Re: LRO: People's Republic....

From: Frank Elson (frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 16 2001 - 11:48:38 EDT

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    it's changed for the worse then since I drove up from LA to Oregon when I
    worked in the States - mind you, that was in 1972...
    Best Cheers

    Frank
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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Hope Peter <hope_peter@bah.com>
    To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
    Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 6:09 AM
    Subject: Re: LRO: People's Republic....

    >
    > > >Am I getting this correctly?
    > > > Are you lot saying that if you indicate that you want to do something
    on
    > > >the road, pull over, turn right or left, move into another lane,
    someone
    > > >will stop you doing it?
    > >
    > > They are pulling your leg Frank.
    > >
    > > Actually though, in my part of California a lot of people are using
    their
    > > turn signals.
    >
    > I don 't think they are pulling anyones leg. That is exactly what
    happens.
    > If you put on the signal so you can move over to the exit, people in that
    > lane speed up so you can't get over. SWMBO is from LA County and told me
    > before we went there on vacation, warned me about the drivers. In the
    past
    > couple years I have spent a number of times in LA and San Diego and it is
    > just as has been described here. After the first trip I have learned that
    I
    > need to rent a big fast vehicle just to survive. The 5 between LA and SD
    > and the Santa Monica Frwy have been the worse. I saw similar agression in
    > San Fransisco, San Jose and Pleasanton. Not so bad in Sacremento or Santa
    > Barbara, and I have always found the drive from Malibu to Ventura to be
    fun.
    > Pete
    >
    >



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