tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post4121860116872851029..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: What Did I Tell You? Research Confirms DC Drivers Most Dangerous in U.S.!Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-81800599636691692252009-07-21T18:06:58.439-04:002009-07-21T18:06:58.439-04:00Also, if you are sight-seeing in a big rig, don...Also, if you are sight-seeing in a big rig, don't call any official office and ask for directions and possible parking areas.<br /><br />Crazy DHS helicopter and escort!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04394465772996156991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-87917024572783990452009-07-21T12:42:01.496-04:002009-07-21T12:42:01.496-04:00So, wait. A large collection of self-absorbed poli...So, wait. A large collection of self-absorbed politcal class people with an entrenched sense of entitlement makes for a large pool of horrible drivers? Who knew?Brainy435https://www.blogger.com/profile/03858226297415870752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-42424323020833943502009-07-20T21:51:37.134-04:002009-07-20T21:51:37.134-04:00ROFLMAO! But ESSS True! Desss is true but not only...ROFLMAO! But ESSS True! Desss is true but not only in DC area! I know dees as the truth as I am Dees Big Truck Driver from Georgia!ESSS like deees all ovar!Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-27039622168168404162009-07-20T19:25:26.755-04:002009-07-20T19:25:26.755-04:00"We must exterminate them all...cow after cow..."We must exterminate them all...cow after cow, pig after pig, village after village..."<br />-Colonel Walter E. KurtzWombat Rampanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701990675489671528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-87426143745934668522009-07-20T19:17:50.387-04:002009-07-20T19:17:50.387-04:00Having recently escaped the parking lots of D.C. I...Having recently escaped the parking lots of D.C. I would have been surprised by any other result. There are three things that D.C. drivers simply cannot contend with: 1. Curves in the road, 2. Bridges, and 3. Precipitation. When it rains in D.C. and you approach the American Legion Bridge (or, God forbid, the Springfield "Mixing Bowl") it's enough to make you think Darwin was an utter fool.<br /><br />No joke: Once, just south of Springfield, I sat in gridlock that I was *certian* indicated a pretty significant accident ahead. Turns out it was just a dude taking a leak on the side of the highway and the resultant gapers delay froze 6 lanes of traffic.Scotthttp://boisebound.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-30230098873866531292009-07-20T18:54:29.246-04:002009-07-20T18:54:29.246-04:00No, Rich. Stacy is right (as usual). There is stil...No, Rich. Stacy is right (as usual). There is still a residue of California drivers from the Old Regime, when California roads accommodated the two Biblical categories (the quick and the dead).<br /><br />DC is what happens when a Third World city gets prosperous. L'Enfant was an artist, and the street "grid" of the District can be thought of as a combination of the pave-the-cow-paths philosophy of roadbuilding found in, say, Mexico City, and the artistic sensibilities of a Mapplethorpe. Add to that roughly twice as many cars as could be reasonably acommodated and the several categories of drivers RSM mentions, and you have DC traffic.<br /><br />As with any Third World city, there are many larger roads, none of which are either big enough or lead to anywhere anybody wants to go without dumping traffic, at the end, on a two-lane street with parking both sides. It also sits smack dab in the middle of a major trade route, but has no quick way through, only variously slow ways to get around it.<br /><br />If you have never been to DC and propose to drive there, I recommend you take a flight to Mexico City or Guadalajara and rent the largest car available. Spend a week. At the end, you will find that only a little reorientation will let you drive in DC with minimal therbligs.<br /><br />Regards,<br />RicRic Lockehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937543097881679980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-89639118344303483982009-07-20T17:31:14.311-04:002009-07-20T17:31:14.311-04:00Stacy, I will defer to your experience on DC, but ...Stacy, I will defer to your experience on DC, but I still think California should be better (if that's the word) represented in the Top Ten. They crazy out here.Rich Fadernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-16721997351233654702009-07-20T16:55:05.633-04:002009-07-20T16:55:05.633-04:00I can relate to what you write but equally frustra...I can relate to what you write but equally frustrating is having to sit for what seems like hours in a long, four-lane parking lot. The Beltway becomes that giant parking lot if a construction worker sneezes in Maryland. It is during some of those wonderful times when a fiery death-by-idiot-driver almost begins looking attractive.prairiemainnoreply@blogger.com