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...Whitepower...
10-03-2012, 3:05pm
That's about right.
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Blademaker
10-03-2012, 3:07pm
:yesnod: Chastain on to 575 at rush hour.
Datawiz
10-03-2012, 3:08pm
:seasix:
...Whitepower...
10-03-2012, 3:11pm
:yesnod: Chastain on to 575 at rush hour.
Canton and 575/75 for me.. :lol:
Stangkiller
10-03-2012, 3:12pm
Kind of like that when the cop in front of you takes the off ramp
We have those stupid little red lights at the entrance ramps to a few freeways in Houston. I understand the concept, to put a little space between the cars entering to make it easier to merge, but come on, really? Those lights are the stupidest thing I have ever seen our tax dollars wasted on, and that's really saying something.
The few times I have actually seen people stop for them, they usually narrowly miss getting rear ended by other motorists who actually live in the real world, not the hypothetical traffic management world.
I follow the guy in front of me on his green, I really wish people would ignor those things.
...Whitepower...
10-03-2012, 3:18pm
We have those stupid little red lights at the entrance ramps to a few freeways in Houston. I understand the concept, to put a little space between the cars entering to make it easier to merge, but come on, really? Those lights are the stupidest thing I have ever seen our tax dollars wasted on, and that's really saying something.
The few times I have actually seen people stop for them, they usually narrowly miss getting rear ended by other motorists who actually live in the real world, not the hypothetical traffic management world.
In Atlanta they are used mostly for congestion on on ramps to initiate the zipper style merging on the on ramp before you hit the actually interstate. There are usually two lights one for each lane alternating back and forth. During off peak hours and weekends they are off.
Stangkiller
10-03-2012, 3:20pm
In Atlanta they are used mostly for congestion on on ramps to initiate the zipper style merging on the on ramp before you hit the actually interstate. There are usually two lights one for each lane alternating back and forth. During off peak hours and weekends they are off.
Ours are off during off peak as well.
FasterTraffic
10-03-2012, 3:23pm
The few times I have actually seen people stop for them, they usually narrowly miss getting rear ended by other motorists who actually live in the real world, not the hypothetical traffic management world.
:confused5:
We have those on possibly every onramp in this area. People don't seem to have any trouble following directions.
In Atlanta they are used mostly for congestion on on ramps to initiate the zipper style merging on the on ramp before you hit the actually interstate. There are usually two lights one for each lane alternating back and forth. During off peak hours and weekends they are off.
:yesnod:
In Atlanta they are used mostly for congestion on on ramps to initiate the zipper style merging on the on ramp before you hit the actually interstate. There are usually two lights one for each lane alternating back and forth. During off peak hours and weekends they are off.
These things are why I voted no on that recent transpertation bill. Any agency that thinks its smart to put a red light at the end of an entrance ramp already has more money than it should have.
ConstantChange
10-03-2012, 3:25pm
I've never seen those. Interesting...
NEED-A-VETTE
10-03-2012, 3:45pm
The few times I have actually seen people stop for them, they usually narrowly miss getting rear ended by other motorists who actually live in the real world, not the hypothetical traffic management world.
So in the real world, the assumption is that the person in front of you is going to ignore the hypothetical red light? Brilliant!!! :rofl:
:confused5:
We have those on possibly every onramp in this area. People don't seem to have any trouble following directions.
I was thinking the same thing. I'm actually shocked when I DON'T see one. :island14:
Bucwheat
10-03-2012, 3:55pm
I love it when someone comes to a stop on an on ramp,MERGE PEOPLE.
mrvette
10-03-2012, 4:02pm
Shit, the GOD DAMNED .gov can't even sequence a friggin traffic light sequence to keep the majority/bulk of traffic flowing decently, let alone that type of stupid traffic 'management'......
I 'grew up' in the Wash DC region, so always thought it was 'normal' to go from red light to red light and stop for every damn one in sequence,
Then in '70 I went to Texas, Dallas FW area.....and found out a few things.....NUMBER ONE, you don't run no red light in TEXAS, you WILL BE KILLED, and the junkyards proved the point.....
BUT, the traffic kept flowing, you maybe turn a corner and hit a red light....but then as long as your kept on that same road, you never hit another, that was working as a outside TV tech, so my route was random at any particular time of day......same traffic amount as Wash DC....
BUT today, same traffic just this morning, for a doctor appointment, and so I had to stop and accelerate about 25 times for NO GOOD REASON,
there is simply NO reason for that bullshit, pay attention folks, it's a result of the FED .gov and the DOT bux, and yes I"m serious.....DEAD serious....
