KRMG - Shut up already

[Red Arrow]

He actually flashed his brights twice. Once when he tailgated me for a block and again when I hit the turn signal (a half block before the turn). Perhaps some people think that the center lane in the city is like the fast lane on the highway and expect you to just get out of their way. In the city that lane is also a turn lane and when it snows it is often the only lane.

Linksfahrer

Most drivers I have had to follow going slow in the inside lane are not turning left.  They are just being discourteous.  It's even more obvious when they keep pace with the driver in the lane to the right going 10 to 15 under the speed limit.

Disclaimer:  I am talking about good weather and road conditions.

[Conan71]

I was thinking to myself this idiot tailgating Waterboy was more than welcome to fire around in the fresh powder in the right lane at any time in his honking fast SUV.  That guy would have earned a well deserved middle finger salute from me.

Last year on Christmas day, I drove to OKC to spend the holiday with FMC and her family.  The turnpike was hard-pack and you could run 55 to 60 comfortably and there were areas they had plowed and they were just wet.  Never failed, the people driving Escalades and Hummers just had to do 75 or 80 on the hard pack and become a nuisance for everyone else.  I laughed my donkey off when I saw one of the Escalades stuck in a snow bank off the right side of the highway on down the road.  I bet he/she felt real smart about putting their life and everyone else's in danger by trying to shave 10-20 minutes off their trip on Christmas day.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Conan,
You KNOW those people are special!!!  They are deserving!!  They are entightled!  They listen to KRMG, where Hannity tells them to go buy a Hummer and drive fast in ice!

I see the same thing regularly on the turnpike.  Stupid people.

[sgrizzle]

While I hated the traffic, I loved living in Houston because their news radio shows did 'traffic and weather, together on the nines'.  All day.  EVERY day, 24/7.  So I always knew what the traffic conditions were and could account for it.

It's not at 9, but KRMG does the same thing.

[Hoss]

It's not at 9, but KRMG does the same thing.

Never heard them doing it 24/7 though.

[sgrizzle]

Never heard them doing it 24/7 though.

Everyone knows there is no weather or traffic after 5pm

[Red Arrow]

Last year on Christmas day, I drove to OKC to spend the holiday with FMC and her family.  The turnpike was hard-pack and you could run 55 to 60 comfortably and there were areas they had plowed and they were just wet.  Never failed, the people driving Escalades and Hummers just had to do 75 or 80 on the hard pack and become a nuisance for everyone else.  I laughed my donkey off when I saw one of the Escalades stuck in a snow bank off the right side of the highway on down the road.  I bet he/she felt real smart about putting their life and everyone else's in danger by trying to shave 10-20 minutes off their trip on Christmas day.

Doctor/Bonanza syndrome

[Hoss]

Everyone knows there is no weather or traffic after 5pm

You've lead a sheltered life Scott.  I used to think the same way....until Houston.



Traffic jams here are 12 midnight on Thursday there..haha.

[Red Arrow]

Traffic jams here are 12 midnight on Thursday there..haha.

Just one of the reasons I don't want to live in Houston, Dallas, LA, San Francisco,......

If I have to wait more than two traffic light cycles, I want to call it a traffic jam.   

[custosnox]

Why can't people understand that when there is ice and snow on the roads, ease into it.  No matter what it is, ease into it.  No, they think they have to slam on the brakes, cram the accelerator to the floor and crank the wheel as far as it'll go.  Coming up 11th street there were several vehicles (trucks and SUVs) stuck at the light there, so a few people turned into Home Depot to go around it.  I turned in just behind two SUVs.  Of course, the one directly in front of me think that since it's going up hill they had to floor it to make it up it.  Once their their tires broke loose, they lost momentum fast, which meant I had to stop.  It wasn't long before I was cussing the truck behind me because they were moving out of my way as I'm backing down this hill as this SUV is coming towards me.  The truck gets wise and is able to get around the two of us and go on.  As soon as he gets by, the SUV canters off to the left and blocks the entire drive.  I did get the chance to impress my coworker (running to pick up him was actually the reason for being there) with my wheel man techniques as I kept it in reverse, got moving back down the hill, cut the wheel and spun the car around while dropping it back into drive.  Made a neat little move to get turned around and away from the SUV still flooring it and only going backwards.

[Hoss]

Just one of the reasons I don't want to live in Houston, Dallas, LA, San Francisco,......

If I have to wait more than two traffic light cycles, I want to call it a traffic jam.   

How about 71st?  That's about as close to those cities as I've seen here.  That and the current state of affairs on the BA just SE of downtown.

[Red Arrow]

How about 71st?  That's about as close to those cities as I've seen here.  That and the current state of affairs on the BA just SE of downtown.

As much as I detest all the stores along Memorial, I don't need to go to 71st that often.  I went to the Transit Planning meeting downtown last night.  That's the first I've been downtown since mid December.  There are some areas around Tulsa that really get slow.