Traffic

[thanhkle2003]

I went off to lunch and then to the bank to do run errands. I took the same road I always take to get to the bank. Today was different, but there were so many cars on the road. I even had to stop entirely to let a delivery man from Sysco Co. deliver his boxes to the businesses on the Miracle Mile Road. At first, I was annoyed as I'm used to making no stops, getting through the road with no traffic. And then the light bulb came on several minutes later. Our downtown area is growing. We've been through such a bad time that I was used to flying through the empty street downtown. Now that there are delivery trucks and people driving around, the economy is definitely getting better.
Sometimes the negative feelings that we get can also be perceived another way. We take for granted each day because nothing is happening. Many times changes is the light to the otherside of the dark and scary tunnel.
Tell me about your moment of insight.

[Sphn07]

in the city where I work the delivery trucks completely block traffic on the road ways... there is a market and the beer delivery guys are in the middle of traffic for what seems like hours sometimes and then drivers get impatient and you never know what they are going to do

[tigerlilly01]

I have to turn off a 4 lane road to get to my home and you can only turn left with a green arrow ... well sometimes you can sit through 4 lights before it decides to change ... my luck if I did manage to get across the highway a cop would be sitting there waiting for me.

[ddrewitz]

I hate traffic.  Especially when it seems like it is caused by stupid drivers.  People who try to quick jump ahead and cause everyone else to slow down is the most irritating.  If everyone would get in line we would all move much faster.

[dmalsbury]

There are only two kinds of drivers. Idiots that drive slower than I do, and maniacs that drive faster than I do.

[mc1962]

I live near Los Angeles California and I could tell you horror stories about traffic, and not only traffic, how about an occassional road rage incident? Or how about an idiot on the freeway that is going 120 m.p.h. and will not stop for the police? I was a Professional truck driver for years in the Los Angeles area (Downtown) and I think I have seen it all or almost all.  I have seen elephants on the freeway, mass pile ups, grid lock, traffic that goes nowhere for hours.  I can even remember back in 1995 there was an escaped GORILLA from the San Diego Zoo that hid on the side of the freeway bushes and threw rocks at the passing cars untill they caught him ABOUT A WEEK LATER.  So, if you think you have seen it all then try navigating a Southern California freeway at rush hour sometime.