of places, even lived in london, uk for 2 years, and i have never seen traffic so bad in my life!
there was traffic everywhere! the highways, backroads, just thousands and thousands of cars everywhere! sitting all in one place not moving.
and to top it off, i missed my turn, headed out of arlington to dc and took me an hour of sitting in traffic and figuring out how to go west across the river again.
alright, just my frustrations.....the heck with hybrids and higher mpg cars, they need some mass transist!
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When I lived in MD. I worked for a quarry in Bethesda. They also had a well drilling division. Part of my job was to move equiptment from site to site. I used to hate getting on the beltway (495) in DC. Especially with one of the drilling rigs. They were about 50 ft long and had a top speed of about 50. And it took a couple of weeks worth of pedal mashing and gear banging to get them up to 50. Just to have to slow down again.
I get aggravated all over again just remembering it.
I get aggravated all over again just remembering it.
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well, after making a wrong turn and ending up across in dc again, and figuring out how to get back, i finally found the place i needed to go and.......go figure, the place is only 10 mintues from my hotel right off the same road.
map quest is wrong on the road to where i needed to go, thats why the second time i got lost, just stupid luck my first time.
i am all set now! just have to arrive at 7 in the morning so i can get parking. and hour earlier than i need to be.
map quest is wrong on the road to where i needed to go, thats why the second time i got lost, just stupid luck my first time.
i am all set now! just have to arrive at 7 in the morning so i can get parking. and hour earlier than i need to be.
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From: Damascus-Boring, Ore
Originally Posted by andym
NYC's awful, but not as bad as DC. For bad traffic, though, you can't beat LA. Ever sit in traffic at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon?
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I lived in Crownsville, a "DC suburb", and worked in DC right after community college. We had to adjust our whole life to miss traffic. Start work at 5 and leave at 2. Not great, but soooo much better. I do remember some exciting drives though. 5 AM curb hopping and median strip exit crossings.
In an auto, traffic is not so bad. In a stick, eh. In a huge truck with a stick, that's it, moving to the country.
In an auto, traffic is not so bad. In a stick, eh. In a huge truck with a stick, that's it, moving to the country.
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From: Southern MD
Originally Posted by bf250
anyone ever driven through dc during rush hour? or any other time?
i mean, jeez, i have lived and traveled in alot of places, even lived in london, uk for 2 years, and i have never seen traffic so bad in my life!
there was traffic everywhere! the highways, backroads, just thousands and thousands of cars everywhere! sitting all in one place not moving.
and to top it off, i missed my turn, headed out of arlington to dc and took me an hour of sitting in traffic and figuring out how to go west across the river again.
alright, just my frustrations.....the heck with hybrids and higher mpg cars, they need some mass transist!
i mean, jeez, i have lived and traveled in alot of places, even lived in london, uk for 2 years, and i have never seen traffic so bad in my life!
there was traffic everywhere! the highways, backroads, just thousands and thousands of cars everywhere! sitting all in one place not moving.
and to top it off, i missed my turn, headed out of arlington to dc and took me an hour of sitting in traffic and figuring out how to go west across the river again.
alright, just my frustrations.....the heck with hybrids and higher mpg cars, they need some mass transist!
The whole problem is that the commuters here all want to be first, and they all have brain-cramps. Plus, the road system is 20 - 25 years behind the times. Northern Virginia is a nightmare!!!
I've been driving into and out of Washington, DC, five; sometimes six days a week, for almost 33 years, now.
I'm driving from Southern Maryland, about 10 miles south of Andrews Air Force Base, (26 miles, one way, for me) and the traffic is a LITTLE easier than the traffic from N. Virginia.
(But, not by much!!!)
The RUSH hour here is a LOT different than in E. Tennessee. I'd love to be doing my Dad's old commute in Kingsport.
Ten minutes!
My only bit of hope is that I can retire in early 2009. (Just around the bend, for me!!!)
