Atlanta driving and some other usefull stuff
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andydp
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 Posted: 04/16/06 - 20:06 Post subject:
How to tell where other drivers are from - a list by no means comprehensive.
PS None of you will never know real hard core driving until you have driven in midtown Rome Italy.
How to identify where a driver is from...
One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: Chicago.
One hand on wheel, middle finger out window: New York.
One hand on wheel, middle finger out window, cutting across all lanes of traffic: New jersey.
One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator: Boston.
One hand on wheel, one hand on nonfat double decaf cappuccino, cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator, gun in lap: Los Angeles.
Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror: From Montana, but driving in California.
Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat: Italy.
One hand on 12 oz. double shot latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on radio game, banging head on steering wheel while stuck in traffic: Seattle.
One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the accelerator, and both feet on brake, throwing McDonald's bag out the window: Texas.
Four-wheel drive pick-up truck, shotgun mounted in rear window, beer cans on floor, prairie dog tails attached to antenna: Wyoming.
Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above windshield, driving 35 on the interstate, in the left lane with the left blinker on: Florida. (Ed note: this is VERY true; plus the added benefit many of these oldsters are on drugs)
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Bill_Sev
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Posted: 04/17/06 - 12:25 Post subject:
| brown beaver wrote: |
like, does your car have your office in it too? plus extra clothes, food and other essentials?  |
It does have extra clothes in it like my running gear! 
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airehead
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Posted: 04/17/06 - 13:26 Post subject:
| andydp wrote: | How to tell where other drivers are from - a list by no means comprehensive.
PS None of you will never know real hard core driving until you have driven in midtown Rome Italy.
How to identify where a driver is from...
One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: Chicago.
One hand on wheel, middle finger out window: New York.
One hand on wheel, middle finger out window, cutting across all lanes of traffic: New jersey.
One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator: Boston.
One hand on wheel, one hand on nonfat double decaf cappuccino, cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator, gun in lap: Los Angeles.
Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror: From Montana, but driving in California.
Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat: Italy.
One hand on 12 oz. double shot latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on radio game, banging head on steering wheel while stuck in traffic: Seattle.
One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the accelerator, and both feet on brake, throwing McDonald's bag out the window: Texas.
Four-wheel drive pick-up truck, shotgun mounted in rear window, beer cans on floor, prairie dog tails attached to antenna: Wyoming.
Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above windshield, driving 35 on the interstate, in the left lane with the left blinker on: Florida. (Ed note: this is VERY true; plus the added benefit many of these oldsters are on drugs) |
Driving in Mexico and Munich were no fun either. 
Cali drivers? One hand on the cell, looking at the makeup mirror and believing that stop signs/red lights are meant for tourists.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 04/17/06 - 14:30 Post subject:
| andydp wrote: | | Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat: Italy. |
Very true. Tip: don't ride shot gun in a cab unless you really enjoy watching your life flash before your eyes.
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airehead
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Posted: 04/17/06 - 14:31 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | andydp wrote: | | Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat: Italy. |
Very true. Tip: don't ride shot gun in a cab unless you really enjoy watching your life flash before your eyes. |
Like Medellin, it's best to close your eyes.
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j1miller
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Posted: 04/17/06 - 16:03 Post subject:
The Florida one is sadly true. My poor Dad got T-boned by a blue hair when we were in Naples last July.
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