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From: mark@hp-kirk.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Driving (and walking) in L.A. - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 20-Aug-83 03:27:15 EDT
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#R:vortex:-9100:hp-kirk:7100017:000:1603
hp-kirk!mark    Aug 18 07:48:00 1983

        To add a couple comments (and some mild flames) to the driving
     habits of your favorite state (notably California and Oregon), I have
     never been able to enjoy driving in traffic in Oregon.  It seems if
     you put two Oregon drivers on any road within a half mile of each
     other they will cause a traffic jam.  Where as the rest of country
     (excluding Boston) is taught defensive driving, Oregon drivers learn
     paranoid driving.  They treat everything as a personal threat just
     waiting to do them in ("Better slow down going by that tree it might
     fall in the road").

        California drivers on the other hand manage to travel 70 mph in
     bumper to bumper traffic.  And though I think the number of crazys in
     California is well above the norm, I think that for the most part the
     drivers will assess the conditions and drive accordingly (independent
     of what the speed limit is).  However, one place where Oregon drivers
     really shine in comparison to their California counterparts is when
     it comes to wet weather driving.  In Oregon this is the norm.  In
     California they think a cloudy day entitles them to Federal Disaster
     Relief.  When it rains the reaction is "Oh my god, the road is wet;
     I'll just crawl along here until it drys".

                                        Paddling as fast as I can,
                                        Mark Rowe
                                        hplabs!hp-cvd!hp-kirk!mark
                                        Corvallis, Oregon