I agree! I was mortified to realize that it's perfectly legal here. My husband was incredulous to learn that it isn't legal everywhere.Yep, it is legal in California but it shouldn't be...too many blind spots for the idiots to hide in.
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There are idjits who ride in the left lane under the speed limit. In FL, passing on the right is OK, but not in the emergency lane-which some folks do.
There are some that can’t tell right from left, right from wrong. They don’t care.
When lanes are closed due to an accident or roadwork and lanes need to funnel down, there is always a lot of drivers trying to bypass traffic or weave in and out of lanes. The lane that everyone is moving into lows way down. The merging lanes move faster. It slows down everything.
The truckers know how to speed things up and take matters into their own hands. The cops don’t get involved. They form a side-by-side line across the road, blocking everyone from behind from zooming ahead. Everyone moves ahead faster.
Love it when that happens...too bad the cops don't do the blocking...would save a lot of road rage!
I'm a retired Trucker. We've also been known to go halfway into the emergency lane to prevent non-emergency vehicles from passing there.
I keep hearing stories of Los Angeles drivers being ill equipped to drive in the rain. Good thing that it doesn’t snow there.
I'm a retired Trucker. We've also been known to go halfway into the emergency lane to prevent non-emergency vehicles from passing there.
Good thing. Nobody wants to argue with a trucker.
I had a guy go into the dirt to pass me one day when I was doing the halfway thing. About 100 yards ahead a trooper pulled his @$$ over. I laughed.
It's all true. I'm from the east coast, where you might get rain, sunshine, thunder and lightning and snow all in the same week on different days, week after week.
I now live in Sacramento which isn't a warm climate all year, but we have mild winters and clear skies all summer, then somewhat rainy winters. A big weather event during the summer might be a rain cloud in the sky, I kid you not. Or even a fluffy, white cloud.
People here lose it every time the first rain hits. Every time. Now, I do get that the roads are slick due to all the oil buildup that hasn't been repeatedly washed away throughout the summer. And I do get that heavy rains with wind can cause tree limbs to fall all over the place because they weren't blown around all summer long by various storms coming through. So there is something to the trepidation, but it's like they collectively forget how to drive in wet weather every. single. year. I can't even imagine if we got snow.
People here do encounter snow if they drive up into the mountains. I'd be far more fearful of those people on the roads than the snow itself.
On different days, same week? We get all of that in FL(except snow)in a day!
The old saying here goes, "Welcome to Iowa. If you don't like the weather, wait a minute."
Currently, in sunny Northern Cal it's "If it's not raining now, it's going to".
Seriously. I'm ready for that long stretch of sunshine
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It snowed last night after a day of rain. I had put my boots away for the summer. Freezing temperatures now. Back to a parka to go buy groceries today. I’m hoping that this marks the end of winter. Spring weather is late this year.
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It's not all about Los Angeles drivers. There is such a long time between rains that when it does the wet road surface is greasy with oil + water.
Seems to me in a way Chicago is worse with snow. Most know how to drive in the snow. The ones who don't are always 4WD owners. When you see a car spun out there it's always a 4WD. Owner believes they are invincible until they aren't. Invincible becomes vinc-ed.
There is no need to signal to do anything when driving in New Jersey. It's all telepathic driving and works for everyone (most of the time). This is even more true on Long Island.
The most amazing city drivers are Italian. Watching the drivers in the city is even greater entertainment than watching drivers in Paris.
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Those narrow streets in the old cities in Italy and Spain make you appreciate the need for tiny cars. I see narrow cobblestone streets that were designed for horse drawn carriages. Some back laneways are closed to traffic, they are turned into neighbourhood parks.
Then there are tains in Hanoi. Talk about living on the tracks.
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In Milan it might appear to the uninitiated that traffic laws are general recommendations. Beyond the city, the roads don't strictly belong to cars. Here am us about 40 km north of Turin.
I go to Orlando fairly often to visit my daughter. I skip a section of the Florida Turnpike to take a back road that goes through cattle country and have had to stop more than once as a herd was moved across the road from one pasture to another. Sit back and listen to Sirius/XM and watch the cowboys on their horses and ATV's.
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Sheep are a road hazard too. Assuming there is a road?
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