Doubt what I say?? get out on your daily drives and pay attention to the routs and stops.....and think....
:seasix:
NeedSpeed
10-03-2012, 4:10pm
I love it when someone comes to a stop on an on ramp,MERGE PEOPLE.
:iagree: I hate when you're following someone on a on ramp and they refuse to get up to traffic speed. :kick:
So in the real world, the assumption is that the person in front of you is going to ignore the hypothetical red light? Brilliant!!! :rofl:
I was thinking the same thing. I'm actually shocked when I DON'T see one. :island14:
Safety tip: when you come to Houston, let a Houston resident drive you around.
Kerrmudgeon
10-03-2012, 4:23pm
I thing it should be part of every driver's license test in the country to require the noob driver to merge onto a busy freeway. If she (hehe) can't, automatic FAIL! I've almost rearended a few dizzy fools stopped in the merge lane, afraid to MERGE!
Uhgggggggg!.....:slap::kick::issues:
Safety tip: when you come to Houston, let a Houston resident drive you around.
Serious.
If I happen to run a light, there always seems to be three cars behind me that did so worse than me.
Stangkiller
10-03-2012, 4:25pm
I thing it should be part of every driver's license test in the country to require the noob driver to merge onto a busy freeway. If she (hehe) can't, automatic FAIL! I've almost rearended a few dizzy fools stopped in the merge lane, afraid to MERGE!
Uhgggggggg!.....:slap::kick::issues:
Just this morning, I was driving in the HOV lane, into which a lady was trying to merge.
The Bitch honked at ME, because I didn't slam on my brakes to let her over, I stayed at a constant speed and distance, I did not try to block her from merging. What's funny is later on, she did the same thing to somebody else trying to merge on. What a c*nt.
mrvette
10-03-2012, 4:48pm
Another favorite bitch, I judge traffic distance by my front yard in suburbia....typically either 60 or 90' wide, that will make a ~1/4 acre lot for each house, depending on shape.....
and so I get to be a fairly good judge of distance between cars.....
and I really bitch over these idiots that leave 90-200' between cars, the guy ahead of them is pulling away and they setting there, resigned to a ten mile trip at a average speed of maybe 20 mph.....
and there is NO reason for it, ......
it's the FED.gov war on the suburbs.....
and anything else is bullshit....BTDT, know first hand what I speak....
Frizzle
10-03-2012, 4:53pm
really don't got that crap around here....
When your on an on ramp for the love of god... please be at least going the speed of the posted speed limit and preferably faster! Nothing worse when your trying to merge nicely into traffic and the idiot in front of you is puttering along at 35mph on an on ramp.
Also another big pet peeve of mine is people hitting the brakes on the highway for no apparent reason. Take your foot off of the gas... you will slow down, no need to go from 75 to 65 in 5 seconds because your creeping up on another car. Just take your foot off the gas place it over above the break and if you need to apply your breaks then do so. Just don't tap the breaks to slow down. IDIOTS!
mrvette
10-03-2012, 5:07pm
I brake with the left foot, even with a stick shift, and obviously that changes with conditions....not rocket science.....
What I bitch about is some dumb fock braking with 100+ feet instead of closing distance in some organized manner.....all that does is make traffic behind have to stop for no reason, at a light they could have made and been on their way.....
and yes I know the 'traffic management' arguments from the 'professionals', and know it to be bullshit.....
once again, I know more than they do......dead seriously....
:issues:
FasterTraffic
10-03-2012, 5:47pm
Just take your foot off the gas place it over above the break and if you need to apply your breaks then do so. Just don't tap the breaks to slow down. IDIOTS!
:Jeff '79:
NEED-A-VETTE
10-03-2012, 6:34pm
Safety tip: when you come to Houston, let a Houston resident drive you around.
Serious.
If I happen to run a light, there always seems to be three cars behind me that did so worse than me.
:rolleyes:
I've driven around Houston before. I have family in Texas and I travel for work. I've spent chunks of time all over Texas. Zero issues. :island14:
The worst places that I've had the experience of driving is New York areas, Atlanta and Los Angeles. Congestion and idiot drivers. However, I've yet to be rear ended at an entrance ramp. :p
Chuck A
10-03-2012, 6:37pm
yea we have them here, really love getting on the highway with the zx14, really quickly
mrvette
10-03-2012, 6:38pm
:rolleyes:
I've driven around Houston before. I have family in Texas and I travel for work. I've spent chunks of time all over Texas. Zero issues. :island14:
The worst places that I've had the experience of driving is New York areas, Atlanta and Los Angeles. Congestion and idiot drivers. However, I've yet to be rear ended at an entrance way ramp. :p
HEHEHE....you traffic virgin....try DC.....