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Every day from Columbia up I95 to Baltimore INt. Airport - not exactly DC, but the idiots are the same. And the stories I could tell...Oh well, 360 days to retirement & a move to rural PA! But, when we do DC (usually with visiting relatives), it's a piece of cake. (Drive to Beltsville, take the train to National mall, do the sightseeing, train back. 30 Min each way tops.
And yes, its off to work at 5:30 AM to miss the greater portion of the road devils.
And yes, its off to work at 5:30 AM to miss the greater portion of the road devils.
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Being a native of the DC area for my whole life, which has been a long time, I've seen the area grow into one big gridlock
From two lane roads with few cars, to the same roads into 8 lane parking lots during rush hours. And many times, all day long.
I'm retired now, and don't have to encounter the mess I see every morning and evening on the TV traffic news. I feel for those folks every day.
00BlueOvalRanger
You come up Branch Ave? I see, it seems like a couple times a week lately, cars overturned in the mornings. I can't understand how cars flip over on a straight piece of road in all that back-up.
From two lane roads with few cars, to the same roads into 8 lane parking lots during rush hours. And many times, all day long.
I'm retired now, and don't have to encounter the mess I see every morning and evening on the TV traffic news. I feel for those folks every day.
00BlueOvalRanger
You come up Branch Ave? I see, it seems like a couple times a week lately, cars overturned in the mornings. I can't understand how cars flip over on a straight piece of road in all that back-up.
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From: Mifflin, PA
Originally Posted by 94van
00BlueOvalRanger
You come up Branch Ave? I see, it seems like a couple times a week lately, cars overturned in the mornings. I can't understand how cars flip over on a straight piece of road in all that back-up.
You come up Branch Ave? I see, it seems like a couple times a week lately, cars overturned in the mornings. I can't understand how cars flip over on a straight piece of road in all that back-up.
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From: Southern MD
Originally Posted by 94van
Being a native of the DC area for my whole life, which has been a long time, I've seen the area grow into one big gridlock
From two lane roads with few cars, to the same roads into 8 lane parking lots during rush hours. And many times, all day long.
I'm retired now, and don't have to encounter the mess I see every morning and evening on the TV traffic news. I feel for those folks every day.
00BlueOvalRanger
You come up Branch Ave? I see, it seems like a couple times a week lately, cars overturned in the mornings. I can't understand how cars flip over on a straight piece of road in all that back-up.
From two lane roads with few cars, to the same roads into 8 lane parking lots during rush hours. And many times, all day long.
I'm retired now, and don't have to encounter the mess I see every morning and evening on the TV traffic news. I feel for those folks every day.
00BlueOvalRanger
You come up Branch Ave? I see, it seems like a couple times a week lately, cars overturned in the mornings. I can't understand how cars flip over on a straight piece of road in all that back-up.
Just last night, traffic just before you get into Charles County was backed up for 6 miles. A flat-bed semi with crushed cars on it, dumped it's load onto Rte. 301.
Everyone thought that the cars were damaged from the accident! Ha! (Really not funny, though.)
Fortunately, the wife and I left work early, to take the youngest son to the doctor. I dodged THAT bullet.
I remember doing my commute into DC (from here) in less than 30 minutes.
At one point I was going into work at 3:00 a.m. to beat the traffic. (Just me and two other idiots on the road at that time!)
The absolute worst commute was when the Air Florida 737 went down into the Potomac River and the Metro (subway) crashed in Jan. of '82. 6-1/2 hours to get home!!!!!
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Originally Posted by alchymist
Makes you wonder how they can get going fast enough to flip, doesn't it?
People will cross in front of oncoming cars, without fail. . . . CRASH!!!
There's even signs that say "NO LEFT TURN 5:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.", and even the POLICE still make the turns. You'd think that people will learn that you can only play the odds.. . . just so long before you lose!?!?!?!?!?!!!!
At least one of these 'T-Bone' accidents per week on this stretch of highway.