Comments on: Driving Delays and Distractions

By: Traffic Delays - Redux | The Blog of Rudy Amid

Traffic Delays - Redux | The Blog of Rudy Amid — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:28:29 +0000

[...] written a post about driving delays caused by people pressing the brakes too much. I described the problem with freeways coming to a [...]

By: Adalbertdd

Adalbertdd — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:51:52 +0000

favorited this one, man

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:57:21 +0000

Hi Zhu. The driving tests in Toronto and in Northern California are pretty comprehensive, that’s why they generally drive better.

As for the French, they drive like this through the streets of Paris.

By: Zhu

Zhu — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:34:54 +0000

I found most Canadians drive pretty well... compared to French! They prob. have all of your pet peeves... There are a lot of accidents there too. Zhu's last blog post..St Malo — A Walled City

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:03:30 +0000

@Jason:
Oh, don’t get me started with porcupines and pricks.

By: Jason - GorillaSushi

Jason - GorillaSushi — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:25:09 +0000

I'm usually grooming porcupines while I drive - I'm a multitasker. Jason - GorillaSushi's last blog post..Evil Dreadlock Movie Pie

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:52:25 +0000

@Richard:
I get nervous when I use my GPS while driving and I have one of those portable ones that I place on the dash (not the in-dash version). Most people in LA and OC are aggressive drivers because they try to get out of a traffic jam too often. so they weave in and out of traffic and tailgate a lot.

Speaking of aggressiveness, yesterday I just witnessed a big bald guy in a white truck got off his truck and tried to start a fight with a brown SUV driver behind him. The brown SUV backed up and ran away. Then I saw him go back to his white truck and followed him. I didn’t follow them to watch the fight, but I could imagine how scared the other guy would be.

It just goes to show a little courtesy and patience, this kind of conflict can be avoided.

By: Periapex

Periapex — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:36:38 +0000

Richard: I wonder why people don't worry about their cars being vandalized when they steal spots from people like that? I know I would... Periapex's last blog post..Aren't We Supposed to Be Working?

By: richard

richard — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:50:18 +0000

with my Blackberry having GPS, i’m on it all the time checking out traffic jams.. i think it will be a matter of time before i hit someone.. luckily, ppl in the bay area drive decent and aren’t very aggressive. That is compared to Toronto… And you know all about that. I’m pretty mild mannered but some guy stole my spot in the eaton center after i was waiting for almost 15 min and i lost it.. yelled at him.

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:18:07 +0000

Yeah? That is pretty dangerous. But then again, I know someone who watches DVDs while driving. I thought that’s pretty dangerous. The things we do to entertain ourselves on the road…