Q: There are extra dive bomber drivers on The 405 than on Interstate 680 or 880. In my youth, folks in L.A. drove quick, however obeyed indicators and signaled lane modifications. Bay Space drivers drove slowly, however handled cease indicators as solutions. Now, drivers in each locations drive sooner, view pace limits as minimums, and deal with yellow lights as a problem.
I realized to drive within the San Fernando Valley and was licensed in 1959. I moved to Berkeley in 1961, Martinez in 1965, San Francisco in 1969, and Walnut Creek in 2004. Drivers within the Walnut Creek space are extra well mannered than wherever else I’ve pushed. I used to be sort of lead-footed for a few years, however signaled strikes forward of time. I now not deal with pace limits as minimums.
Jerry Fishkin
A: Yours was one of many few responses that defended Bay Space drivers. At the moment’s column shares extra on the query of whether or not L.A. or Bay Space drivers are higher.
Q: L.A. site visitors scares me. That is from an individual who has pushed buses in San Francisco and New York Metropolis, and has 60 years driving expertise and not using a collision or shifting violation.
To accommodate all of the SoCal automobiles, unique freeway lanes there have been squeezed and shoulders eradicated to generate extra lanes.
Many individuals drive actually quick in L.A., with 75 mph not unusual and kamikazes go a lot sooner. I'll take the Nimitz at rush hour over the Harbor Freeway or I-5 in downtown L.A. any day.
Bruce Fiedler
A: And…
Q: Easy, competent commuting is a trademark of the L.A. freeway driver. Analysis experiences describe the unstated social contract amongst drivers there, the place following distances are decreased, however in change, all eschew sudden actions.
I feel this trickles all the way down to floor streets. In distinction, Berkeley drivers (who actually belong on bicycles) not often function in crowded situations, and preserve self-absorption derived from the general vibe of town itself.
Once I moved to Berkeley, I used to be suggested to “keep away from eye contact,” whether or not with a pedestrian or driver. This promulgates the phantasm of the bubble on the expense of courtesy, and any engagement is construed as “aggression” as a substitute of coexistence.
Daniel Burke
A: And…
Q: There are two distinct sorts of dangerous drivers: aggressive and clueless. Clueless drivers don’t know the way a lot they enrage aggressive drivers, whereas the overwhelming majority of first rate drivers know the way to not be overly agitated by dangerous drivers. It looks as if the street tradition of L.A. offers superior driver coaching. There the weak perish, right here the weak clog the quick lane.
Nameless
A: Perhaps we are able to be taught one thing from what L.A. drivers do higher than we do, with out taking up their scary driving practices.
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