"Miller, Jeffrey" wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julia Thompson
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 06:59 PM
> > To: Killer Bs Discussion
> > Subject: Re: But its Seattle, you're used to it..
> >
> > > And don't EVEN get me started on the yahoo's in this city who can't
> > > figure out how to drive in these conditions. Who says Seattle knows
> > > how to deal with rain? ^_^
> >
> > Or are you talking more the idiots who don't understand that
> > if there's a barrier up, someone had a darn good reason for
> > putting it up and they shouldn't try to drive around it and
> > possibly get themselves killed, or at least kill the car?
>
> Yup. The local traffic/news people mention in every single broadcast,
> "Don't be an idiot, pay attention to signs, they're there for a reason
> folks.."
>
> What really irks me is Seattlites seem to think that torrential
> downpour requires either 90 mph or 10mph crawls.. and forget using
> the 4-way flashers... or headlights! Reduced visibility? Huh?
Gee, at least in Austin, people will have the sense to slow down to
35-40MPH on MoPac if it's raining hard enough. (Of course, the time I
most vividly remember *that*, I missed my exit because I couldn't see
where it was, and had to take the next exit, which had some overpasses
just before it so I could determine just where I had to go.) They don't
slow down to a 10MPH crawl, they slow down to the maximum safe speed, or
so it seems. (Although it may actually be 5MPH *over* the maximum safe
speed but hey, we've got some pretty bad drivers here!)
Headlight use is another story sometimes. I'm always afraid I'm going
to rear-end someone because I couldn't see them in time because they had
no lights on. So if I get behind someone who *does* have their lights
on, I just hope they don't exit too soon.
Julia
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