CASE CLOSED@@!!! they got drivers and NON drivers from all over this globe......
it's FUN@@!!!! every time I go back over the last ~15 years, even I am amazed at the change, only way to drive in DC is with a huge .mil related machine gun to clear your path.....
and yes, I"m serious.....:sadangel::shots:
NEED-A-VETTE
10-03-2012, 6:40pm
HEHEHE....you traffic virgin....try DC.....
CASE CLOSED@@!!! they got drivers and NON drivers from all over this globe......
it's FUN@@!!!! every time I go back over the last ~15 years, even I am amazed at the change, only way to drive in DC is with a huge .mil related machine gun to clear your path.....
and yes, I"m serious.....:sadangel::shots:
Been to DC. I didn't think it was all that bad. :island14:
LilRedCorvette
10-03-2012, 7:20pm
That's about right.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s480x480/534277_10151222332406001_803655754_n.jpg
Heck, that applies to every traffic light here in the NoVa/DC area...at least for me, anyway...
mrvette
10-03-2012, 7:33pm
Been to DC. I didn't think it was all that bad. :island14:
What year???
I was there maybe 4 years ago for a buddy's retirement party....
and it was gridlock all over the joint....think someone shit on the Cap Hill or what.....
NEED-A-VETTE
10-03-2012, 8:02pm
What year???
I was there maybe 4 years ago for a buddy's retirement party....
and it was gridlock all over the joint....think someone shit on the Cap Hill or what.....
2011
Been to DC. I didn't think it was all that bad. :island14:
:iagree:
I go through there two to three times a year and it's really not a big deal. In grad school (1999-2004) I was up there several times a year for research and it's not bad.
mike100
10-03-2012, 8:47pm
I got in the habit of using the HOV on-ramp merge lane. Nobody on that sucka. You usually see CHP checking for solo riders violating the diamond lane about once a year.
It's a sphincter pucker moment when the 1 in 365 chance hits your number though.
Jobaka
10-04-2012, 11:02am
I got in the habit of using the HOV on-ramp merge lane. Nobody on that sucka. You usually see CHP checking for solo riders violating the diamond lane about once a year.
It's a sphincter pucker moment when the 1 in 365 chance hits your number though.
No kidding. Minimum fine: $481
island14
10-04-2012, 11:17am
Signs.. LOL
LilRedCorvette
10-04-2012, 12:35pm
I got in the habit of using the HOV on-ramp merge lane. Nobody on that sucka. You usually see CHP checking for solo riders violating the diamond lane about once a year.
It's a sphincter pucker moment when the 1 in 365 chance hits your number though.
The HOV lanes are heavily patrolled here...big ticket! There have been some people here who have ridden with blow up dolls to try to fool the cops. :lol:
mrvette
10-04-2012, 1:12pm
The HOV lanes are heavily patrolled here...big ticket! There have been some people here who have ridden with blow up dolls to try to fool the cops. :lol:
That's a OLD trick, from when I lived there yet....
I was with my newly retarred buddy, and so 4 of us were in same SUV, and he was driving down many familiar roads I not been on in years, and in the mid afternoon, coming in from Fredrick Md, I 270 became a parking lot, off there into rt 355 and 28 and whatever, we cut down Shady Grover Rd. and all over the joint, traffic was in shut down, finally went over top of the I 495 DC beltway and it was stopped dead in both directions far as I could see....long about 4pm or so......Larry said it was typical and normal for that time of day......and he was GLAD to be retarred......he used to leave his Bethesda Md. apartment at 5 AM drive to DC in about 30 minits instead of 1.5 hours, clock in thanks to flex time, and then clock out at 2 or so to beat the crush rush home...
the last 15 years have NOT been kind to that town.....
I certainly not liking the stupid traffic management the FED DOT has forced on this town either.....but not so ashamed of the vette still got 17 mpg, stopping every 1/4-1 mile for each and every light on the road....dead seriously each and every light.....lovely traffic management idiots.....
and it's because of FEDERAL highway funds....build the roads with our money, and have to accept OUR stupidity.....
:issues::issues::slap:
they can't ever run a simple highway system how in hell they going to run SCHOOLS????
:issues::sadangel:
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