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Old 08-24-2010, 09:54 PM   #1
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823...inaroadtraffic

I hate 1 hours worth of traffic, much less 2 or 3. I would've shot myself by the end of the first day.

Thankfully I live in Texas and drive a big boy truck. Someone's front yard will be my new way home.
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Old 08-24-2010, 10:10 PM   #2
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eff that. I' ll walk first.
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I'd walk... or lane split.
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Traffic...the reason I take a bike to work.

1.5 hours by car
25 minutes by bike. lol

I think they can split lanes in China...as you don't see any bikes sitting there like idiots.
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Old 08-25-2010, 01:05 AM   #5
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I've been at a full stop for the last hour on 295 thinking about this thread. Dicks

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Old 08-25-2010, 01:23 AM   #6
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Traffic...the reason I take a bike to work.

1.5 hours by car
25 minutes by bike. lol

I think they can split lanes in China...as you don't see any bikes sitting there like idiots.
It's a free-for-all there so lane splitting doesn't work.

The cars all split lanes regularly (pretty normal to be 8 wide on a 5 lane road in rush hour), so there's no straight line to shoot between them. And they're all bumper to bumper, so zig-zagging isn't an option either.

Bikes will usually go down the right shoulder (as will the pedestrians) which can get pretty chaotic when it comes time for cars to exit the highway.
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Old 08-25-2010, 02:30 AM   #7
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It's a free-for-all there so lane splitting doesn't work.

The cars all split lanes regularly (pretty normal to be 8 wide on a 5 lane road in rush hour), so there's no straight line to shoot between them. And they're all bumper to bumper, so zig-zagging isn't an option either.

Bikes will usually go down the right shoulder (as will the pedestrians) which can get pretty chaotic when it comes time for cars to exit the highway.
I'd still do it. I'm a splitting expert.

Can the Chinese there at least drive? Cause they sure as fuck can't here in CA.
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I just added up my yearly commuting hours....

I spend 26 DAYS a year in my car and that was being conservative!!!
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Old 08-25-2010, 10:30 AM   #9
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I just added up my yearly commuting hours....

I spend 26 DAYS a year in my car and that was being conservative!!!
Damn, I am glad I only live 15 miles from where I work 1/2 super slab and 1/2 surface streets and I am there in just under 20 minutes by car, 15 flat by bike sometimes
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Damn, I am glad I only live 15 miles from where I work 1/2 super slab and 1/2 surface streets and I am there in just under 20 minutes by car, 15 flat by bike sometimes
To make things even more sickening...

I have been driving the same commute for 13 years...

That makes 338 days in my car over the past 13 years!! AND I only averaged an aproximate 12 hour a week commute.. In reality I get stuck in traffic quite a bit.

OH that makes me want to go put my notice in!
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