Driving in the USA

Hi there everybody! I've had my license since February of 2008 myself and let me tell you: there are some CRAZY people behind the wheel! (And I don't mean in the good way. =_=;)

So here's the deal: this world is speciffically meant to relate to all what driving in the real world is really like. (And to share some of the oddities I find. ) There will be some rantings and there may even be some anime references, but this world will mostely show people, almost anything seen on the side of the road, and (hopefully for anyone paying attention) what NOT to do while in traffic.

For those of you who want to share some of your own experiences, just give me a PM and that's that! If you're not from the US and still want to add a post or two, that's perfectly acceptable too! (Personally, I'd like to hear a few stories to see if the mentality of drivers changes with the country.)

Here's a few things I'd like to clear up right now:

I live in South Texas
I generally judge distance by how long it takes me to get there, rather than by actual measurements
I don't claim to be an expert on driving, I'm just making sure that I can stay alive when traveling from point A to point B
In a normal week, I total about an hour and a half of driving time per work day (the brunt of it being in rush-hour traffic >_<)
& I drive a big ol' Chevy pick-up truck (in theory you can't miss it, but if that were the case then I wouldn't be making this world, now would I?)

Enjoy!

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Shadweh (me! XD )
FrozenAugust (as of December 9th, 2008)

Created By Shadweh

A Little Tidbit for the Road

I don't know if this tip works for every city, but when you find yourself having to face traffic before the peak of rush-hour it's actually a better idea to take the axis roads than the main highways.

Why? Simple: not as many people want to drive below 50mph, so fewer people actually resort to them. TTwTT

Just today, as I was driving my sister and I home, we looked at one of the main highways that normally would've taken us a shorter amount of time to reach our destination and found it on the verge of becomming bumper-to-bumper traffic. As I mentioned in my introduction into this world, I'm basically driving a tank around, and I don't feel all that comfortable when I see a huge amount of cars huddled around me. Seeing that, I decided that it would be easier to take said axis road home.

In the end this move not only turned out to be safer, it also resulted in us getting home faster than the ones on the highway (and yes, I was following the 45mph speedlimit).

That's all for now. Later!

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